Replacing a Riser

[LaBill67]

I have a r-d bow that's has an IPE belly with pecan backing.  It pulls 65# and is a sweet shooter. However, I noticed today that the riser is starting to separate just above the arrow shelf. I know, a picture would be great and I'll try to add one tomorrow. But for now if anyone has ever tried to remove the riser where it joins the belly let me know how it turned out and if there is any gotcha's I need to watch out for. My plan is to simply remove the portion of the riser below the belly, cut and glue on another one. The current riser is a layer of IPE with another layer of pecan. I want to go back with the same type wood.Let me know if you've had any success doing this.

[Mad Max]

all wood?
glass lam?
Need pic.

[LaBill67]

Mad Max the bow is all wood, no glass. Pic coming later today.

[BMorv]

I've cut off a couple longbow risers and have reused them on other bows.  I cut them in the band-saw and made sure that if I veered off it was towards the riser and not the belly.  Then I sanded the glue from the belly.  It's hard to say without seeing how yours is setup though.  

I'm also interested in the pecan backing.  I never tried using it in bow making as I've heard it was difficult to work.

[monterey]

Is hickory and pecan pretty much alike?

[BMorv]

Yeah pecan is in the same family as hickory, but I thought I read somewhere when I was first starting out making bows that pecan was difficult to work for one reason or another.  I would like to know if that information was incorrect as there's quite a few pecan trees in my neck of the woods.

[LaBill67]

Thanks to everyone for your input on this post. I wasn't able to get a picture today.  Got family visiting from out of state.  But I went ahead and separated the riser from the bow.  It came off fairly easily.  I did notice after it came off that the glue job was poor, several places that were dry.  I feel certain that was the reason for the failure.  I was unable to reuse the old riser so after cleaning up the belly area I cut and reglued another riser onto the bow making sure I had plenty of glue on it this time. You know I have worked a lot with wood glues of the Titebond variety but not too much with epoxies.  I'm still trying to get a feel for the right clamping pressure.  Will keep you posted on how it turns out.