Hi, this is my first post on trad gang but I follow ya'll guys alot. I've been building bows (one piece recurves) for 4 ish years now and have always wanted to build a R/D longbow. I have some ideas of how they need to be designed but I want some input from ya'll on a few things. I've read alot of kirkll's posts on limb designs and preload and all but I have a few questions. I'll list a few different things I'm wondering about. I'm shooting for 60-62". One piece obviously.
1-what length riser would you suggest?
2-since I've made alot of recurves I'm not scared of working with extreme reflex. But how much is acceptable? 2 inches ahead of bow back? 3 inches?
3-sweeping curves in the limbs or flat spots to add character? (;
For the form I have a cnc router.
Any suggestions or recommendations welcome.
I suggest getting Kenny's R/D template. Build a couple and maybe tweak it or not. I find they shoot really well as is.
On mine I made the form plenty long 58_60 and mine are 62 in. Off the 58-60 form. The little extra reflex is a plus I feel.
Ok. Thanks for that.
I'm wanting to know how a long bow riser length would compare to my riser length on my one peice recurve. My recurve has 19" riser fade to fade. I'm wanting a riser that i can have a deeper recurve style grip on it. I'm not thinking of using those same riser jigs for this longbow because of fade out angles but would be interesting.
Thanks for any other suggestions.