ILF no more

[LongStick64]

I tend to stay with selfbows and longbows but once and a while I like to try different things. But one thing I cant seem to latch on to is ILF and it's mostly has to do with perhaps my misconception. My thought was that all ILF risers and limbs should fit without any need for modification, but my experience is that is not completely true. I bought some nice ILF limbs from a well known bowyer and if I use his riser, everything is ok but if I try to use them on any other ILF riser I either cannot get the limbs on the bow because the connection is not wide enough or I cannot get them to the correct limb profile. They are Longbow limbs and what I end up with is the bottom limbs is in a D profile and the top limb is in a R/D profile, could this be solved with a higher brace ?

[JRY309]

If it is a carbon foam limb,I've seen this if the brace height is too low.It seemed that way with a carbon & foam limb bow I have.I was making a new string for it but hadn't got the brace up to the specs.I thought something was wrong with my limbs.I adjusted the brace up and everything looks fine.It is a great shooting bow.I've only seen this with carbon & foam limbs if the brace is too low.

[wingnut]

Yep raise your bh and you should be able to work it out.

Mike

[LongStick64]

Yep, it is carbon and foam, next question then is, can a longer riser make for a longer brace ?

[wingnut]

Yep a trick is to measure the distance from the string to the end of the riser (tiller point) on the shorter riser and when you put the limbs on the longer one use the same measurement.

Every riser is different in geometry so it's the only way to equalize the limb position.

Mike

[nineworlds9]

Even though ILF is 'supposed' to be universal, everyone's measurements don't always 100% equal out when it comes to hundredths and thousandths of an inch.  Some gear fits together better than others.