adding weight to a bow

[Scott Beitzel]

i am in the process of building myself another hickory bambo backed bow and i ended up with a pretty bad hinge in the lower limb so after some delibiration i scrapped and scrapped all around the area and removed the hinge then of course had to tiller the other limb to match and ended up right at 25 lb at 30 inches was shooting for 40-45 lb is there any way i could glue another thin peice of hickory to the belly and retiller to gain my weight back or should i just tiller it good as is and call it a learning experiance .
i have shot it in the yard and like the gri and the way it is shooting but not heavy enough to hunt with here in maryland.

any help here would be greatly appreciated .

thanks,
Scott

[PEARL DRUMS]

Belly lams work great. I just added a .060" thick osage lam to a BBO I built a few weeks back. Use URAC and be sure both surfaces are clean and flat. I stopped the belly lams about 10" short of the tips. They dont need more material.

[nlester]

On the belly lams, did you just start at the fades?  To add, belly lams, does the bow need to be backed 1st?  I thought I might add a little weight to my bow.  I'm not wanting much.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Thin osage lams are dry & brittle. I suggest either soaking them in water, or steam them for a quick bit. I actually started at the top of the fade and sloped it down to the belly. You dont need to back the bow to add them and yes it will add at least 5-10#'s of draw depending on thickness added.

[Pat B]

I added tapered(1/8" to 0)osage belly lams to my 60" osage static recurve. This added a bit over 10# to the draw weight after retillering. I used Urac for this application and the lams butted in the center of the handle and went out about 2/3 of each limb. Basically only in the working portion of each limb.