Adding Glass to increase weight

[ksbowman]

Is it possible or practical to add another thickness of glass to the face or back of an existing glass laminate to increase the weight of a bow without disrupting the shooting of a bow? I have a bow I'd like to refinish, but don't want to lose any draw weight in case I'd get carried away on sanding. Right now it is lower in weight than I would like. I was thinking about this as an option.

[reddogge]

I would sell it and buy a higher weight.  Very impractical idea.

[Precurve]

Wasn't there someone on this site that was taking old risers and putting new limbs on them?

Dave

[NancyVTAS]

Mike at Maddog just put new limbs on my broken "59 Kodiak and it is a fine shooter!!!You cna get the weight and lenght you want also. Drawback only black or brown glass, but my '59 is in brown and a beauty. It can be seenover on stickbow in the *********** as custom '59 kodiak.   Dick

[Bjorn]

ksbowman, you won't loose any weight if you don't get carried away.

[raghorn]

Instead of sanding use a straight edged knife and scrap the finish off. I done a few bows and most of the older finishes just fly off the bow.....wear goggles! Then sand with fine grit where needed. Go easy on the limb edges.

[snufer]

I tried it one time with a set of limbs that I made that came out too light, I roughed them up, cleaned with laquer thinner, put them back on the form, and glued another piece of clear glass over them (back of the limb)with Smooth-on. For some reason they did'nt adhere, I junked the limbs abd started over.