reducing weight?

[hydrasport205]

I need tips on reducing weight on a bob lee recurve. The bow is 53# and I want about 49-50# I was told to sand the edges of the bow.My question is do you sand more toward the tip of the limbs or just even all down the limbs.Also I shoot 3 under should I make the bottom limb a little stronger.Wish I could have it done but just don't have the extra money for it  but I don't want to ruin my limbs either. any advice is helpful  thanks.  Robbie

[Irish]

Save up and have a bowyer do it.   You could ruin a set of limbs in a heart beat.

[Bjorn]

Boy do I ever agree with Irish!

[Bladepeek]

Couldn't agree more. The bowyer knows how much he has to play with. I had an RER Retro that was just a bit too much. I wanted to have 3 - 4 lbs taken off, but the maker said that one was pretty close to the bone to begin with and he could only do about 2 lbs. Normally the weight is reduced on the flats rather than the edges, I think. The glass was just too thin on mine to reduce much more.

[ron w]

I would call Bob Lee bows and ask them.....I would not mess with it myself. I have a had couple of bows reduced and in the end it was a bargain to have the bowyer do it!!

[McDave]

As far as changing the tiller, if your nock point is already pretty low, say 5/8" or less, I would leave the tiller alone.  If you're shooting 3 under and your nock point is 3/4" or higher, you might consider moving more toward even tiller.  But I agree with everyone else: let Bob do it!

[Kip]

Bob Lee  just reduced a set of limbs for me and refinished and checked the tiller. Money well spent.Kip

[Big Lefty]

I picked up a second hand longbow from a very reputable bowyer last winter.  At the time, I was concerned it might be more weight than I wanted to draw.  I contacted him about weight reduction.  He said he could reduce the bow by 3-4#, refinish the bow and put a new leather grip.  The price I was quoted was surprisingly low.

[Hot Hap]

Might want to put a ad in the classifieds to try a trade. Hap