@ YosemiteSam:
1/4" past center is to much if you use 11/32" shafts half of that is about 5/32".
All I build is wood bows, not an expert by no means. My work area dictates what equipment I can have, but never the less many bowyers have built much better bows than me with hand tools.
As far as center cut goes, I dont go there because of the fear of going to thin in that area and possibly breaking. Some of my bows are very close to center cut, but I would never go beyond that.
Any way make a long story short I missed something along the way in the last 6 years building bows, and that was not building the shelf right.
All my bows are different 3 piece 67", 63" etc...etc..
When I corrected the shelf contact point the bows all shot dead on been anywhere from 35# to 45#.. and using wood arrows spined at 35#.. To many of us are quick to blame spine when its something else.
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