[Ansteorra-archery] Bow restoration

[Frank Schalles]

You might look into "backing" the bow. Look here:
http://poorfolkbows.com/oak5.htm

Francois

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Joey <xferdesk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The bow is right around a 30# draw. The color on the limbs look faded. I
> went over them with a fine tooth comb and can't find any obvious damage. As
> far as hidden damage goes, is there anything I can do to reinforce them so
> they don't shatter... Or shatter as bad?
>
> On Aug 24, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Crandall <4fooles.matters at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You are talking about the solid fiberglass limbs that have warped. They
> are 35+ years old, and if warped, they probably were not stored correctly.
> Those bows were "club and camp" grade back then, and probably stored under
> tension, only being unstrung when the season ended.
> The heat and stress that would be required to straighten the limbs would
> probably cause other problems in the fiberglass. I have seen glass limbs
> with hidden damage break dramatically.
> If the bow is a lightweight, and as you say the limbs are not warped
> enough to cause problems when shooting, I would leave them alone.
> I would also start looking for a one piece recurve to replace the 76'er.
> They have little collector value, except to fill in a gap in a series,
> though there were some with fancy paint jobs.
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Harry Billings <
> humble_archer at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Try getting with Bear archery they may be able to help you.
>>
>> plachoya
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>> I came across an old "Bear 76er takedown bow" the limbs are fiberglass
>> and are slightly warped. the bow still fires just fine and its still
>> accurate considering the twists. Does anyone know of a way to straighten
>> fiberglass limbs? im trying to restore the bow to hopefully spark an
>> interest in archery for my wife. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Thank you
>>
>> Lord Griffin Fane
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