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Title: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: mangonboat on January 26, 2015, 03:18:00 PM
I've posted my Bear compound to bolt-on recurve "Frankenbow" project, but now I'm obsessed by a posting on the auction site of a 1976 Howatt Super Diablo compound bow...can I make a recurve out of THAT?? It's a long riser but just gorgeous wood and it looks like it uses a half-round spacer to aling the riser to the limbs and allow for adjustment to increase or decrease weight and adjust tiller. It would  probably require some deepening of the limb mounting face to make a more acute limb angle, but not much else to line up some Samick limbs, glue of otherwise fit the alignment half-round and she'd be a looker, for sure. Am I crossing the line into bow abuse?
Title: Re: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: M60gunner on January 26, 2015, 03:34:00 PM
Ck your Pm box
Title: Re: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: Mike Vines on January 26, 2015, 04:20:00 PM
You are a guy.  We NEVER run out of "Stupid" ideas.
Title: Re: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: Tim on January 26, 2015, 05:32:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Vines:
You are a guy.  We NEVER run out of "Stupid" ideas.
:biglaugh:
Title: Re: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: mangonboat on January 26, 2015, 06:09:00 PM
I have been saved from  myself. I rechecked the photos on the ad for the Super Diablo and its a lefty..I have enough left handed inventions. Not that I will completely forget about this notion...
Title: Re: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: njloco on January 26, 2015, 06:54:00 PM
Why not just get a Super Diablo ? They're great shooters just the way they are!
Title: Re: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: on January 27, 2015, 09:21:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Vines:
You are a guy.  We NEVER run out of "Stupid" ideas.
My wife reminds me of this all the time!    :laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:

Bisch
Title: Re: Is this my stupidest idea, yet?
Post by: maineac on January 27, 2015, 09:29:00 AM
HMMM< I wonder if my old Browning xcellorator compound with wood riser is still at the home of the former student I passed it onto. I bought him a browning takedown recurve for a graduation present.  Maybe I could do a conversion on that....