[Ralph]

in reply to: Northern Mist Silver #36857

I think you’re hooked so I think, no. 😀

That’s my story:lol:

I bet she shoots sweet especially being 66″.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Northern Mist Silver #36740

That is a beautiful bow. For a final 😉 bow you’ve done well.

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #36540

Bruce, wasn’t trying to tune your bow, wouldn’t even think about it, just trying to show that sometimes adding a little thickness to the side plate and or under the rest can solve a problem.

An arrow that is a tad too stiff can be used sometimes because with a little thicker side plate you can get just a hair more clearance and things work. Sometimes not.

I should have said that a thick side plate makes an arrow act weaker. I shouldn’t have put that in anyway because it’s really a moot point to me. There’s some dynamics in that statement that I’ve read that don’t compute to my brain.

Your right on need to shoot weaker farther out but sometimes a little helps.

“Fine tuning of arrow spine can be done by going up or down in point weight, arrow length, and adjusting the side

plate thickness on your bow.”

I’m used to shooting bows cut 1/8″ before center also so my subconscious instinctive view of a shot is ingrained that way. The bow I was shooting yesterday in center shot and messing with me. The popsicle did the trick instead of spending forever thinking I had spine problems.

I have a center shot longbow that was given to me. If I shoot it off it’s side plate I’ll shoot a foot to the right for a few hours then all will move to normal. Then when I pick up one of my normal longbows, I’ll be shooting a foot to the left til all comes back together.

So to simplify life, I built the side plate out on the center shot bow.

To those, a center cut is the edge of the side plate lines up with the bowstring. Center shot, the middle of the arrow lines up with the string. Clear as mud?

If I consciously aimed the point of the arrow that wouldn’t happen methinks.

Hand shock? I’ve shot some bows that would loosen your fillings. Perhaps they weren’t set up for me but I think it wouldn’t matter.

I have a hickory selfbow, shoots a fine arrow even if a bit slow but it jars me like crazy. Heavy arrows, whatever, it beats me up. I might could diddle with the tiller some but no more knowledgeable than I am about whittling on a bow that has a potential of turning into toothpicks in my hand, I’ll leave it be.

Pretty simple info here.

http://arrowtrademagazine.com/articles/july_12/July2012-TuningTraditionalBows.pdf

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #36288

colmike wrote: Underway at 0700 this morning destination Key West. Last minute trip as a boat came in that fits our needs and is available, within budget. Headed down to check it out. Likely have limited internet access, will check back in a couple of weeks. -5 this morning will put as much southing on the van as possible today:D.

It is a “traditional trawler”:lol:

Semper Fi

Mike

Good sailing!!!!!!!!!

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #36287

Smithhammer wrote: Interesting, Ralph. Do you have to tweak your spine/brace height when you do that?

Bruce

Sometimes I need to move my nock set a tad but most of the time when I’m having a bit of a problem (I’m in good shape, just got a little wiggle or noise bugging me) my brain finally clicks and remembers “Hey” that is sometimes a cure. Especially with carbon arrows in my limited experience with those guys. Moving your arrow away from the bow a bit will sometimes allow you to shoot a stiffer spine because it can give just a bit of clearance needed for the arrow to clear the bow and rather than spend my life savings 😀 on different arrows, different lengths and heavier lighter points this makes what I have work.

That’s why the in/out adjustment on elevated rests, adjusting the bow to the arrows, within reason of course.

I like using wood for the spacers, it’s more “cushiony”:) it seems than plastics but there’s all kinds of goodies. You can use different diameters of weed eater string for example.

But for me, my arrow tuning consist of my arrows flying straight and true to my eyeball out to any distance they fly, it works great.

I tend to not complicate simplicity.

Just thinking, I’ve seen videos showing the paradox of wood arrows. Are there any of carbon that anyone knows of?

Gotta be to different worlds …………

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #35660

Oldest tuning trick in the world and great for quieting a bow (longbow for me), a little piece of popsicle stick under the rest and another behind the side plate.

I’ve used other things, pieces of zip ties, weed eater string, lots of things similar to that. Good old wood works best for this old guy and you can always whittle on it to adjust, whatever you need.

These were shot from 10-12 yards out to about 20 yards, some standing, some kneeling.

When I had the bow out in the field the other day and was have tuning problems I broke off a mesquite thorn and slipped it under both rest and side plate. Worked til I got home and fixed for real.

Those thorns make good field toothpicks too but man they’re hard on one’s body and hell on tires. I find them buried under the hides of deer sometimes too. Bet that’s miserable.

[Ralph]

in reply to: aluminum arrows #33313

Have you Googled and found an old Easton Al arrow chart?

Al are harder to get heavy and not too stiff than the new modern trad carbon. 😀

I don’t know if all of the old options are available anymore.

2016’s would probably work fine @ 28″ and a 125 gr. point. Maybe a 145 gr. There’s not as many options for al. The guys that shot heavy al arrows for bigger game animals were shooting heavy weight bows. Back in those days, just at the beginning of my shooting time, 55# + bows were the norm in places where I was going to.

I have some 2016’s that I shoot sometimes out of several bows weighing from 45-54# but normally when I do I shoot one of my recurves. More center shot can handle stiffer arrows.

I’d find an old Easton al chart and check it out.

Back in those days not many were concerned about shooting way heavy arrow unless like I mentioned, they were after animals like elephant, cape buff or big guys like that. Then they’d put smaller shafts inside larger. Carbon? Nah. The other alternatives then were fiberglass or wood.

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #31721

grumpy wrote: Actually the 3 feet we have has settled down to around 2 feet…I think. They are saying we will get another foot. School has already been canceled (got a really dumb robo call from the supt of schools), so youse guys need to post something interesting to entertain us tomorrow.

Snow showing today, Audrey fell down, and Arwen’s snowshoes fell off, but we all survived. Right now I’m thinking we need thicker snow, bigger snow shoes, or I need to loose weight. It is still fluffier than goose down, and expect what is coming will be just as fluffy.

We’re counting on you to post something really interesting by morning…

How bout some snorkels?

Heard 62″ in Boston. That’s about head high to some. 😀

[Ralph]

in reply to: Hand Made Quivers #30760

Lookin good, now all you gotta do is go outside and use’em :D:D

Oh, it’s colder than all get out where you live. 8)

[Ralph]

in reply to: The latest abomination! #29741

Good grief!!! What’s next, an X atlatl???

[Ralph]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29698

Ahhh shucks! I wanted to hear skinny dippin, bow shootin tails:oops:

Be kind to the wind cause it’s the #1 excuse whether it’s blowing or not.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29630

You and Etter been swimming together in an Arizona creek of ice. 😮

[Ralph]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29537

I’m tellin’ ya man,8)

? We do it ooouuur waaaayyy???:D?

[Ralph]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29495

Birds of a feather stick together, 3 of a kind or 4, the use of both be mine. 😉

[Ralph]

in reply to: Just for the fun of it #29435

Doc Nock wrote: One to raise neck hairs on my compadres:

Three fletch fly farther, faster then four…:lol::roll:

So right you be from your friend me:lol::lol:

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