Trad talk is the place for this. I have warfed several bows, working on 3 right now. It involves reworking a compound riser to use recurve or longbow limbs. Usually with good results. I took 2 Hoyt 'Banshee compuound risers that the limbs were shot from our 4H club that I help coach. I trashed everything but the riser and limb bolts, ordered a set of Greatree limbs for each one, #20 and #30 pounds, did a little grinding to get them to fit, filled in any gaps with epoxy putty, painted the putty to match the riser. I then cleaned up the limbs, bolted them on and made a flemish string for them. Great feeling, long stabil bow, shoots great. I am currently working on a PSE Lazer Riser and a Black bear riser, have them ready for limbs. I bought both risers for less than $10 each on broken bows, and have less than $100 in two sets of limbs, a set of #40 Quinn stingray limbs and a set of Mizar #40, both should work out well, and handle and balance well. Pm me for any more info if I can help.