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Title: Been Tinkerin!
Post by: koger on May 23, 2010, 09:30:00 PM

Well last week ordered a set of Samick bolt on limbs, cheap, $69, and finished up a Frankenstein bow. Was an old PSE Pulsar mag riser compound, limbs broke. $5 investment. I machined out the limb pockets to fit the new limbs, then filled up the pocket voids with caulking,redneck limbsavers dont you know. I made an aluminum plate and epoxied it in on top of the void with a slot machined out for the limb bolt, then glued on a cork pad under each limb. I filled the slight void on each side of the limb with 2 part putty epoxy, put release agent on the limbs and screwed them down, let set overnight. I then cleaned everything up painted her with grill paint, made a new string and put on a bear rest, wool puffs. I set the nock 1/4 inch high, and started flingin arra's. Well the #50 limbs picked up about #4 due to the straight angle of the limb pockets, but it is a hammer, and whisper quiet! Made a 62" strung bow, balances well and shoots extremely well, arrow is a bullet,not play whatsoever. This is the 5th one of these I have made, and though they wont win any beauty contest, they are shooter friendly, very sericeable bows that enable people to get in on the ground floor of trad shooting, for an economcial price. I usually sell them for about what I have in them, to get a new guy started. Just thought I would share.

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Post by: vermonster13 on May 23, 2010, 09:50:00 PM

Pics?

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Post by: nightowl1 on May 23, 2010, 10:10:00 PM

Very creative, and probably make a transition easier for compound guys. Way to go. Oh yeah... Pics?

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Post by: ckanous on May 23, 2010, 10:30:00 PM

Where did you get the limbs?

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Post by: LA Trapper on May 23, 2010, 11:29:00 PM

Hey Koger, does this qualify for the one of the transformer movies?  Great ingenuity.


Billy

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Post by: bmfer on May 24, 2010, 08:40:00 AM

Yeah, let us see what you did!

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Post by: koger on May 24, 2010, 06:06:00 PM

I will try to post pics soon, dont look too bad.

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Post by: SveinD on May 24, 2010, 06:11:00 PM

This will be good ^^

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Post by: eric-thor on May 25, 2010, 01:47:00 AM

pics pics
  :campfire:

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Post by: BenBow on May 25, 2010, 03:18:00 PM

koger  where did you pick up the limbs? I made a set from a Groves spitfire that had a ding in one limb but they just gave up on me so looking for something else to mount on my darton riser.
Thanks

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Post by: on May 25, 2010, 03:30:00 PM

Pics......

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Post by: wtpops on May 25, 2010, 06:39:00 PM

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/wtpops/Sarge.gif)

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Post by: Wannabe1 on May 25, 2010, 06:47:00 PM

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Post by: vtmtnman on May 25, 2010, 07:21:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by wtpops:
 (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/wtpops/Sarge.gif)

:readit:

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Post by: koger on May 25, 2010, 09:13:00 PM

Who can I  email pics to to post? Help me!!

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Post by: ron w on May 25, 2010, 10:05:00 PM

This could be cool!!

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Post by: vermonster13 on May 26, 2010, 09:00:00 PM

Here's Koger's rig

 (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/vermonster13/Trade%20Bows/100_0100.jpg)
 (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/vermonster13/Trade%20Bows/100_0099.jpg)
 (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/vermonster13/Trade%20Bows/100_0097.jpg)
 (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/vermonster13/Trade%20Bows/100_0102.jpg)
 (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/vermonster13/Trade%20Bows/100_0101.jpg)

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Post by: eric-thor on May 26, 2010, 09:43:00 PM

almost looks like it was enginerd that way nice job . ive seen uglier bows.

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Post by: koger on May 26, 2010, 09:52:00 PM

Thanks Eric-Thor. I have 20+ years experience as a gunsmith/custom rifle builder, so  this wasnt that hard, just fun and a no frills economical way to help folks get started in trad in a tough economy. Plus it shoots sweet, fast and quiet.I have already started on another one for a guy, A Darton compound riser, and I will be setting it up to use either the Samick limbs or Quinn limbs interchanbebly. I am not charging the guys anything to do the work, just materials and making free strings.

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Post by: wtpops on May 27, 2010, 11:36:00 AM

Nice work and kudos for doing just to get them into the sport.

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Post by: rushlush on May 27, 2010, 12:09:00 PM

Very cool of you! Nice work also.

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Post by: ckanous on June 17, 2010, 06:37:00 AM

Got the same limbs on the way for mine!  I have the same riser that is still camo, so the fish won't see me!!

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Post by: mwmwmb on June 17, 2010, 06:46:00 AM

nice work.

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Post by: cohutta orange on June 17, 2010, 06:57:00 AM

Ck I was thinking the exact same thing for a bowfishing rig.

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Post by: ckanous on July 13, 2010, 09:08:00 PM

What is the brace on this bow?

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Post by: ishoot4thrills on July 13, 2010, 09:33:00 PM

Ditto on the use of koger's bows for a dynamite bowfishing rig!

Great work, man.

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Post by: PAPA BEAR on July 13, 2010, 10:12:00 PM

thats way to cool man.convert all wheel bows on sight.  :thumbsup:

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Post by: koger on July 14, 2010, 06:04:00 AM

Ckanous the BH is 7 & 1/2 inches. Dead quiet and fast with a 470gr. setup.

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Post by: fillmorehd on July 14, 2010, 07:17:00 PM

Sam  that is a great looking bow.  I just did the same thing with an old bear riser that looks identical to it.  I know how well they shoot  it is more than a fishing bow.  Great job!  Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Slasher on July 14, 2010, 11:01:00 PM

kewlness...

DO you take orders???

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Post by: MadDog on July 14, 2010, 11:58:00 PM

Looks like a winner to me, the critters aint gonna care what it looks like....  :thumbsup: