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sleek:
I want to stress, you may be better off adding 3/8 an inch for every inch of set. Or, ask the yew bow guys for measurments on the bow they have that has taken the least set. Then use that bow as your reference.
DC:
I'll try it with my best bow. It's a boo backed yew that only took about 1/2" of set. It has a 24" working limb and I think this one is going to be 14-15".
sleek:
Lol, my guess for working limb length was in the ballpark at least. So your ratio is 1.71 not the 1.6 something I guessed at earlier.
So, take the width of your bamboo yew bow, add 1/4 ( or 3/8 , your call i dont know yew ) to it, and multiply that by yout 1.71 ratio.
Do that every two inches of the bows working limb, starting at the fades working outward until you hit the stiff part on your new bow.
With the difference in backing material, for the tension side of things, im not certain how well your backing strip matches yews compression abilities. If yew wins out, you may consider rounding the belly to give the back more surface area than the belly. A reverse trap really. How much do you know about your combination of wood there?
Woodely:
--- Quote from: DC on March 20, 2019, 05:04:57 pm ---I'll try it with my best bow. It's a boo backed yew that only took about 1/2" of set. It has a 24" working limb and I think this one is going to be 14-15".
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I try to get at least 25" or more of working limb. 14-15" thats dangerous Territory for this cowboy. But then again I'm not a master bowyer. :P
PatM:
I like to add up the total working limb and use that to calculate the max draw length.
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