I've done pin nocks, self nocks, various horn overlays, hardwood and G10 overlays...etc.
I always pretty much complete my tips before I tiller, I like having a finished nock when stringing and unstring the bow during the tillering process. Others say, wait until the end when you are almost finished with the bow, so if the bow breaks you haven't wasted all that time on the nocks for nothing. Point taken, but I actually enjoy shaping and forming the nocks and have got to the point where it doesn't take all the long. Plus, I find it trickier to glue on any tip overlay material over top of temporary nock grooves and then shaping the nocks/tips afterwards. Couple questions:
- What is your preferred method - complete limb tips before or after tiller?
- Any tricks to putting overlays on when the grooves are already filed.
- Has anyone ever came up with a tillering string that has like leather cups on the ends that could be slipped over the tips, and skip filing the string grooves entirely until the bow is completely tillered? - Thinking out loud.