Shaving weight on a glass back/belly longbow

[danielh]

I have a little problem, with my shoulder injuries, this 54# windstorm longbow is just hurting to pull, as im 6ft 4 my pull is out to 30 inches so its a heavy pull for me.

I have it for sale for $200 in the forums, BUT, i do love the bow, and if i was able to get a skilled bowyer to shave the weight, what would this entail or even cost? and would any bowyer even want to attempt this? id love to send it back to tom cable lol, but i don't think thats gonna happen.

[Roy from Pa]

It would be easy to reduce the weight. All that's needed is to sand the edges of the limbs equally. I don't make glass bows but I'm sure someone will jump in to help you out.

[danielh]

Id be more than happy to pay, as this bow is very nice, and would like to know how low i could go with poundage, sadly with my shoulder id need 35 or 40# to be able to shoot for a few hours a day. So 54 to 35/40 could be a stretch.

[Roy from Pa]

That is a lot of weight to drop, but I'd think it's possible. Other glass bow experts will chime in soon.

[heartlandbowyer]

Daniel,
Sorry to here about your shoulder. If its tore up bad you should get surgery when you can or it will always hinder you. If its something that you can heal with rehab get yourself a bow trainer and start working. If you love the bow leave it or you will be wishing you hadn't lightened the draw weight when the shoulders better. Find yourself a in-exspensive bow to shoot while your healing your shoulder. Just my thoughts good luck with that shoulder.

[rainman]

You won't be able to drop more than 10% of weight so I think 30 or 40 lbs is out of the question.  Get a hold of the bow Hospital this is what they do.

[danielh]

Its just years of production work, its not terrible pain, but after a hour of shooting its yelling at me, id call it VERY annoying, but i dont feel sugery worthy. So lighter = more focus and enjoyment.

[Mike Most]

If your pulling 30 inches on a 54# bow your pulling closer to 61-62# at that draw. That makes my shoulder ache thinking about it. But 5-6#s of weight removed IE 49@28, would have you shooting 55 lbs or so at your length. You would be amazed at the diff...  

[eflanders]

Contact the Bow Hospital as was suggested.  

Whip used to own this company and he could also advise if this big a weight drop would be possible.

But also I think what Mike Most is eluding to is that you may not need to drop as much weight as you have posted to start enjoying your bow again.  

If it were my bow, I would just drop 5 lbs. in draw weight first and then see where to go from there.  A 5 lb. drop can really make a huge difference!

[Al Dean]

usually 5# is about the most that can be safely removed.