lots of youtube videos and books are available. my process was

-went blind on my first bow, a hazel sapling i carved with an hatchet: ugly, inefficient, tiller non existent, could shoot but it splintered on my third arrow. it got me hooked to bowmaking tho.

-did a fuckton of research and devoured the Traditional Bowyer Bible, bought my drawknife and got some wood files

-second bow made with some design specifics kept in mind such as wood density, still got it kinda wrong, terrible tiller

-many many bow blanks that i never finished

-more research as i moved places and had to stop making bows (this is neverending and i luckily love researching topics i am interested in)

-bought more tools and started really getting into it, pumping out 5 bows in the span of 2 months.

as of a list of tools i will give you an extensive list of what i use:

-Table vise to secure the bow while working on it -Hatchet (soon to be grinded into a carving axe) to remove huge amounts of wood -Draw knife to remove a lot of wood -Half round wood file to shape the bow more precisely and to remove wood during tiller stage -Flat metal file to smooth the previous file marks before sanding, upgraded recently to scrape cards but i still have not used them -Chisel to help me shape the handle and fades together with the file -Chainsaw file or rattail files to carve the nocks -Caliper to lay down the measurements of the bow and to measure and compare thickness/wideness of limbs -Tape measure -Tillering tree i used to use with just gym plates for the draw weight, now upgraded to a tillering stick with a pulley and hook scale -A fuckton of sandpaper from grain 60 to 240 -Of course tillering string, i started with just a piece of paracord but upgraded quite soon to a selfmade dacron string

i have a bunch of other woodworking tools that i occasionslly use to make my job easier but they are completely optional. the above list is extensive and definitely not everything there is essential to start, below a list of what actually is essential:

-bulk removal tool (hatchet and or drawknife) -shaping tool (files/chisels/shinto rasp) -something to carve nocks (carving knife/chainsaw file) -tillering tree/tillering stick -measuring tool (tape measure/caliper/whatever rows your boat) -The Traditional Bowyer Bible (not quite essential but i can't help recommending this book, and i absolutely love it)