The Think Tank

I was supposed to be shooting in the OBH State Field Championships this weekend, but I’ve been having so many troubles recently that I decided it was a better use of my time to work on my bows instead.

I think I may have discovered a few things this weekend.  The biggest was that the bows do not seem to shoot well when the wheels not properly rotated, even if they are in time.  I also found some additional timing marks printed in the backside of the wheels, which I didn’t know about.  The bow seems to shoot best when the cables are on those marks (or very close).

The other major change that I made was to put the cam adjustments back into the A slot, so that it matches the draw stops.   I had previously had the stops in A, and the cams in B.

I worked on the cables a lot, and after all of it, I think I have everything where is belongs, although the strings and cables both are very twisted down.  On the blue bow the top stop is very slightly advanced, but even half a twist moves the wheels a lot, so this as good as it gets I guess.  The bottom wheel is about 1 paper width behind.