Bingham 60" Recurve question

[recurvericky]

Does anyone know what the length of the riser is on the Bingham 60" Recurve?

[Mike Most]

22" fade to fade

Regards

[recurvericky]

Thanks Mike

[recurvericky]

On the Binghams draw weight chart it states, "measured at the thickest point". Are they referring to the butt thickness of the stack or the stack thickness at the riser fade?

[Robertfishes]

center of the stack, I have built eight of their one piece 58" design. I added a 28" powerlam to the last build and the bow seems to have a little better cast. I also make the riser fades longer than the print..

[Mike Most]

RR, I measure mine at the riser fades, I called Elmont Bingham and asked because it was clear as mud at the time, he is very easy to talk to.

[Robertfishes]

looking at my log book.. if I have a .252 thick stack measured at the thickest point(center) I end up with a 50 lb 58" one piece recurve, the chart on the Binghams site says .252 stack will build a 45lb bow. I used a digital caliper to measure my lams and glass

[GREG IN MALAD]

Robert,
Are you sanding your own lam's? If your taper sleds are slightly different than Elmont's the poundage wont be the same. When I started sanding my own lam's I had to make my own poundage charts.

[Robertfishes]

not grinding my lams,I have bought most of my lams and glass from KennyM.. I have bought some from Binghams too.. I mic the lams and glass every 2 inches before each glue up,I always end up arround 1/8 inch tiller after shaping the limbs. I am using a 002/inch taper. The first build I bought everything from Binghams for a 50lb bow(bow kit), it came in at 56lbs, I sanded the belly glass and narrowed the limbs..got it down to 52 @ 28"..Am I the only one who has to knock a few thousandths off of the stack to meet weight?? The last build I had a .252 stack and added a 030 27 1/2" long powerlam under the 21" riser, I tapered the last inch of the PL from 030 to 0.00, I ended up with a 52lb bow with better cast than the ones I built with out the powerlam. I picked up a couple of pounds over the other bow I built using a .252 stack