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Disregarding grain in a non-bending handle...

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Piddler:
Could you not go with the grain and make the arrow pass where it curved inwards. I did that with a knot on one worked out ok for me. Plan on doing the same to one I'm working on now. It will make one limb be designated for top limb though. If you go that route leave some wood for the arrow rest.
Piddler

organic_archer:
Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I was wondering about torque too, bownarra.

Max, I agree that it works out sometimes and makes for a cool shooting experience, but I’ve also had a few that ended up being awkward and uncomfortable with wiggles in the handle.

Piddler, this bow won’t have a shelf. Sometimes it works out to leave the handle wiggly, but I feel like it’s usually a gamble! When they don’t work out, they feel real funny.

Glad to hear some outside perspectives and approaches. I searched the archives and didn’t find anything discussing this topic specifically.

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Weylin:
You're good to go, bro!

simk:
Imho it does not matter at all in the handle section. I often try to move difficult areas into the non bending sections. In this case wirh following the grain it might be possible to get closer to centershot by following the grain tough....depends on left/right orientation of the bow. Z-handles dont torque imho. Cheers

George Tsoukalas:
The layout looks good.

I just prefer to leave the handle wide until at least the first stringing to better track the string.

Jawge

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