Draw board?

[rhendrix]

I've seen a bunch of people make draw boards lately over at AT, outside of checking cam lean and making sure your DL is true, what are the other benefits of a draw board?

[Razorback01]

Main benefit IMO is checking the cam timing and rest drop. 1/2 sheet of plywood, a boat winch and a few misc items from Lowes and you have a draw board.

Check the area where you want to set it up and build it so you can keep and arrow nocked and pointed at a backstop just in case. No, that wasn't learned from experiance.

[PSD Ryan]

Yep set mine up by bolting a boat winch to my workbench and threading some 1"steel pipe in a ways down.

Good for all the above. Be careful not to overdraw

[Razorback01]

Best way to keep from overdraw (other than the draw stops) is a turnbuckle so you can adjust it.

[Razorback01]

Drawboard

Mine is in the foreground, junk in the background.

[PicknStick]

Looks easy enough. nice pic

[Dsquared]

what are the other benefits of a draw board?

I believe if your gonna work on your own bow a draw board along with a press are the two best tools you can have. I use it to check DL, DW, check timing, set drawstops, check let off, set a drop away rest, check string/cable clearances at full draw.

[PSD Ryan]

I think I maybe have 200 invested in my tuning equipment. Diy vice and draw board, snap on string and arrow level, portable bow press, diy spinner, and a quality scale

[Mojo]

I think I maybe have 200 invested in my tuning equipment. Diy vice and draw board, snap on string and arrow level, portable bow press, diy spinner, and a quality scale

any pics of this, i'm thinking about either buying or building...

[PSD Ryan]

Yes I made a thread about it in the diy section. Let me find it.

[PSD Ryan]

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=223186

There you go.

The only thing I'm not super happy about is my clamping system. It's kinda hard to get tight enough on the bow, but it works.