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medicinewheel:

they are simple to make and they work perfect.
frank

Marc St Louis:
Frank
I used to make and use something like that to brace some of my extreme recurves. I discontinued using them when I had a bow spin on me as I was trying to brace it. I figure that if I cannot brace the bow by hand then I shouldn't be shooting it.  I do use a special bracing jig that I made, one for recurves and one for longbows, when I'm tillering heavy bows.

medicinewheel:

--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on March 11, 2007, 12:18:49 pm ---Frank
I used to make and use something like that to brace some of my extreme recurves. I discontinued using them when I had a bow spin on me as I was trying to brace it.

--- End quote ---

hey mark! - how did that happen?? did one brake? did the string brake? i didn't have any problem with these and i know other people using these.
frank

Marc St Louis:
Nothing broke Frank. The bow just spun in my hand, it was a highly reflexed recurve.  I just started to brace by hand after

medicinewheel:

oh, i see! - yes for highly recurved/reflexed bows the stringer in not the best solution, especially not when the bow has a roundet handle. with deflex and recurve (even a very big recurve) i had no problem.
what drawweight do you considder being heavy by the way??
frank

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