advice please

[archerforlife2]

i have a stave drying for a hopefully 50# @ 9 inch draw length vine maplebow and the stave is about 2 inches around and i was wondering if i should make a bend through the handle or have a handle on it and how do i determine were the handle is suppost to be thanks?

[Keenan]

 Archer, Wellcome,  I assume you are talking about a 29 inch draw instead of 9".      How long ins your stave?   For a 29" draw you should be around 64-66" bow.  You can go a little shorter if you make it bend through the handle

[Elktracker]

The stave is 62" or 5' 2" is what you said if I remember right The way I do the handle placement is make a mark in the very center of the bow so if your stave is 62 find 31" make a mark then measure 1" up toward the top limb this is the top of the grip, then from the 31 center mark measure 3" down this will be the bottom of your grip giving you a 4" grip. If you wanted you could go with a slight bend in the handle but you wont need much to hit your draw length and you could have a non bending handle if you wanted as long as you make sure to get the whole limb working from the fade just off the handle to about 6 inches from the tip. In my experiance vine maple is very strong in tension strength so it will take a heck of a bend from what I have seen. Good luck and post pictures when you get going and we can help you allong

Josh

I know I already gave you this link but the first little bit explains and shows marking out the handle and I would just use this as reference through your whole bow build. Its no problem to ask questions thats why we are here but this will save you lots of them http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,4815.0.html Good luck and keep us posted and post pics if you can

[archerforlife2]

yeah i mean 29 woops  and yes the stave is 62 inches Long and 2 inches around. and i will post pics of the stave tommorow night or the night after got a new camera  so you will actually be able to see what i take pictures of now. so i will have a non bendy handle thanks. and my bad on the typos 

[aaron]

archer4- like keenan, i would reccomend a bendy handle- easier to tiller, and safer.looking fwd to pics!