My second YEW bow. Help me make this one last:)

[Hamish]

Excellent job. I'm glad this one is working out for you.

[NorthHeart]

Drew the bow to 29" 3 times 

As primitive bowyers we measure brace height from the back of the grip area, right(and by back i mean back of the bow)?

[NorthHeart]

Tried to capture pics of the back.

[NorthHeart]

Looking at the bow this morning i think it may have taken a little set, primarily on the lower limb(left side of the pics, or the one that appears down on the sideways pics).  I went back and looked at the pics to confirm this...had to pull the website up twice and look back and forth between my last pic at 28" and my most recent at 29".  I think im seeing it in the outer portion where the bow narrows just a bit before the curved tips.  Let me know what yall think.

Either way, im glad she held up and i feel safer now about the forgiveness of the draw length.  What amount of set do yall find acceptable on your bows?  Im not even sure how one wold measure set.  Ill show my ignorance here.  I still dont get the difference between set and string follow?

[DC]

Just tell everyone that you put a little deflex in it to lower the strain Shoot it, if you like it, it's fine. It looks great to me.

[jeffp51]

Like Gawge says, set happens.  Unless it is excessive, it isn't the end of the world. That bow looks great.  Shoot the heck out of it, and make another.

[High-Desert]

You may be right ablout some set in that limb, but from the looks of it, it's not significant and an acceptable amount. I have a few bows with considerably noticeable set and they have been shooting great for a long while. Great job on this bow

[NorthHeart]

Thanks for easing my concern fellas.  Here is a pic i took drawing the bow myself(keep in mind im only at about 24" at my anchor).

I drew it to 28" multiple times today and it was at a solid 50#.  At my short draw of about 23-24" it was weighing in at 39-41# and flinging a 555gr arrow at 132-134fps.  Not gonna break any speed records but i can only imagine what she can do at 28".  FWIW my Osage hunting bow only shoots about 138-140fps, and it seems to get the job done.  I use the same arrow for testing all bows so that i have a constant in the process...its actually an Easton aluminum draw length measuring arrow i went ahead and fletched up lol. 

And regarding my previous question on brace height, do yall measure it from the string to the back of the bow?  And what would you say is an appropriate starting point for a bow like this?

[NorthHeart]

Finally finished the shelf and grip on my second yew bow.  Felt compelled to share the pics:)

[Badger]

       If you are drawing 24" I would tiller the bow to 25". You will notice a big boost in performance not going past your own draw length.