Shelf Cut

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matt61
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Shelf Cut

#1 Post by matt61 » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:42 pm

Can someone tell me how to measure how much cut my longbow has on the arrow shelf.
thanks
Matt

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Re: Shelf Cut

#2 Post by bigbob » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:28 am

If you find centre at the fades [ area where riser tapers to zero] and draw a line between both points , that should find centre of limbs and then measure against that.
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Re: Shelf Cut

#3 Post by matt61 » Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:01 am

Great thanks Bob.
Matt

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