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i did the stupidest thing this mornin, i tried stringing my bear bow without my stringer and pop! i delaminated my bottom limb! is there anyway to fix it any help would be greatly app. thanks!

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delaminated ? I'd send to a bowyer on that one and not try and repair myself.

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Smooth on 40 or bow grip 100. Clean the lams with acetone, if you can. Scar it if its not already, mix the epoxy of choice, glue lams, clamp (what ever methoid you like), and youmight need to set it in a form or caul. Then bake. Id not go to hot, you dont want to soften the epoxy already used. Since you dont know the temp it was cured at, you might cause the whole thing to delam if you dont put it back in a form to bake. If you cure at room temp, the epoxy will resoften at about 5 degrees higher than what you cured it at. that would be no good if it ever went in a car and left in the sun for a small amount of time.


I dont think the the stringing caused the delamination. You were destine for it to happen eventually. If its a newer bow, id not bother and send it back.

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I wouldnt call it stupid,alot of us dont use a stringer....but things do happen..

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I think Burnie hit the nail on the head on this one! Tough luck you could say, is there a warranty on this bow?

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Most likely it's a wall-hanger now.

Chad

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Not at all. Ive fixed lots of delams. Fixed one two years ago and the guy still hunts with it today. He shot two deer with it this season. All depends on the severity of the delam and if it did damage to the lams. If it was due to epoxy softening, no big deal. If it took wood with it. Not good.

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burniegoeasily thanks for the help, its an old grizzly from the sixties. there is no damage to the fast glass at all not even a stress line, but it cracked in the middle of the two pieces of wood i can send you pic.'s or anything you need so you can tell me what i need to do. it's my baby and my only bow for hunting so i realy realy need to repair it thanks a millon wildriver

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Ewwwwww, that bow is toast. The wood lams will need to be replaced. Only thing you could do is cut offboth limbs, build a form, buy new lams, and remake the bow around the riser. Just replacingthe damaged limb would be no good. The tillering will be way off and very hard to get even with the older limb.Other than that, not much can be done. Sorry.

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Dang that sucks! i hope i can find another left hand bear to hunt with in thenext month or so or my huntin season is shot [:@]thanks again for all the help