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Title: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: cunruhshoot on December 08, 2014, 01:26:00 PM

My son is building his own 3 piece take-down and he had an issue with his inserts not being centered and slightly crooked which messed up his limb alignment. We have started over on a fresh riser...but I was wanting to see if I could save this one. So I drilled out the inserts and was looking for advice on a solid way to fill the holes and re-drill and tap. What are your thoughts?

  (http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w394/cunruhsurf/Bow%20Making/6ce2a3825ad71b6b39bbedad6604e9fe.jpg)

  (http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w394/cunruhsurf/Bow%20Making/7b6231086d57bdf917f68614cfd15d4f.jpg)

thanks...

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: rmorris on December 08, 2014, 02:22:00 PM

Take a scrap piece of that riser wood and make a bunch of saw dust out of it, mix that with smooth or what ever clear epoxy you have and fill the hole.

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: jess stuart on December 08, 2014, 02:26:00 PM

Devcon makes a product PC7, that I have used a couple of times to fill in holes.  It has worked out okay.  Good luck

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: cunruhshoot on December 08, 2014, 03:53:00 PM

Thanks for the insight. So if I fill the holes with smooth-on and saw dust mix and throw it in the oven to cure I can then re-drill in basically the same hole and re-thread into the smooth-on mix and it will be solid. I guess that is both a clarifying statement and a question wrapped up in one.

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: rmorris on December 08, 2014, 05:37:00 PM

Yep, you do not need to put it back in the oven, just let it sit for 24 hours. It will drill and tap just fine .

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: Al Dean on December 08, 2014, 05:47:00 PM

I get oak dowels the size of the hole and epoxy them in then cut off and sand level.

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: cunruhshoot on December 08, 2014, 06:43:00 PM

Thanks for the confidence boast to move forward. I have now filled the holes and will set it aside for adequate drying time. No hurry...I had to order a couple more sets of hardware.

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: Mike Most on December 10, 2014, 04:12:00 PM

You may need a couple more limbs now also......   :goldtooth:

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: cunruhshoot on December 10, 2014, 08:21:00 PM

Yep - Mike I have my eye on some of Troy Breeding's veneers just trying to make up my mind.

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: cunruhshoot on December 13, 2014, 02:25:00 AM

Got my new hardware yesterday and my son and I re-drilled and tapped the riser. Everything went very smooth and we have the riser rough shaped and the limbs fit very nicely on the riser. We put a string on and it pulls back to full draw with no issues. If we make some good progress tomorrow I will try to get some pics up. My son is very excited for his monster 75# take-down.

Title: Re: Take-down riser advice...Success!
Post by: jess stuart on December 13, 2014, 06:36:00 PM

Good deal,  Glad you were able to save the riser really hurts to let piece of beautiful wood go unused.  Congrats