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Pappy:
I was ask on the bow thread to do a build along on putting on take down sleeves. I had a couple
of good candadates so decided to do it now. First you need a set of billets or 2 broken bows.I always do broken bow but either will work. If you are doing billets you need to lay out the limb and handle
area just as if you were going to splice.If you are using broken bows just cut them off in the handle.I always start by cutting them about the end of the handle before the fad on the bad limb.Then measure where I want the sleeve to end mark and cut.I usually set the end of the sleeve about
where the arrow pass would normally be. Then once it is cut to length I put the sleeve on the cut end and make it to the inside of the sleeve to get the size I want the handle cut down to. Then file and scrape it down to fit the sleeve.You want it to fit tight ,but be sure that it will go all the way on before you start the next part.I never put it all the way on ,instead just start it and you can usually tell if it will go all the way up with a little help. I will tell you and this is very important be gentle with the brass sleeves when putting them in a vice or tapping on them.The fit is very close into the steel  Sleeve and if you warp them you will spend lots of time trying to get them to fit once they are glued togeather. Gentle is the word. :)
   Pappy

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cracker:
Hi Pappy is that sleeve really tight or is that just a light tap?

Pappy:
First you clean the sleeve with some good cleaner that will leave no residue.Then once you are sure the brass will fit up flush you mix the glue.One warning if you are using 5 minute epoxies make sure all is ready to go before you mix.Check everything twice before mixing because once you start mixing you have to go and I mean go quick. I rap paper tape where I want the sleeve to stop to help keep the glue off and also as a guide.You don't really need the guide because you are going to bottom the sleeve out anyway. Cracker
it is a light fit.You want it pretty snug but you must be sure it will tap all the way up.If you put the sleeve all the way on to start with you will have a lot of trouble getting it back off to glue and like I said before you have to be gentle with them . :)
   Pappy

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Pappy:
Once the brass is on one limb then you glue the steel sleeve to the brass.Be sure and clean good before gluing.This is the easy part just put the glue on the brass and slide the steel sleeve up on it.
You want to be careful not to get the glue inside the steel sleeve where the other brass will go.
While that is setting up you can go on to the other limb to install the brass sleeve. :) When you slide the steel over the brass just be sure to put it all the way down flush to the fad end of the brass sleeve. You will see when you get your sleeves that the 2 pieces of brass just fit flush inside the steel sleeve.One other thing I do is mark the sleeve the way it is put togeather when I get it.It seems to slide togeather better if I keep them the way they came.Sometimes if you flip them around they don't seem to fit as good so I just mark them with a marker and try to keep up with it. :)
   Pappy

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Pappy:
One thing to be sure and watch on the second sleeve is to keep the same angle left/right and up and down as you did on the first piece.The limb I was working with had a bad hook in the handle so
on this one I had to add a shim to one side so I could move the sleeve over.If you are working with billets this shouldn't be a problem ,but if you are working with broken bows you have limited wood
in the handle to work with so be sure to check everything twice or 3 times before taking any wood off. You can see from the picture if I had glued the sleeve right on without checking It string alignment would have been 3 inches off the handle.You can put the 2 togeather and just kind of eyeball it and see if it is close.Most of the time it is this one was kind of odd.
   Pappy

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