Can someone put new limbs on my delaminated one piece recurve?

[ozy clint]

Hi guys, my one piece recurve that used to be my fathers delaminated off the fade on the top limb the other day.
Just wondering if anyone would be able to take the limbs off it and make it a bow again? the fades are intact. pictures available. Looks to be a Martin Mamba style one piece.

Clint

[Crooked Stic]

My advice find another bow in good shape.

[Mad Max]

Epoxy your fathers bow back together and hang it on the wall and buy you a used Mamba on Facebook

[Shredd]

  I will do it for you...  The limbs won't be exactly the same...  It won't shoot the same... It won't look the same...  I can't guarantee that it will come out the same weight...  I figure I could do it for $10k plus cost of materials and shipping / handling...

[KenH]

What Shredd is trying to say, in his own inimitable way, is what you want just isn't feasible.  You can't really "put new limbs on a one piece bow".  As Mad Max said, just glue your Dad's bow back together with some epoxy, and save it for the memories.  Buy a similar bow to shoot today. 

[kennym]

I have put new limbs on a one piece riser, but it was on the same form as built the first time.  Just sawed the limbs off , then sawed thru the lams, staying out of glass and riser and sanded the riser back to where it was before gluing up the first time.  Then started on new bow with old riser.

PITA tho!

You will most likely have a different bow bow profile than almost anybody else so a new form would have to be built for it , if you can get the riser extracted from the old bow.

Heck, I had a new style bow first try come in way heavy so I sawed the whole bow end to end, figuring it took about .035" out of the stack.  Glued it back together and it worked ..... for awhile.  I didn't have enough clamps to get a good job on it and it folded. 

And before ya ask, I'd already redone the form to a new shape...

[Stagmitis]

Maybe Oz should post a pic of the delam? It might be a creative fix.

[Mad Max]

Maybe Oz should post a pic of the delam? It might be a creative fix.

x2
Pictures always help

[ozy clint]

Here is a pic

[JamesV]

Clint.............

Is this the same bow I put new limbs on for you 7-8 years ago?

James

[ozy clint]

JamesV- yes it is mate.
I was going to PM you but I saw that you hadn't been active for quite a while.

I fear that shipping costs will be prohibitive these days. I know the service from USA to Australia is in turmoil.

[Kirkll]

I have put new limbs on a one piece riser, but it was on the same form as built the first time.  Just sawed the limbs off , then sawed thru the lams, staying out of glass and riser and sanded the riser back to where it was before gluing up the first time.  Then started on new bow with old riser.

PITA tho!

You will most likely have a different bow bow profile than almost anybody else so a new form would have to be built for it , if you can get the riser extracted from the old bow.

Heck, I had a new style bow first try come in way heavy so I sawed the whole bow end to end, figuring it took about .035" out of the stack.  Glued it back together and it worked ..... for awhile.  I didn't have enough clamps to get a good job on it and it folded. 

And before ya ask, I'd already redone the form to a new shape...

I've done it quite a few times myself successfully, but you are right.... its a pain in the arse, and a serious waste of materials.  This was one of the primary reasons i quit building custom one piece recurve bows..... If ya miss draw weight that bow goes into stock bows and you build another one. Then you sit on it forever finding a home for it..... If its a specialty hardwood riser, ya gotta cut the limbs off..... No thank you...

I still build a lot of one piece long bows, but those are easier to find a home for for some reason.

Kirk

[Flem]

Clint, have you considered doing a repair yourself? Seems like a lot of expense to replace limbs, when there is a good chance of repeat failure. You could remove the old epoxy in the gap with a heated razor blade or other thin, stiff metal piece and refill it with some fortified and colored epoxy. Lightly clamped, it might hold together, especially if you use G-Flex or similar flexible epoxy.