[stevelong]

paper clip at bottom of your post.

 

[electricbow]

Not the best pics but probably looks like all warfs

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[stevelong]

sweet!!

 

[Hesh]

That looks great. I'm working on mine too, but the Dremel work isn't as easy as I hoped lol.

 

[Sam Dunham]

Don't give up if you mess up a plate. Do it again until you get it centered and acceptable.

 

[Hesh]

Don't give up if you mess up a plate. Do it again until you get it centered and acceptable.

My plates are fine. It's the dremeling on the riser. I havent ruined it yet, but its been a deal. I took a break on it and im going back to try and finish this weekend. Also, my gamegetter II just arrived in case I ruin this lol.

 

[electricbow]

I know what you mean. The dremel can get away from you. I didn't have trouble with depth but it will hack on the sides of the trough. Hard to keep steady. I used one a lot 20 years ago but it took a little while to get used to it. I didn't use it much on the other limb pocket. I made my cuts with the hack saw blade for the trough to 1/8 and then used the hack saw blade to cris cross in small cuts not as deep and used a screw driver to work them out and filed it flat. Takes longer but all I have is time any way, Just don't try to hurry it up.
Shot mine a little yesterday and today. Still working on brace height but shoots good . It is a little noisy but a different sound than my wood recurve which I expected. Pull weight is just a little to much for me but got in about 30 arrows each day. Will take a turn on the bolts and see if it will lighten the draw weight a little. Stay after it and take your time, it will work out.
Thanks for your interest.
Bobby

 

[Hesh]

I know what you mean. The dremel can get away from you. I didn't have trouble with depth but it will hack on the sides of the trough. Hard to keep steady. I used one a lot 20 years ago but it took a little while to get used to it. I didn't use it much on the other limb pocket. I made my cuts with the hack saw blade for the trough to 1/8 and then used the hack saw blade to cris cross in small cuts not as deep and used a screw driver to work them out and filed it flat. Takes longer but all I have is time any way, Just don't try to hurry it up.
Shot mine a little yesterday and today. Still working on brace height but shoots good . It is a little noisy but a different sound than my wood recurve which I expected. Pull weight is just a little to much for me but got in about 30 arrows each day. Will take a turn on the bolts and see if it will lighten the draw weight a little. Stay after it and take your time, it will work out.
Thanks for your interest.
Bobby

Thanks! I might go the same route with a hacksaw, then. I don't like how the dremel bounces around and if I'm going to get used to it, I'd rather that was on a project I care about less haha. Thanks for the tips!

 

[Sam Dunham]

My plates are fine. It's the dremeling on the riser. I havent ruined it yet, but its been a deal. I took a break on it and im going back to try and finish this weekend. Also, my gamegetter II just arrived in case I ruin this lol.

Just a 1/8th material removal 5/8's wide and 3/4 long. If go too deep, JB a filler piece in there and clean up the end, paint it, Boom💥💥💥

 

[Sam Dunham]

I know my line is off, I corrected it. 1/8th steel plate. Bob Gordon made all ofhis from steel.

 

[Sam Dunham]

Reamed this PV Riser for the big pins found on later Compounds. Deeper threads. The small puns threads were loose and sloppy from years of use.

 

[The Breeze]

Thank you to Sam for the videos, and his input on many, many threads that i studied.
I decided to try and do-it-myself. Here are the risers that were sitting here for the past 12 years....$#i+ happens..
Proline, Proline, Bear black bear.
Note: I had a set of BBB plates but didnt use them. Instead I made all the plates and pockets as per the video's. The BBB was easier because that's what the video covered, and the pockets are rectangular. So my input will mostly be regarding the Proline's.
The Prolines have curved pockets

 

[The Breeze]

BBB with aluminum plates
Two of the 3 bows on the finished rack. The ugly, middle Proline not shown, was from a bow that belonged to my brothers best HS buddy; he shot a big buck with it, and gave me the bow in 2011 when my Mom died. It had sentimental value, so as soon as I finished it I sent it off to him.

 

[The Breeze]

I had some 1/8" 6061 plate left over from fixing my boat.
I made a template for the curved pockets by putting masking tape in the limb pocket. Trimming with razor blade, then attaching to cardboard (cereal box)...and cut it to shape with scissors.
Scribed an outline on the aluminum and cut it with the Milwaukee saw.(using beeswax helps the cut)

 

[Sam Dunham]

Looks very good.👍

 

[The Breeze]

Not everything went perfect. Did a lot of measuring and math, and contemplating. My biggest mistake was making the plates BEFORE i cleaned out the pockets. They were not as tight and were a little sloppy. It was not wise to make a template to use for 4 pockets on two bows.

 

[The Breeze]

The first Proline went together well. I shot it. Shipped it off to my brother. All proud of myself. The second Proline looked like this

 

[The Breeze]

"Take yer time, don't get in a hurry man. Measure right and you are golden". "Some of you guys, you're gonna mess up some plates, and then you'll have to do it again till you get it right".
When you are off, yours off. I used a BBB plate to see the amount of my error.
A couple days, a temper tantrum or two later I removed the bad plate with a blow torch. As you can see, my glue-in was with the 'metal JB Weld, and interesting that the plate lifted off the magnesium riser, taking the epoxy with it. It took a fair amount of heat to release. I had freshly scuffed the riser, and the plate minutes before the glue down

 

[The Breeze]

So it is fixed now, shoots fine, as does the BBB. Notable is the variance in limb pockets. Although I do not have a scale, the Proline is considerably more 'stout'. Guessing maybe 10lbs. That was expected from the last of Sam's video's. My limbs on hand were 45 and 50, so both bows are in the 50's plus, and my Axis 340 at 650 gr seem to fly well.
I might need to act my age and get some lighter limbs someday.
My reasons for posting were:
*Thanks to Sam and others for the inspiration
*Note to self and others that things can be completed with elbow grease and patience
*Empasize the proline build.
*The Miwaukee cutoff saw is one of the most useful tools
*I bought 2 drill bits, a file, a cutoff blade, and already had the limbs and risers from my aspirations a dozen years ago
*It was rewarding, saved a lot of fish's lives.
*Thanks Again!!