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Will Fiberglass Cloth Add Draw Weight To My Bow

  • #1

Hey there, I was but wondering if anyone had any knowledge on how to add draw weight to a simple recurve. It's at about 35* I'd like to go information technology to 50-70*

  • #2

probably not what you want to here, but i would merely get a new bow in the poundage you desire. i have never heard of adding poundage to a bow, but so again a bowyer i am not. beware of any easy solution or it might blow upwardly in your confront... literally.

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  • #4

What bow is it? The simply matter that I tin retrieve of (although I am not skillful) is that you lot MIGHT be able to add weight if it is a takedown bow considering you could get dissimilar limbs. Of class, as others said, your best bet is to just become a new bow. If money is an consequence and then you could look at some used bows or something, or fifty-fifty endeavour to make your ain if you have the ability (I have a friend than made ane, and while information technology isn't perfect it is incredibly cool that he fabricated it himself).

  • #5

As mentioned the only real manner to add together # to a bow is if it is a Take Down bow and you buy new limbs with a heavier #. At that place are minor increases in functioning from different strings. For example I got a string that made me have to increase the spine weight of my arrows. Making my 50# bow shoot 55-threescore spined arrows. However this is not an bodily # increase.

If your looking at having to buy a new bow, you might consider the Samick Sage TD recurve. Information technology is what I have, and if you wait around you will see information technology is an inexpensive only great shooting bow. It has a wise range of limbs you can purchase with dissimilar # and yous can even switch back and forth hands if you desire to practice with lighter weight limbs for your normal practice.

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  • #six

Don't know what blazon of bow you lot have but as other suggested new limbs or new bow in the weight you want would be your best best If you don't mind destroying the bow you have you could expirement with adding layers of fiberglass fabric epoxied downward until you get the proper weight. Would demand to experiement I would retrieve, helmet and safty spectacles when testing too......trading upwards is non a bad way to become either.....

  • #vii

Take you considered some type of bankroll or laminate?

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According to the Bowyers Bible you can shorten it to add depict weight at least on a long bow . Trickier on a recurve I'm certain .

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  • #nine

Co-ordinate to the Bowyers Bible you lot can shorten it to add draw weight at least on a long bow . Trickier on a recurve I'one thousand sure . Probabley ruin information technology .

  • #ten

Rawhide or snakeskin backing is a mutual method, just volition only add a few pounds. You lot may take to glue up another lamination.

I have read that some folks have added some weight by using veneer edging (the kind for fixing particle board furniture). I bought a Cedan "real wood" brand red oak ringlet that is 2" x eight' at the local menards. I'm sure any building box store will behave some.

Hope this helps...

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  • #eleven

a longbow can be shortened to increase draw weight. All the same, It is virtually exclusively done on self bows. It is impossible to do that with a recurve because of the geometry of the working limb, and the fact the the whole matter is glued up nether pressure using a specific formula. Near the only thing yous tin add after information technology is tillered is a backing like snake skin. Yet, This volition non noticably increase the describe weight. You lot can reduce the depict weight on them by thining the limbs, but even then you are limited to about five pounds.

  • #12

Maby use a shorter cord, and if the bow is 35lbs at say 26" draw then drawing it at 28-29" will add something like 3lbs/inch. You may not get to 55-60 lbs but you will get more than umph.

Fred conduct used a 45 lb pull bow to kill just about everything on this continent and africa

  • #13

I've never washed this myself so take it for what it'due south worth, only I've read about cordage backed bows. I don't know if it's applicable to recurves but you basically increase the draw weight with cordage on the back. Google information technology and y'all'll observe some interesting reading. Some of them look pretty amazing too.

  • #14

OP obviously stated that bow in question is simple recurve. It is NOT a selfbow! He would gain goose egg by trying to back it, and would ruin the bow.

bcmolcb, use the 35# to work on your form. Equally someone else mentioned, the Samick Sage has a great reputation. I am curious about your want to jump 15-25 lbs in draw weight. That'southward a big leap. You could easily find yourself overbowed.

  • #fifteen

Similar most anybody said, selection up another bow. Y'all may want to check with members of archery clubs in your surface area. The trad guys may accept bows you can try out before you invest. If you lived in Michigan and near me I take many bows you could try.

End at k sales and ask for archery equipment fifty-fifty if its not out. I picked up a Browning Wasp, 47# terminal th past just asking. And I paid $5.00 for it and its an 8 out of 10 in condition. Fabricated a new string and its a real shooter.

Bank check on Tradgang and stickbow and see where at that place is a club is near you.

  • #16

thank you all i appreciate it greatly

  • #17

There are methods of cordage bankroll that crave no gluing or anything. It wouldn't ruin a bow.

  • #18

There are methods of cordage bankroll that require no gluing or anything. Information technology wouldn't ruin a bow.

Agreed, & I take handled many modern production laminate recurves and longbows that have been snakeskin or rawhide backed, none of which take been ruined. I would encourage you to talk to an skilful like Mike Yancy of Pine Hollow Longbows. Mike makes a living selling backing materials & bow making supplies:
http://www.pinehollowlongbows.com

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  • #19

I would jusy go a overnice accept down bow. Then you can go new limbs for whatever state of affairs.

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Hey there, I was just wondering if anyone had any knowledge on how to add draw weight to a simple recurve. It's at well-nigh 35* I'd like to get it to 50-lxx*

I am a designer and bowyer and the honest truth is only that its not going to happen. If it were a longbow the tips could exist spikes a fleck to add weight but to spike one plenty to add that much weight would take so much of the performance away information technology would not exist useful equally a bow.

If you lot spiked a recurve the performance would driblet significantly and would not exist close to the desired weight.

There is no backing yous tin can put on it and even on self bows the backing needs to be weighed against how much yous add vs the limbs mass or over again information technology will preform and so poorly its not worth it.

Bottom line hither is get another bow in the poundage you want or purchase a take down and buy multiple sets of limbs but exist recollect the price of limbs can be equally much equally halt to two/3'south the price of the bow itself with commercial td'south beingness cheaper.

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