Author Topic: palmers shelf double radius? (Read 390 times)

Bear Heart · « **on:** January 19, 2008, 12:11:00 AM »

What is a double radius shelf and what does it do?

Plainsman · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2008, 12:45:00 AM »

If you look at a properly made shelf it should be radiused both from front to back of the bow AND from the edge of the sight window out to the outer edge of the bow, hence, double radiused. A shelf should not be flat for shooting off of it. In this way, the arrow actually rests only upon a 'point' no matter where your nock point ends up on your string. Hope that helps!