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Title: homemade limb saver idea
Post by: Swanny in MD on April 17, 2007, 03:28:00 PM
I hate paying for simple ideas like Limbsavers if there's a good and easy way to make them up yourself.  They really calm your bow down for those quiet shots.  So I was in the hardware store getting some fastners today and saw these rubber corks.

Whole bunch of different sizes...very flexible and plyable rubber...so I thought I'd tinker and see what I could do.  

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/barndwellers_md/limbsavers002.jpg)

Took my cut-off saw and spun the disk around in one of the medium sized corks down low....left about a half inch area inside that connects top and bottom together, prepped with laquer thinner, put some 3m weatherstripping adhesive on, let dry, then cut out some double sided sticky tape to mount them on the limb.

Works as good as a pair of limbsavers...for $2.50.

I'm sure you guys could think of a way to modify this..the sky's the limit.
Title: Re: homemade limb saver idea
Post by: Bowspirit on April 17, 2007, 04:01:00 PM
Igenious!!!
Great idea there, bud...
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Post by: razorsharptokill on April 17, 2007, 06:30:00 PM
You could call them "cash savers" instead!
Title: Re: homemade limb saver idea
Post by: Swanny in MD on April 17, 2007, 06:56:00 PM
You could call it a "corky" idea too.
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on April 17, 2007, 06:59:00 PM
That's almost a build along..    :bigsmyl:
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Post by: LC on April 17, 2007, 08:45:00 PM
Now thats frugal! I like it!
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Post by: Charles Sorrells on April 18, 2007, 09:27:00 AM
I like it!!!
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Post by: Tree man on April 18, 2007, 03:58:00 PM
Nice bit of penny pinching. Tell me again why any one needs such things?
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Post by: Osagetree on April 18, 2007, 09:02:00 PM
This is one reason why I belong to this site!

Thanks,,, great think'n!
Title: Re: homemade limb saver idea
Post by: TRADITIONAL ONLY on April 18, 2007, 11:42:00 PM
yeah, i bought some of the Limbsavers last year, i cant tell the difference with or without...