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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: cutty on April 13, 2018, 08:17:08 am

Title: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: cutty on April 13, 2018, 08:17:08 am
Just curious, how many out there make same length limb bows and how many make the top limb longer?
Title: Re: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 13, 2018, 10:04:39 am
Most of us make them both ways. It doesn't matter in the end if the tiller is balanced and the bow shoots well.
Title: Re: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: DC on April 13, 2018, 10:20:32 am
Same length unless I make a mistake. But like PD says it doesn't matter.
Title: Re: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: Bayou Ben on April 13, 2018, 10:49:52 am
Most of us make them both ways. It doesn't matter in the end if the tiller is balanced and the bow shoots well.
+1
I have made them both ways, but I now prefer them the same length.  It's easier to layout, and you don't have to remove as much wood from the lower limb to balance the tiller.  But like Pearl Drums mentions, if it's balanced it will shoot nice either way. 

Title: Re: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 13, 2018, 10:55:02 am
Usually the same length. Jawge
Title: Re: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: bushboy on April 13, 2018, 11:45:12 am
On a d bow,it kinda depends on where you grip it.i have made one where the arrow pass was dead center,but was layed out to have equal limbs.this wasn't part of a plan,it just felt right.i gave it to a friend who has been shooting it for years and he reports it as a beast still.
Title: Re: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: Pat B on April 13, 2018, 01:44:55 pm
I prefer symmetrical bows because I can see good tiller better.
Title: Re: same length or longer top limb?
Post by: willie on April 16, 2018, 02:41:55 pm
I like the bow to balance in the hand when carried in the field. balance tiller when the chosen hand hold is established