Crackerized bows

[Randy]

I had a gt500 that had been cracked, it shot great and stayed in tune after long sits in the closet.

The Mathews bows I had were a pain Id leave them in the closet a few months and theyd need a tune up before they went back to work..

[bboswell]

this!!!



I've had bows done by him years ago. Here's my take:

first AT(the other site) has a lot of target guys, they want their bow tuned to the micron. On this sight we argue if tuning is really even doable (reference the equipment forum). For a while Mike basically did it all for you so you weren't even involved. send him the bow, get it back an eternity later and it was certainly, most definately, guaranteed to be shooting as consistent as was possible.

Also he was particularly awesome with bowtech because he had boxes of limbs and would make sure the deflection (?) was perfectly matched on every BT that left his shop. Over time his reputation made him the cats meow of tuning. He deserves it he does an amazing job.

Over the last few years I've seen more folks doing it and doing it just as well. I'd recommend someone closer and faster. For you and me whatever micron better Crackers does is overkill.

Candidly I've done it with a local guy I'd recommend repeatedly and at this point . . . . . I can do most of it myself. I've gotten stuck a little and had to go to him to help me finish the job but it's not that terribly hard.

I'd say go to the equipment forum but you'll have to wade through the debates to get what is a tuned bow and if it is in fact even doable/necessary.

This.....

[Greg]

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[flywise]

I shoot old bows, Are the newer ones really that hard to set up on your own? When this guy gets done with it will it really be that much better than if I did it myself?

[Cajun Blake]

I shoot old bows, Are the newer ones really that hard to set up on your own? When this guy gets done with it will it really be that much better than if I did it myself?

new bows vs. old bows is like comparing a 1950 Cessna 170 to a Gulfstream G650 .... there is that much difference , just like night and day. Bows are not that hard to set up, IF you know what you're doing and have ALL the right tools in front of you ...... drawboard, press, chronograph, digital scale , etc .....


10-15 yrs ago, no one cared about timing. Bows are so far advanced today with string material, limbs, hybrid cams, and fall away rests, they should be timed / tuned OR your bow won't perform properly.


unless you have a drawboard , you're wasting your time trying to tune a bow for optimum performance.

[pykiller]

Mike know his stuff. What he does can be done by most of with a shooting machine. But again Mime is legit!

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[Bweger]

I shoot old bows, Are the newer ones really that hard to set up on your own? When this guy gets done with it will it really be that much better than if I did it myself?

They aren't hard to set up. Tuning them isnt really hard you just gotta have a draw board and bow press. You can find all kinds of instruction on line that will help you. Crackers does get the very best performance out of a bow you can get but like some have said there are a lot of guys out there that can do the same thing now.

[VorTexan]

Wow I am meeting with "Crackers"- Mike tomorrow. I'm in St. Jo right now.


He KNOW his stuff fo sho!

[rocky]

new bows vs. old bows is like comparing a 1950 Cessna 170 to a Gulfstream G650 .... there is that much difference , just like night and day. Bows are not that hard to set up, IF you know what you're doing and have ALL the right tools in front of you ...... drawboard, press, chronograph, digital scale , etc .....


10-15 yrs ago, no one cared about timing. Bows are so far advanced today with string material, limbs, hybrid cams, and fall away rests, they should be timed / tuned OR your bow won't perform properly.


unless you have a drawboard , you're wasting your time trying to tune a bow for optimum performance.

Blake, I rarely find anything about your posts to disagree with, but in my opinion, a draw-board does little more than let you know what the bow does while on it.
Hand drawn bows will have longer DLs than on a draw board , and the pressure point by hand is lower than that on a draw-board.
The picture you posted shows where the pull point is on a draw-board, but actual hand pressure by most archers is lower.
I tune bows fairly well, and don't own a draw-board.
As far as "crackerized" bows, one reason he has a waiting list is that he has been able to fill a niche for archers looking for the ingredient that will make them competetive.
It's really not that hard to get a nock to follow a point.

[Sparkles]

He shortens the buss cable and stretches your DL out just a touch to pick up a few more FPS. If manufacturer finds out your bow has been crackerized if there was a warranty it will be void.

[txdukklr]

He shortens the buss cable and stretches your DL out just a touch to pick up a few more FPS. If manufacturer finds out your bow has been crackerized if there was a warranty it will be void.

err wrong

[rocky]

He shortens the buss cable and stretches your DL out just a touch to pick up a few more FPS. If manufacturer finds out your bow has been crackerized if there was a warranty it will be void.

I don't know about this.
I've seen some of his work, and it's good.
The strings I've seen were actually length accurate, 22 strands, served with a smaller (.013) serving to keep overall diameter around .104, and actually made the bow a little quieter.
Bow was actually slower on return than when it left.
The "archers" that claim considerably higher performance from their bows after being "crackerized" most likely were unaware how out of spec their bow was before.
Short of polishing axles,the only ways to get more speed out of any bow is to lighten the arrow, increase DL and/or poundage.(speed nocks sometimes help also).
Specs are specs, and anybody that can read a tape and has the tools can get a bow to specs.
Most specs are guidelines, so unless you check poundage and DL,you can get a bow to measured specs, and be shy of poundage or long on DL, or both.
If somebody brings in a bow that is supposed to be 28-70, at posted specs, but is lacking, any shop owner should be capable of getting the desired poundage out of the bow(assuming proper string and cable lengths) and very close to desired DL. Specs may actually be slightly different than posted by manufacturer, but these specs are where a shop owner should start.

[cjkozik]

waste of money, go to your local pro shop

[JerryR]

Mike Carter is good. But he ain't a texan! It's all about CLOSE ATTENTION TO DETAIL when tunning bows.

[Sparkles]

you sure about that? I know a local pro that sent a brand new z7 to him in tune and that is how it came back. It was done just to see what he was doing to these bows
He as far as I am aware didnt check for polished axles. By shortening the cables it will increase dw and and stretching dl a little gives it a longer powerstroke thus I creasing fps just a little

err wrong

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