Riser handle rienforecement

[Wolftrail]

What do you guys use for beefing up the center section of the handle.  Fiberglass or other.......?

[Forwardhandle]

I used 2 peaces  .040 glass on this one some have said you can feel the difference when the wood exspands , contracts but I never had the problem.

[Crooked Stic]

I beam probably the best way. Of a stronger wood or G 10.

[Shredd]

What do you guys use for beefing up the center section of the handle.  Fiberglass or other.......?

   How heavy of a bow are you gonna be making and what is the width of your riser gonna be???

[skeaterbait]

I beam probably the best way. Of a stronger wood or G 10.

Is the I beam setup like the pic above or does the I beam run the other way through the riser? I hear a lot of talk about I beam setup but nobody ever shows one.

[Buemaker]

I beam off set

[Buemaker]

From side

[skeaterbait]

Thank you Bue. That is what I had envisioned but sometimes what I picture in my head just don't go along with everyone else' 

[jess stuart]

Many winters ago Mike  Fedora suggested I add glass to the back of my risers.  He said adding a couple of layers of glass was like adding a inch of wood.  I took his advice to heart and put three layers on the back ever since.  Haven't had one brake since.  Haven't used i-beams that much but, they have proven equally as strong.

[Crittergetter]

G10 is my favorite, on my 3 piece I put a g10 I beam and also back the riser with g10

[Shredd]

Handsome looking Plain Jane there Bue-man...

   Skeats...  I can relate...  When I first got on the forums I am like, What the hell are these guys talking about...  And I still don't know what the hell is going on...   

   Then there are the guys that 'speak in tongue'...  There is one guy on another forum that, I can read his post 5 times and I still don't know what he is talking about...  Maybe some liqueur involved...  Lol...

[Wolftrail]

What do you guys use for beefing up the center section of the handle.  Fiberglass or other.......?

   How heavy of a bow are you gonna be making and what is the width of your riser gonna be???

1 1/2"  40-42#.   The big thing is if you drop a bow hitting the handle when braced it could snap.  That is a big concern.  ............. layering the back of the handle with glass is about the easiest method I think .  Thanks