[Ansteorra-archery] Bow restoration

[Danny Miller]

No, a Bear 76'er is a solid fiberglass bow.  They're fairly tough, but 
they can develop cracks because they don't have layers with different 
grains.

They made a lot of the 76'ers.  They are pretty good bows though. A bit 
heavy, and don't shoot light arrows all that well.  They're often used 
as fishing bows, the heavier limbs do just fine with heavy fishing 
arrows.  Not many bowfishers though.  Combat arrows are certainly "on 
the heavy side" that would do just fine on a 76'er.

Oznog

On 8/25/2012 12:35 AM, Frank Schalles wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto:humble_archer at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Try getting with Bear archery they may be able to help you.
>>
>>         plachoya
>>         Ansteorra
>>
>>
>>
>>         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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