"Z" handle oak board bow

[bubby]

That's what I was thinking jw, make it one inch about 11" from the tips with a one inch fade down to 3/4" then straight taper to 3/8"tips

[JW_Halverson]

I would not want to have those levers bending, for fear of them being too light and twisting, right?  That's going to cut into the working limbs a bit. 

Right now it is 66" tip to tip and will come in probably a little short of 65" nock to nock. 

The lever bow is not somethign I have ever really played with, too.  (Getting a picture here?  I am trying to shake myself out of the rut I have been in for far too many years. Guilty of making the same dang design over and over)

[bubby]

That's plenty of length jw

[JW_Halverson]

Ok, my 26" draw and the occasional macho-man 27 inch pull will test that out.  Thanks Bubby.

Thanks everyone for pitching in on this one.  I am really questioning a lot of my assumptions and listening to what people have for input.  And that is more than just bow making.  I guess at 51 I am ready to learn something. 

[bubby]

Go 2" at the fades, 10" from the tips strait taper to 1", 1" long fade 3/4" wide strait taper to 1/2", the levers only need to be 3/16" thicker than the limb not to bend, come on JW, show us that old dog can still hunt