Bow profile thoughts

[Carpdaddy]

Thanks guys. I am just trying to figure out what most prefer when it comes to the amount of reflex or how far forward to go. I know opinions will vary, I just rather learn from asking than from making mistakes, that cost too much!

[LittleBen]

Personally I think lots of reflex is overrated. It can make a bow more touchy to shoot, and my shooting usually sucks anyway.

I like 1" or so reflex, maybe 2". But I'm also building with wood, so large reflex is generally not realistic.

[Sixby]

follow the curvature of the top bow off of the riser to about three inches past the fades and then flatten it out a bit like the middle bow is and then about eight inches or so from the tip bring it up so that your notch point is about an inch higher than the second bow is now.
God bless and good luck , Steve

[Carpdaddy]

Thanks guys. I read your input early this morning Sixby before enough coffee and couldn't wrap mine mind around it, finally coming to me now.

[Carpdaddy]

Hoping to save time and work I went forward with dropping or reflexing the tips another 1 1/2" leaving everything else the same. Would appreciate some thoughts on it. Too much, need to change something, deeper with riser, less or more....??
Looking closely you will see the last bow laying on top of the form, you will also see the lines from 60-66" to the tips. The bow laying on it is 64" overall, 62" to the string groves.
 Just an honest opinion on how you think it would perform and why if you want. Thanks again.
 

[kennym]

Looks good to me, only thing I'd change is thin the riser fades a bit more to let them work, makes it easier on the limb just off fades.

[Carpdaddy]

Good eyes for an old man!       Thanks Kenny.

[kennym]

Old man!! You have me cornfused wif Roy!  

[Holm-Made]

I just read this thread.  My thought was I like the middle bow but would  move the handle back to the shooter an inch. In other words take an inch of the forward handle away.  The would in essence, be doing the same thing as your doing.  You would be moving the tips an inch further in front of the riser, adding reflex.  

My thought is with a 62-64" bow you don't need the riser that far forward.  Forward handle bows look better to my eye on shorter bows.  In my experience forward handled longer bows are noisier.

Hope you have fun.  Your hunting partner is lucky.  

[Carpdaddy]

I appreciate that Chad, that would have been easier, but did you have to wait until I took a saw to the end!        Just kidding, I appreciate the input. I have shot one of your bows and was very impressed with it. I have only built two bows on this form and if you enlarge the picture you can see on the right where not covered that before the last bow I have already raised the riser some. There is nearly an inch of filler boards under the center. But you are correct, more would have brought the tips forward of it more. So at this point I guess I'm asking should I go forward, make other adjustments, or build a whole new form?
 No use taking shots at Roy there Kenny, he is sleeping through this one. I done threw one at him earlier and he missed it.

[Sixby]

Chad: Agree and that is what I said except I was doing it with the limbs and you with the riser. Exactly the same result and the bow profile would be identical.
The forms I see are not close to that profile though. It needs to have lesser reflex toward the tips until about seven or so inches from the tips. I may be wrong but the way to find out if you like that is to build it. I believe you are trying to retain the profile or close to the profile of your aluminum that you showed. I still go with the middle bow as a better profile. JMHO

God bless, Steve

[Crooked Stic]

Steve got it I think. What happened to me once by accident was on the very end of the form about 4 in. back from where the string groove would be I built in a bit of up tweak I will call it    Had a noticeable little lever right in the tip. Sure never had to worry about putting tip wedges in that one.

[Sixby]

Mike, I would call that a geometric static.    
God bless, Steve