philhoney
New member
Hi,
My grandaughters step sister is half way through her beginners course and is using a 10lb compound jelly bow. She is using this as she is tiny and all the other club bows are too powerful for her to use for a full afternoon lesson. The 10lb bow is a bit light for her and restricts her to about 15yds.
Is there any way I could "back" the bow to increase the DW by about 5lbs so that she could shoot with the other beginners at 20yds.
Please don't suggest buying a new bow as although she is a lovely little girl and very keen it is not down to myself or my son to kit her out as she is not related to us and her parents don't seem all that interested in supporting her in archery. My son did pay for her beginners course as a birthday present and will probably pay her club membership as a Christmas present.
As well as that we do have recurve and compound bows that my grandaughters have grown out of waiting for her as soon as she can manage them.
Back to the backing (Did I make a joke then?)
Would glass fibre reinforced sticky tape do anything? It is advertised as the strongest tape in the world. It may be the strongest under tension but would the glue hold up?
I've got some slats from a wooden venetian blind. They are about 1" x 1/8 x 18". Could I cut these to size and epoxy them to the limbs? If they prove too heavy they could be sanded down until they do what I want. Any ideas?
I have posted this under general archery because I am hoping for replies from anyone who has backed a bow, any bow, for any reason.
Phil
My grandaughters step sister is half way through her beginners course and is using a 10lb compound jelly bow. She is using this as she is tiny and all the other club bows are too powerful for her to use for a full afternoon lesson. The 10lb bow is a bit light for her and restricts her to about 15yds.
Is there any way I could "back" the bow to increase the DW by about 5lbs so that she could shoot with the other beginners at 20yds.
Please don't suggest buying a new bow as although she is a lovely little girl and very keen it is not down to myself or my son to kit her out as she is not related to us and her parents don't seem all that interested in supporting her in archery. My son did pay for her beginners course as a birthday present and will probably pay her club membership as a Christmas present.
As well as that we do have recurve and compound bows that my grandaughters have grown out of waiting for her as soon as she can manage them.
Back to the backing (Did I make a joke then?)
Would glass fibre reinforced sticky tape do anything? It is advertised as the strongest tape in the world. It may be the strongest under tension but would the glue hold up?
I've got some slats from a wooden venetian blind. They are about 1" x 1/8 x 18". Could I cut these to size and epoxy them to the limbs? If they prove too heavy they could be sanded down until they do what I want. Any ideas?
I have posted this under general archery because I am hoping for replies from anyone who has backed a bow, any bow, for any reason.
Phil