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Title: Please help.. Bow repair question
Post by: Stiks-n-Strings on September 13, 2009, 05:54:00 PM

Done a real smart one today. Dropped a stand on my bow from 15'.    :knothead:  
It looks worse in the pics but the glass is busted a little and the limb core boogered a little on the side about 1/8" deep from side to center the glass lam is seperated from the maple about 1" long by 1/8".
Can I fix this at home and how do I do it or do I need to send t oa bowyer. Season starts in a couple of weeks and this is the only bow I have to hunt with until late Nov.
Here are some pics.
Direst link to pics. I couldn't figure out how to resize
 http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af13/Macscustomcalls/DSC00792.jpg
 http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af13/Macscustomcalls/DSC00793.jpg

Title: Re: Please help.. Bow repair question
Post by: Frenchymanny on September 13, 2009, 06:22:00 PM

TTT for the experts

Title: Re: Please help.. Bow repair question
Post by: Stiks-n-Strings on September 13, 2009, 07:47:00 PM

TTT. In need of serious help guys.

Title: Re: Please help.. Bow repair question
Post by: chadwimc on September 14, 2009, 08:47:00 AM

I just glued the laminations on an old Kodiak Hunter. Mine was at the grip into the riser. I read the bazzilion pages of the bowdoc repair tutorial, bought the super glue, bummed some syringes from my diabetic BIL and went for it.

An expert could probably find the repair but casual shooters can't. The bow functions flawlessly.

Use the search feature to find repair topics.

Title: Re: Please help.. Bow repair question
Post by: reddogge on September 14, 2009, 06:28:00 PM

Looks like a busted core so I think you need some expert advice.

Title: Re: Please help.. Bow repair question
Post by: Stiks-n-Strings on September 14, 2009, 07:02:00 PM

I've gotten several replies via PM and went to work on it right away. the pics look alot worse than the actual damage but she's got a booboo none the less. A piece of the maple core was boogered about the size of a pencil lead that's been dulled a little. the glass was delaminated about 1.5" length ways about 1/8" from the side and cracked a little.
Last night I glued it with super glue and clamped it over night. today cleaned it up with 180 grit and took it out and shot it a few times. Seems t obe fine except for little sliver of glass lifted and I assume I just didn't get the glue smooshed in that part good enough. Took a needle and lifted that a lttle and shot some mor glue in it and clamped that.
Keep your fingers crossed I think she's gonna live through it.
I'll let everybody know
Kris

Title: Re: Please help.. Bow repair question
Post by: Stiks-n-Strings on September 15, 2009, 10:28:00 PM

shot it today for about an hour and everything is good.. Thanks God for small miracles, super glue and epoxy.
Kris