Adding weight to a wooden riser?

[barking mad]

Went out today to shoot and enjoy the balmy spring weather. During the session I started to wonder if I could find a way to add a little bit of mass to the riser of my "no-ding" bow to make it a wee bit more stable. This is a Check-mate
Hunter 2 t/d recurve, which is a very fine bow indeed. But very light in mass. I usually shoot it with a bow quiver attached but this leaves something to be desired in the balance department.

A couple of wild ideas:

The obvious one would be to drill a hole for a stabiliser inser, add a stab, and be done with it. I think the riser would survive the ordeal.

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Another one would be to drill a hole of, say about 20mm or 3/4", between the limb bolt and the limb pin and epoxy something heavy in it. Again, the riser might just make it. According to my flawed judgement, anyway.

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Whaddya think? Any information or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

-bm.

[Seagull]

My first wild thought was a 1/4" steel plate between the riser and limbs.

The second was a brass, squarish, machined "washer" under the bolt head.

But, then I started to imagining the appearance of the bow:( . After slapping myself for destroying the look of a otherwise beautiful bow, I think I would go with one of your idea.

[James Wrenn]

I think the insert would be the best bet.You could also get some of the heavy knobed bolts for it to add some weight.I have drilled and put lead in a few but for resale purposes the insert would be best way to go about it.

[Pinelander]

I used to have one of those bows, but in the short riser version at 56". It shot great for me, just the way it was.

Three Rivers Archery sells a rubber strap gizmo that has a stabilizer fitting on it. That would allow you to try out a stabilizer before doing any drilling/tapping.

A weighted lower limb bolt knob would probably be the best way to go.

[barking mad]

Thank for the ideas, everyone. I got some longer bolts and I'll try to come up with some sort of a weighted washer contraption I could add to the lower limb bolt.

Pics to follow should I succeed.

-bm.

[Greywolf]

I know this sounds out of the box, but try those velcro wrist weights that work out people use.
Bow or wrist, weight is weight right?

[barking mad]

Greywolf,

you're a genius!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/427870104_e18513b2fb.jpg

Mind you, three pounds is a bit too much. And there's something to be said about the colour scheme...

Seriously, a pretty good way to test the effects of added weight without any alterations to the bow.

-bm.