| From: Fletch
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| Date: 22-Sep-14 |
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Folks I have a Ben Pearson Bronco, my childhood bow, that has limbs slightly warped. I left it strung years ago and ruined it. Does anyone know if there is a cure for this or any body offer services to fix it? It still shoots hard but the string is off centerline prob 1/8" to 3/16". Would love to get it right again so my kids can use it.
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| From: Orion
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| Date: 22-Sep-14 |
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It's a simple fix. Just string it and bend the twisted part of the limb-tip back the other way, over bending a little. Do that until the string lines up in the groove. If the slight over bending doesn't take, warm the area to be bent with a hair dryer and do it again. Eventually, it will come around.
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 22-Sep-14 |
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Do what Orion says, taking care to make sure the string does not twist off the nock. You'll know you've achieved your goal when you can draw the bow to full draw and then slowly, under control, let the string back down and have it self align in the grooves.
Once there leave it strung that way for a couple of days and see if it stays...most limb twists are easily fixed with gentle yet persistent persuasion...some of my bows require a little tweak every time I string them and I use a Bateman stringer so it's not the stringing technique...it's a tiny bit of instability that's easily corrected.
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| From: Wild Bill
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| Date: 22-Sep-14 |
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I would never heat a limb with the bow strung. I have used heat to straighten limbs and then quickly cooled them as I held them overbent in the opposite direction. I have always use hot water from the tub tap, probably 135degrees. Be sure the finish is intact and you don't absorb water into the wood.
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| From: Quiet Man
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| Date: 22-Sep-14 |
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I have used heated water at 125 degrees, unstrung soak the warped limb tip for about 10 minutes then flex back pat where straight is and hold under cold running water, may need to repeat a couple times.Its easier to control heat with water, most bows are heated at 130 degrees to cure the epoxy.
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| From: Orion
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| Date: 23-Sep-14 |
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I agree with Wild Bill. Shoujld have made it more clear. I unstring the bow when I apply heat and just bend the heated portion with my hand. Lots of times, I'll do the initial bending without stringing as well.
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