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[Fred Vojt]

So after hunting with my bow for 37 yrs, I did the unthinkable. I closed my truck door on the tip of my bighorn bow. Initially, I thought I had just loosened the tip overlay but upon removing the string, I noticed a crack in the rear glass which was covered by the string. Are there any options for a repair? Thanks.

[Fred Vojt]

[Kirkll]

Absolutely can be repaired.... I would put overlays on the tips of both limbs something like this.   If this is something you would like done professionally. I can do this for you.   Kirk

[Fred Vojt]

What does the finished project look like?

[Roy from Pa]

That is the finished product there.
It can be any color you choose.

[Kirkll]

Here are a few more.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CsHYAGsSQRFQ5NCx9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vE5P5WmBLh8qY5vZ8

[Fred Vojt]

Very cool looking. What is the overlay made of.

[Mike Mecredy]

That's a pretty simple fix, being on the face side of the limbs.  When that happens on the back of the limbs it's a bit more complicated.

[Buggs]

You could easily laminate a small piece of fiberglass or similar dense material on there and carefully shape and sand it yourself.

[Fred Vojt]

I can build you a house from scratch. Build cabinets. Do the most ornate trim you can imagine but I have zero experience as a boyer. As Dirty Harry once said, " A mans gota know his limitations."

[Buggs]

No problem then! Just think of it like a Dutchman overlay and feather out the edges

None of us was born with bowyering skills

[Mike Mecredy]

Fred,  let me know if you need anything.  I have lots of fiberglass scraps that would work, and epoxy I could spare.  And if you don't want to tackle the job your self I can do it.  It'll cost you more to ship the bow here and back, than it would for me to fix it.  Let me know.  There may even be others here who live closer to you, I'm betting there are.

[Kirkll]

I can build you a house from scratch. Build cabinets. Do the most ornate trim you can imagine but I have zero experience as a boyer. As Dirty Harry once said, " A mans gota know his limitations."

Well then…. Roll up your sleeves and give it a go. It’s just a hardwood overlay using epoxy…. The tricky part is sanding out the transition smoothly and getting a uniform look to it. Then refinishing the overlays, or spraying the whole limb with a suitable product.

What ever you do…. Do it to both limb tips, or it could give you some vibration in your limbs throwing the balance off.

A little trick to doing this is prepping the overlay with a taper into the glass prior to lay up. It makes sanding the transition into the limbs much easier.

I have a tip wedge jig that I use to mill my overlays with. I could mill a couple and send them to you if you want…… let me know.

Kirk