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Author Topic: Grizzly facelift, before and after!  (Read 606 times)

Offline Apex Predator

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Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« on: December 23, 2008, 10:11:00 AM »
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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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 10:13:00 AM »
Very nice work!    :notworthy:
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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 10:13:00 AM »
Here are some after photos.  The complete facelift thread can be found in "The Bowyers Bench"

 

 

 

 

 
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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 10:24:00 AM »
nice job looks great
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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 10:25:00 AM »
Very nice work...bowdoc
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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 10:28:00 AM »
Thats a real beauty, nice work!
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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 12:23:00 PM »
Cool....looks brand spankin!!!
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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 01:23:00 PM »
Does that make it FF compatible now? That would be worth the effort right there. Nice work Apex.
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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2008, 01:29:00 PM »
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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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2008, 01:51:00 PM »
Nice work!

 
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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.
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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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2008, 02:03:00 PM »
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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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2008, 03:20:00 PM »
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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Re: Grizzly facelift, before and after!
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2008, 04:15:00 PM »
Awesome job on that Bear bow.
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