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Offline stuckinthemud

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Take down design
« on: January 30, 2016, 02:45:49 pm »
My wood and fibreglass 3 part take down bow uses locating lugs and Alan bolts, but, all the 2 part take downs on PA seem to use sleeves. Anyone use locking joints or bolts or toggles?  Sleeves seem like a lot of effort and I am no metal worker, that's for certain.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Take down design
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2016, 03:06:39 pm »
You can buy the sleeves from echo archery
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Offline PatM

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Re: Take down design
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2016, 04:33:30 pm »
Consider the glass/carbon sleeve option as well.
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Offline Springbuck

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Re: Take down design
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2016, 05:07:49 pm »
  I have done it using a big thick 5" or so bracket and wood screws,,and that is ok, but hard to take down.  You can use about any piece of square or rectangle steel stock, but I would make a diagonal "scarf" joint inside the socket if I did that, rather than squared ends butted together, like you would with a sleeve system.
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Offline turtle

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Re: Take down design
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2016, 08:05:05 pm »
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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: Take down design
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2016, 03:55:13 pm »
Hi Turtle, those bows are really inspiring! Thanks for the links
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Offline hedgehog

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Re: Take down design
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2016, 09:43:47 pm »
You have me excited about trying this. I have some nice billet staves that would be perfect for this. Thanks for posting the pics.
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