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Originally Posted by piphil  I'll give your method a try when I next get the bow out. I see what you're saying, but if the string is centered on the limbs (seen via limb gauges or riser bolts) surely the limbs would have to be straight? If one limb was east and the other west, wouldn't the string run diagonally across the riser and miss one of the bolts? Am I missing something...? :P |
No logically you are quite right, but and I think it's a big "but" I am yet to see a "perfectly" straight riser and in some cases even the limb bolts are not perfectly central. If you adjust the string to run down the centre of the riser and or even the centre of the limb where you have the measure (guage or tape) it is not a guarantee that the limb tips will be straight if the riser is not. Adjusting the limbs left or right to get the string to run down the centre can put the limb tips out.
BTW the limb tips can both point east or west that was just the most common example.