Hey everyone...thanks for the advice... Roy, the riser is 1 foot and the arrow shelf is about 3/4" above center...I did this to make the center of the bow right at the grip of my hand. The last few bows I made started showing compression fretting right where the handle faded to the limb due to not enough distance from handle to limb so I made these fades 2-3/4" instead of 2"...I plan on working on it some more very soon and I will take all of ur advice and put it to good use...thanks again...this, and many other bows would not have been made if it wasn't for the knowledge on this site.