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    • jonbow
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        September 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm
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        #3584

        hi folks just bought an old one piece black widow target bow which i now find has a slight twist in the limbs is there any way i can rectify this
        any help would be great
        jon

      • jmsmithy
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          September 6, 2011 at 6:23 pm
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          #21555

          Depend Jon

          Generally yes, you can take some twist out. Depends how bad, deep etc. I’m no expert here but I have luck warming the limb with a hairdryer and overtwisiting back the opposite direction. Yo uhave to play with it a bit.

          Couple ideas, contact Black Widow directly (they in Nixa, Missouri). I shoot BW’s and they speak to that situation directly in the owners manual/dvd. I’m sure they can give you specifics. Also, they are wonderful about service so you might want to send it to them and they’ll do it or at least explain what needs to be done and give you an idea of cost. Also, there are a number of great “Bow Drs.” out there who could do it for you. One that I’ve used and had great experience with is Joe Latsch at Prairie Traditions (prairietrad.com).

          Good luck and let us know how you make out.

          Be well.

        • jonbow
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            September 6, 2011 at 7:17 pm
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            #21616

            slight problem,i live in the uk,i been in touch with B/W and they say its possable and to checkout the owners book ,its a 1970s bow and i dont have a owners book with it,from what i can see the twist isnt that bad so hopefully i can sort it
            jon

          • MCuiksa
              September 6, 2011 at 7:26 pm
              Post count: 51
              #21622

              My mind recalls a recent article (this year I believe) in TBM describing how to straighten a twisted limb. Maybe our wonderful TBMADMIN can find it???? Sorry Robin, I certainly don’t mean to volunteer you but I couldn’t find it. Mike.

            • Robin Conrads
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                September 7, 2011 at 3:29 pm
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                #22553

                No worries Mike, that’s my job. I’m just sorry I didn’t check the forum sooner. The article by Jason Wesbrock is in the Download Library. Here is the link: Fixing Twisted Recurve Limbs

              • jonbow
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                  October 3, 2011 at 4:29 pm
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                  #52591

                  TBMADMIN wrote: No worries Mike, that’s my job. I’m just sorry I didn’t check the forum sooner. The article by Jason Wesbrock is in the Download Library. Here is the link: Fixing Twisted Recurve Limbs

                  dam turns out the old widow got a delaminating limb,
                  is it junk or is there some hope, how do i contact bowdoc
                  jon:cry:

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