question about bow design

[peanut39350]

I am wanting to come up with a design for a 54" hybrid but not sure how to start.  I have a 58" design from Kenny m and possibly could modify it but I'm not sure how to do it so that it will be a good design.  I don't want to waste a bunch of time and money building different forms and bows until I get it right so can ya'll point me in the right direction, thanks

[fujimo]

there are some pretty good hybrid designs out there, one option is to get hold of one of them- binghams has a good one, might save a lot of trial and error, and would get a stack recipe with it

try this
 http://www.buildyourownbow.com/my-bow-designs/hybrid-longbow/

[fujimo]

go to his build alongs page, and then to the super tiller buildalong- some good info there-
contact him directly- i am sure he will help you out with the design

[LittleBen]

I think Fujimo is right on. My first thought is to use a proven design, second thought is Supertiller.

At the end of the day though, if you don't have the time, space, budget, desire to build at least a few bows then creating your own design is probably not the best idea. It's gonna be hard to nail the stack thickness first time to get the draw weight you want. Taper can be pretty well calculated in Supertiller, but as you can see from Jim Thorpe's build along, the first bow was not perfect, it required some design changes to get it spot on. That's a guy who's been building bows for 30 years too ...

[Krasus]

I came up with my own design. It's not to hard. And if your worried about your stack you can always trap it to tiller it down. Wayne taught me all about taping glass bows.    Super easy. And if you have a few that don't work out perfect then hey you got some sweet Christmas presents for people. .

[peanut39350]

I have built several bingham bows for myself and others i guess what im asking is when you design a new bow how do you know how much reflex and deflex to put in it so that it can be made shorter and won't stack at your draw length( mine is 27"). Time is not really a problem i shouldnt have put that in there cause im always building a bow for somebody ( either a kenny m design or bingham design) i just dont want to end up with a form and bow thats no good, thanks

[chackworth3]

You probably won't have any trouble with stacking on a 54" hybrid with a 27" draw. My hybrid at 54" draws smooth to 28" before it starts stacking. There are a few short hybrids out there (58" and under) that you can get ideas from.

[mikkekeswick]

It all depends on how you want the bow to feel/shoot and what are your priorities. All this is subjective though so it is a tricky question to answer!
Personally I'd look at some bow designs you like to shoot and go from there.

[Mark R]

I would say shorter longbows or hybrids work out better with risers shorter because you will have more working limb,but to be honest it depends on a lot of variables.Like was said before find one you like and take it from there

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by fujimo:
there are some pretty good hybrid designs out there, one option is to get hold of one of them- binghams has a good one, might save a lot of trial and error, and would get a stack recipe with it

try this
  http://www.buildyourownbow.com/my-bow-designs/hybrid-longbow/  

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You Have to contact Jim Thorne threw his facebook