Adjusting Brace Height?

[Jacob Parnell]

Hello!

I'm really excited, because my bow is just about finished.  However, the draw height will not change! I have been reducing the limbs for a long time now and still, the draw height is only at low brace (3 inches to be exact).
What can I do? Is it something wrong with the bowstring?

Jacob

[Joec123able]

Ummmmm....... Shorten your string alittle ...

[Onebowonder]

If you are using a Bowyer's knot at one end, then obviously, just tie that end up a bit shorter.  If you have a double flemish or continous loop string, you can take up A LARGE amount of excess length by simply twisting the string up tighter.  For performance's sake, you want to get a string that is the right size for your bow though.  An overly twisted string is heavier than it has to be to do the job, ...and it stretches more as well.  However; for finer adjustment of your bace height, say a couple of inches or so, twisting the string up or out should work well.

OneBow

[Pappy]

What Joe said. you could take the limbs down to nothing and the brace height won't change without shorting the string.
   Pappy

[Slackbunny]

Only string length affects the brace height. Doesn't matter how much material you remove, the brace height will never change if the string stays the same length.

[SLIMBOB]

Unless you have a very elastic string.

[Zion]

or a very heavy bow  but yeah whenever i am 'breaking in' a new string i just twist every half hour or so.

[Thesquirrelslinger]

yea.. Shorten the string...
overlays will increase your brace height if you first tiller before putting overlays on.
Piking the bow will reduce the brace height... and raise the weight..

[Del the cat]

Beware of bowyers knots in dacron and modern materials, they can slip.
Linen string that is waxed will grip fine.
Del

[crooketarrow]

  PAPPYS DEAD ON

[George Tsoukalas]

Jacob, are we missing something? By draw height do you mean brace height? The brace height is the distance from the back of the bow to the string in the strung  bow. The bow is not drawn at all for this measurement.
Jawge