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Title: Botched limb alignment .....
Post by: TX FLY CASTER on March 31, 2021, 01:02:27 PM

 Decided to build myself a new take down. Only have the Bingham drill jig....needless to say its off by around .020. Anyone ever fill the bolt and pin holes on a set of limbs and re drill? Curious if I could fill with smooth on.

Title: Re: Botched limb alignment .....
Post by: Bow Bender on March 31, 2021, 01:29:45 PM

Smoth on should work or you could glue in a hardwood dowel or plug then re-drill.  Take care when re-drilling because the bit will want to drift to the softer material.

Title: Re: Botched limb alignment .....
Post by: 4 point on March 31, 2021, 02:36:27 PM

I’ve glued hard wood dowels in them with smooth on then redrilled. Covered them with a overlay and you couldn’t tell I screwed up. I actually drilled the holes backwards once and had to fix that

Title: Re: Botched limb alignment .....
Post by: skeaterbait on April 01, 2021, 12:22:28 PM

I use dowels as well.