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Offline Cyclic-Rivers

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Broken Bow/Riser turned 3 piece?
« on: September 14, 2013, 09:07:00 AM »
I was given a broken martin dream catcher yesterday.  is it possible to cut he limbs off and make a takedown bow?
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Re: Broken Bow/Riser turned 3 piece?
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2013, 02:23:00 PM »
Yep. Depending on where the break is.  Take pics and post. A lot of folks here can help.

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Re: Broken Bow/Riser turned 3 piece?
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2013, 08:27:00 AM »


 

 
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Re: Broken Bow/Riser turned 3 piece?
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 11:32:00 AM »
Looks doable. You already have your limb pockets cut. Do you have or have access to a recurve form? Need a little info. Like how long is the bow? length between fades.limb take off angle? and how much riser depth do you have about 1.5" out from the top limb? That looks like the narrowest area you would have to drill and tap for inserts. It's a pretty asymmetric riser and that may give you headaches.

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Re: Broken Bow/Riser turned 3 piece?
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2013, 07:45:00 PM »
Well Dan,  I dont know much about what you ask.  At the moment I never built a bow or have access to a form.  

My co worker gave this to me and i hate to burn it if its useful.

At this point I am fishing and Day dreaming!
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Re: Broken Bow/Riser turned 3 piece?
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2013, 08:31:00 PM »
You could also consider just rebuilding it ... Basically draw the outline of the bow onto a form, and make a form to match the shape of the original.

Then cut off the limbs and grind away the old glass from the riser .... then just use the riser and the form along with some new lams and glass to rebuild it. Hopefully that made sense.

As long as you have one limb that isn't delaminated you can get the shape for the limbs.

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Re: Broken Bow/Riser turned 3 piece?
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2013, 01:01:00 PM »
Have you thoght about contacting Martin. they make good on a replacement at little to no cost.
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