Thanks Jakes
Nick, one thing to keep in mind when you build a board--use plans that go by string length, not bow length. The reason being is one type recurve may get a string that's as much as 6" shorter than the bow length (such as the old Herter's recurves), while another may get a string 2.5" shorter (Morrison is one that comes to mind), and pretty much anything in-between. Longbows can be almost as bad--I've seen strings range from 1.5" to 4" shorter on those. AMO specs state that any bow, longbow, recurve, or flatbow, should get a string 3" shorter than the AMO bow length, but not all bows were designed to follow AMO specs, plus different people have different preferances. I learned all of this the hard way.[:@]
Chad