Anybody ever do it on purpose? Say if you had a bow with a great riser and someone  took a file to a limb tip and a string groove trying to compensate for limb twist? So yes it would need stripped to the riser and re-done from there. Any thoughts from someone who has experience with this would be greatly appreciated.

Why not just twist it back were it suppose to be?

I had one that was extra stubborn and did not want to twist back, so I 'lowered' the string nock on the offending side and that worked out fine. I rubbed some Tru Oil on the bow and it shoots fine.

Maybe I didn't explain the extent of the file-damage. The upper limb tip had a chunk taken out of it to the point of making me un-easy about even stringing it, and the string groove on the back of the limb is probably 2 1/2 times as wide as it should be I received this bow with 3 others that I made a deal on and wasn't very interested in it so I didn't pay it too much attention. If it was just a twisted limb I'd work that out. It got butchered and I'd like to salvage something out of it I'm just not sure how to get started. Thanks for responding guys and I wish it was a simple fix but I'm going to have to go the long way around on this one.

I have re-limbed several vintage risers with good results. A Pearson Hunter with a broken limb is my favorite hunting rig now, that is after I re-limbed it with a cypress core and brown glass. Don't throw those old broken/delam bows away, send them to me.

James, I would be interested in how you do that and something I believe jrbows was asking...

What you say?  And thanks in advance.

Yes re-limbing is what it's going to take before I feel comfortable shooting this bow I just don't know where to start.

Wait for James, but a heat gun would probably release the glue so a putty knife would separate the glass/lams down to the riser.

don't forget to get a careful tracing and taper measurements of the bow-
to make a form before you de-limb it

You don't need to replace the whole limb bro... You can sand the tip overlays clear to the glass. then fill the tip notches in with epoxy and start over with new overlays. Use phenolic against the glass.

I can send you some pieces if you need them... Kirk

How about the string grooves on the back of the limb?

I had a pearson hunter that the grip fit perfectly. I tried to contact Maddog archery ,who said they had relimbed bows many times. never received a reply. so lots of luck, I hope the best for you.