I try to make board bows to try different designs. I like to do a couple of different styles of grips, but most have some sort of pistol type. I'm not much on a flat/straight grip. I grew up with recurves and grew accustom to a deeper grip. For fades, I do power lams or belly lams over the riser or build them in the belly. Most of these were built with the fades in the belly all set at about 2 + inches. I get a limb length in mind and build or cut my risers to accommodate that length + 2 1/2" fade. I use that as a starting point. The smaller bows, I used 1 3/4" as a starting point. More fade is better than too little. You can always reduce the fade, but can't grow one back when you start poping risers or lams off.Once I get a bow the way I like, I write all the specs downso I canbuild similar bows.