draw lingth question

[soy]

In DQ's post g.stoneburg says the draw lingth is measured from the back not the belly is that the way it is??? If so I've been doing it WRONG! And that also poses the question is brace measured the same? 

[Elktracker]

I measure draw length from the back of the bow at the grip and I measure brace height from the belly of the grip. I might be doing it wrong too but this is how I do it and it works

Josh

[soy]

Thanks josh I feel pretty silly 7bows measured wrong I guess id best go back and read my copys of tbb before I continue messing up any more

[Elktracker]

Soy you may be doing it right! I could be the one doing it incorectly, someone will confirm  I figure if it works it works

[soy]

So long as they shoot I guess...but I hate to mis represent to whom they now belong thanks agan for the help 

                              Thad soy

[CraigMBeckett]

Gentlemen,

Draw length measurement is for the length of your arrow, you pull the arrow so the head touches your fingers or the front of your arrow rest which are at or near the back of the bow so draw length is measured to the back of the bow. Because brace height is regularly measured sing the fistmele it is measured from the belly. This applies to primitive/traditional type equipment.

Having said that I believe the AMO or whatever they call themselves these days has different ideas with regard to draw length, but they are a manufacturing organisation who look for ways that manufacturers of widely differently shaped equipment may apply the same set of rules, not necesarily what is logical. I believe they measure draw length from the belly or a point on the back of the grip and add 1.5 or is it 1.25 inches, which is all well and good except for the bows whose grip/riser area is greater than this and the measurement ends up somewhere along the side of the bow.

Craig.

[Justin Snyder]

Thanks josh I feel pretty silly 7bows measured wrong I guess id best go back and read my copys of tbb before I continue messing up any more

If it makes you feel better, I measured my first few that way.  No big deal, what is important is we learned as we went and now we know better.

[soy]

Thanks for the info guys it makes sense

[gstoneberg]

It doesn't matter, except that you're stressing your bow a little more than you need to and your draw weight is a little lower than you think.  Unless you're building a real short bow you should be fine.

George

[George Tsoukalas]

Yes and yes. Jawge