Martin Thermal Elite Grip?

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Originally Posted by Phantonza

I made a more or less similar grip to my old 2003 Phantom II myself:

http://imageshack.us/a/img651/7043/jalkeen2.jpg

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Nice DIY. Details?

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Originally Posted by Hutch~n~Son Archery

Anyone have one of these grips on their bows!
Martin Thermal Elite Grip

http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/...jpg?1226421522


I am wondering how is feels?, how it fits?, How it looks?


Hutch:cool:

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Hutch put one on my 2010 Pantera. I liked it as I like the harded feel on the grip then the basic thermal grip rubber type. Looks much better too! East to replace.

Phantoza, that looks awesome! Good job :)

So Phantonza, How did you mount your grip?





Hutch:cool:

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Originally Posted by Hutch~n~Son Archery

So Phantonza, How did you mount your grip?

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I used epoxy, so the grip would actually be hard to remove in case of second thoughts. The wooden side plates (made of curly birch) are much simpler than in a genuine Thermal Elite Grip, which I believe would need machining to produce. I needed to fill the space below the side plates before putting the dark brown leather wrap on the grip. I used pieces of thick, hard leather that I cut to shape for this purpose - could have been wood also. This is shown in the pics below. Then I simply glued the self-made side plates on the brown leather wrap. It is somewhat brutal construction in my opinion, but it works and the side plates have stayed well in place. The bow is no longer in active use, though.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1553/kahvataytto2.jpg http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7807/kahvataytto.jpg http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4972/kahvao.jpg

Nice job, I might have to think about doing that instead of buy it. Thanks for posting it. Makes it easy to see how its done.




Hutch:cool:

Good Job. You may have customers....