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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: PK on March 16, 2008, 10:38:09 pm

Title: Belly Profile
Post by: PK on March 16, 2008, 10:38:09 pm

For a Bow that is  1 1/4 by 7/8 by 70" ( Hickory) which belly Profile would I get best performance with?.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/whatareyadoin/BellyShapejpg.jpg

Title: Re: Belly Profile
Post by: Hillbilly on March 16, 2008, 11:01:49 pm

Flat, flat, flat. Flat as a pancake. Flatten it as flat as it will go and then make it flatter.  :) I've never had much luck with hickory and crowned bellies.

Title: Re: Belly Profile
Post by: El Destructo on March 16, 2008, 11:16:26 pm

What Hillbilly Said......dont try to make an ELB out of it......just have a nice gracefully rounded Back....go flat and round the Edges....thats all.....JMO

Title: Re: Belly Profile
Post by: adb on March 16, 2008, 11:56:34 pm

Yessir, like yesterday's beer... flat. For hickory, anyway.

Title: Re: Belly Profile
Post by: Pat B on March 17, 2008, 01:05:32 am

I agree. Flat belly. As strong in tension as hickory is maybe go with a slightly trapped cross section; narrower at the back than the belly.    Pat

Title: Re: Belly Profile
Post by: PK on March 17, 2008, 01:50:50 am

Thanks fellers ;D