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Title: Bingham 60" recurve string?
Post by: Don Armstrong on July 02, 2011, 08:17:00 PM
Got my form about finished for a Bingham 60" one piece recurve. I want to twist up a string tomorrow. Do I need a 56" string for the 60" recurve. Thanks, Don
Title: Re: Bingham 60" recurve string?
Post by: StoneAK on July 02, 2011, 08:50:00 PM
yes sir recurve strings are 4" shorter than bow length nock to nock
Title: Re: Bingham 60" recurve string?
Post by: frank bullitt on July 04, 2011, 12:00:00 PM
Don, 4" short is norm but not always, sir! Could be 3, 4,5, even 5, depends on the limb design and such.

Make up a long tillering string with a timberhitch or bowyers knot and use it to find your brace.

Sounds like your going to build a bow, so you will need a tillering string. I would build it out of a high performance material and heavy strands, D-97, say 16 strands. Fiberglass is very abrasive!

Look foward to pics of the bow!