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Grizzly facelift, before and after!

Started by Apex Predator, December 23, 2008, 10:11:00 AM

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I bought a 1965 Grizzly that was missing a tip overlay and had a pretty rough finish.  I built two new overlays from linen phenolic and re-finished with Fullerplast.  I think she turned out really well.  Here are the before photos.









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Here are some after photos.  The complete facelift thread can be found in "The Bowyers Bench"









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Does that make it FF compatible now? That would be worth the effort right there. Nice work Apex.
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The tips could handle it, but I wouldn't recommend it.  The lams and glue lines are all 43 years old.
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Nice work!

QuoteOriginally posted by Apex Predator:
The tips could handle it, but I wouldn't recommend it.  The lams and glue lines are all 43 years old.
Does this mean there is a certain point (age) that the bows made today will no longer be FF compatible? If so, where would you put the cutoff point?
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I'm certainly not the expert here, but I tend to err on the side of caution.  I would say that a bow that you bought new today would be a much better contender for a FF string 43 years from now.  The biggest reason I would say that is that you know how the bow has been stored and used.  With a used bow you don't know how it's been treated.  I don't know which epoxies were used back then either.  They may not be as good as what is available now.  I think Bowdoc or Droptine would be able to tell us more.  Good question though.
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Excellent,I'll have to check out the post on the B. bench. I bet you can kill a hog with that if you try, lol, nice job.  ron w
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