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Title: Stu Cla. users How do you measure strike plate?
Post by: Bldtrailer on December 29, 2014, 01:24:00 PM
I've tried using Stu Millers cal. and have always been stuck on how to measure the strike plate. I have used a micrometer, but with soft strike plates like   Velcro and other soft strike  plates do you barely touch the material or crush it down?   (I have 3 velcros all different thickness and some soft leathers.)
Title: Re: Stu Cla. users How do you measure strike plate?
Post by: meatCKR on December 29, 2014, 01:41:00 PM
In am in no way an expert, but in eyeballing the industrial strength Velcro, it looks to me to be about 1/8" so that would be 0.125 you would key into the calculator for thickness.  But I could be wrong.  Others may want to chime in here. 1/16" would be 0.0625
Title: Re: Stu Cla. users How do you measure strike plate?
Post by: Orion on December 29, 2014, 05:30:00 PM
What meat says.  Also, just put an arrow on the string and lay the bow on its side to see how much the arrow compresses the velcro.  Measure it at that thickness.  If you're off by a sixteenth of an inch or so, it really doesn't make much difference.
Title: Re: Stu Cla. users How do you measure strike plate?
Post by: damascusdave on December 30, 2014, 06:19:00 AM
In the end it is the bareshafting, not the calculator that will make the decision on the correct dynamic spine...plus a softer material vs. a harder material will also have some effect that may be more important than the thickness...there are other factors, a BCY-X string for example, that have a far great effect that the calculator does not allow for...try to find a 24 strand string in the calculator

DDave