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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: leftyloosey on June 01, 2014, 01:53:00 PM
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I know I'm crazy but can't blame me for thinking. I have a bow with 2 sets of identical limbs except one set of limbs is longer than the other so as to make a 62 incher out of a 60 incher. What if I put a longer limb on the bottom and made a string for a 61 inch bow rather than a 60 or 62? I shoot three under and was just wondering if the bow would shoot better or worse?
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No way to know with out checking tiller.
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I would not expect it to work well.
If you've got the string, brace it and check how much the tillering is off. If close then you can probably try it.
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If you're going for 3 under I would put the longer limb on the top to make it weaker. That would give you a positive tiller and should work ok as long as you're not positive over ~ 1/4"
Also, I wouldn't make a special string just to try it out. Take your 60" string and untwist it a bit or twist up your 62" to get it to brace height.