Now here is something I thought was neat. I temporarily traded a friend of mine. I gave him my longbow form and he gave me his recurve. Along with it, I got this template. It is used with a router to true up the riser. He made this. He is a woodworker/master craftsman. I swear, I think he could build a house with nothing more than a router and a rock...you need something to pound nails.
Here is the template.

Put the riser on the template and line up the centerline.

Screw it in place. I had to drill a small pilot hole.

Then, clamp template with riser to my makeshift workbench. It was designed to sit in a vice but, I don't have one.

As you can see in this image, the riser protrudes from the edge of the template. It is this material that we will be removing.

It is designed to be used with a template cutting bit. I don't have one and didn't want to pay more than $40 for a 2" bit so, I used a standard 2" straight cutting bit with a 1/2" shank. The cutter head is also 1/2" in diameter. This allows me to chuck it a little long and use the shank as the bearing. It glazed the template a little but, it's barely noticeable.

Now, I'm off to the disc sander to fix something. I'm not a skilled router operator. As I was doing this step, I allowed the router to tilt ever so slightly and it gouged a little. A few passes with the sander and it is good as new.

Stay tuned for more.
John
"The path of least resistance is what leads rivers and men to be crooked." - my father quoting an unknown source.