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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Adding a reel to a bow?
« on: September 30, 2017, 07:14:03 am »
I've been thinking about doing this for a while.  (SH))F((-S

I'm curious how others have gone about it. Anyone care to share? Pics would be especially cool.  8)
"Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands."

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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Adding a reel to a bow?
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2017, 10:55:06 am »
I known GUTSHOT had a takedown Osage that had a fishing reel attachment, it was posted for last years October self BOM, but the photos were hi-jacked by photo-bucket. 
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Offline Emmet

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Re: Adding a reel to a bow?
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2017, 02:23:35 pm »
I put a reel on one but never took pics. I use a reel that screwed into a stabilizer insert. I bent a piece of soft aluminum that allowed a bolt to be fastened in the center while the aluminum lay flush. I fasten the aluminum with the bolt to the bottom handle by wrapping with serving, about 2" above and below. I coated the serving with ca glue. It held solid and wasn't too hard to remove later. Other then the store bought reel it looked nice.

Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Adding a reel to a bow?
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2017, 08:06:16 pm »
Cool. Thanks guys.  :)
"Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands."

Nigerian Proverb