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Post by trapperdave on Jul 28, 2010 9:45:59 GMT -5
or How to turn that old compound into a new trad bow... its called WARFing. Some old compound risers make perfect recurves. SOME...not all. For this project I am using a PSE Silverhawk compound that wa givin to me. (aint much use for 44" compounds anymore, if you cant get it free you can sure get it cheap. 10-20 dollars usually). Step one is gettin all that junk off it  Easy enough, just start backing out the limb bolts. The cables will go slack long before the bolts are out.   |
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Post by trapperdave on Jul 28, 2010 9:47:49 GMT -5
 ILF limbs come in 3 lengths, short med and long. On this particular riser those will give me AMO bow lengths of 62,64 and 66 inches |
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Post by trapperdave on Jul 28, 2010 9:50:15 GMT -5
I had to order some ILF adapter plates from a friend on tradtalk. They are machined 2024 aluminum.  cost $30 delivered. heres a pic of the ILF dovetail  |
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Post by trapperdave on Jul 28, 2010 9:56:11 GMT -5
heres the limb pocket of the silverhawk and plate  and a dry fitting. The plates were designed for a Martin riser and I had to have them milled down .065mil per side. A friend at work in the tool room done it for me.   Now I need to get some limbs, mount them and check alignment. Then I will rough up the contact points in limb pockets and bottom of plates and jb weld them in place. Will also wgt the lower pocket before assembly (this is gonna be a target rig) |
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Post by trapperdave on Jul 28, 2010 9:59:16 GMT -5
that will give me an ILF riser that can use any of hundreds availalable limbs, both recurve and longbow complete with tiller adjustability and wgt adjustability. tuneable to the nth degree |
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Post by trapperdave on Jul 28, 2010 10:39:53 GMT -5
heres a pic of a couple ILF limbs  |
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Post by Decatur on Jul 28, 2010 11:07:14 GMT -5
Pretty cool. I hope you plan on walking us thru the whole process?
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Post by trapperdave on Jul 28, 2010 11:45:31 GMT -5
yup, were half way there already. Heres a list of Warfable risers BEAR ARCHERY Black Bear Black Panther Kodiak Magnum HOYT USA GameGetter GameGetterII Impala Pro Medalist Pro Vantage Raider Ram Hunter Rambo Spectra TD3 OTHERS Ben Pearson Spoiler Martin Prowler Jennings Black Lightning Proline Typhoon PSE Silverhawk PSE Kingfisher Im sure theres some more, but I know these have been done successfully |
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Post by Decatur on Jul 28, 2010 12:20:59 GMT -5
Hmmmm...I have access to two Pearson Spoilers...
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Post by scrub-buster on Jul 28, 2010 18:01:50 GMT -5
Very cool. Thanks for the warf-a-long. Are you keeping the riser that color? It would be easy to camo dip.
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 11, 2011 10:55:41 GMT -5
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 11, 2011 10:59:15 GMT -5
then cleaned up the "glue" surfaces to remove any paint,oxidization and crud   then back to the warm house where I mixed up the JB Weld and set the plates in place  |
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 11, 2011 11:01:30 GMT -5
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Post by Decatur on Feb 11, 2011 11:03:17 GMT -5
That's pretty cool! Now you have a take-down recurve with a cut-away riser, and the price was right! Can't wait to hear how it shoots!
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 12, 2011 10:32:47 GMT -5
shot some this morning, I love it. two turns out on the limbs and Im at 40#, exactly what I wanted for targets. She flat flings an arrow with authority too. Done busted one nock |
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Post by Decatur on Feb 12, 2011 12:59:27 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by whitetail1 on Feb 12, 2011 14:23:55 GMT -5
Looks good TD
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