Need help with a twisted limb!

[lpcjon2]

I have a Pearson Colt and the limb has a twist in it. I have tried the hot water and pressure method and it didn't do it. What would be the next step.I was thinking of making a jig to hold the limb straight and using a hair dryer heating a little bit a few times a day for three or so days.Any help would be great.Thanks Tim

[PEARL DRUMS]

I have clamped the twisted limb to my bench and hung weight on the opposite end to make it bend beyond straight. Let it sit for a few days and it worked.

[T Folts]

I wouldnt use too much heat, you may be sorry.

[Don Stokes]

I successfully straightened a limb on a Super Kodiak by just twisting it in the opposite direction while strung, and repeating regularly over a period of time. I kept the bow strung, and eventually the twist was reversed. It has been stable ever since, for a decade or so.

[okie64]

I have a couple of old pearsons that the limbs were twisted on but the hot water method worked with them. One of them is a pearson pinto and I had to repeat the hot water and pressure trick 3 times to get it completely straightened out.I've never tried dry heat with glass bows so cant help you there.

[Eric Krewson]

I have delaminated two bows by being too aggressive with my heat gun while trying to straighten them.

Even though I was I was trying to do the owners a favor I still felt compelled to replace the bows I destroyed, which I did. I no longer volunteer to straighten limbs on vintage bows, learned my lesson and it was an expensive one at that.

[CaptainJ]

I clamped an old twisted Browning just past straight for a month in the hot garage and when I removed the clamps it was perfectly straight and has kept that way for almost 20 years now.

CJ

[lpcjon2]

Thanks for the tips I will let you know how it works out.  

[snag]

I just went through this with a friends Red Wing Hunter. He brought it to me with a limb twist. I soaked it in hot water for about 30 minutes. Then I put it in the vise and hung a weight off the tip for a couple of hours until it cooled. Done! Restrung it and left it strung for 24 hrs. and it was good to go.

[frank bullitt]

I have done it with all the techniques stated. Heat, hot water and like Don states, slowly working it by hand. That seems to work the best, for me!

My last was a Shakespeare Necadah, had a severe twist in upper limb. Twist and hold, and just keep working the opposite.

Remember, it problably didn't get that way overnight.

Hope ya get a shooter back!

[TroutGuide]

Hand twist and hold several times.  Worked for me.