DIY draw board

[hammer63]

what's all this talk of tuning a bow? I thought they were supposed to be as quiet as possible - a killin tool, not a musical instrument

Lighten up guys...remember the OP. It was not an invitation to crap on his handy work.

[12RingKing]

What's affordable to you?

[TexasCanesFan]

I used 3 or 4 of those American Weight H-110 scales and spent enough to buy the good Pelouze 7710, which is what I ended up doing after all.

If I had it to do all over again I would buy the Pelouze to start.

Here is a pic of the one I purchased.

[TexasCanesFan]

What's affordable to you?

I need an affordable s-type load cell if you know of a good place to get one. I need an external display due to the construction of my vertical drawboard.

[enewman]

I need an affordable s-type load cell if you know of a good place to get one. I need an external display due to the construction of my vertical drawboard.

Look up phidgets inc. not very cheep but might be what your looking for

[TexasCanesFan]

Look up phidgets inc. not very cheep but might be what your looking for

Ok...thanks

[hogdaddy]

can't believe you guys took what was supposed to be an informative thread and turned it into another of your pissing matches. can't say i'm suprised some have no class.

x10 till i attain bow whisperer status i will use my draw board, kind of like training wheels i guess.

[EarleyBird]

Y'all need to focus on the quantifiable visual indicators. Duh.

[rocky]

Ok BT LOWRY

First off I have no where done anywhere even remote to the amount of bows that rocky has done and that was stated in one of my post

Now to your questions
I have been shooting since 1989
I run a electrical/ Ac business. That I have worked at since 1991
I help a local bow shop in between my 70 to 80 hours a week normal job so lately I have not been at the store. I mainly work on mine and friends for for a complete tune and there is a difference. A lot of shops just set the sync of cams set center shot and make sure they can hit the target and make some small adjustments. I do not consider that as tuning, that is setting up a bow, and that's what most do. Very few mess with cam rotation or have even heard of walk back/French tuning. Rocky my be the exception and if he is his customers are in great hands.

I personally do not see how you can do certain tuning jobs with out a draw board, setting a draw curve is one. Rocky just may be blessed and have the touch i dont. So i have to use a tool
There is a purpose to setting a draw curve. Some people like a easy pull up front. Some like it hard up front and roll off at the back. I like mine to be equal or as close as I can get. This is usually the best for the most speed. This also why some people shoot one bow and state it's great and some one else at a differnt location tells you it sucks. I dought that a bow coming in from the manufactor makes all there bows match. Even the great mathews don't come into the shop with the cable in the center of the hole on the cam on every bow Now that can be corrected with out a draw board.

It's the same with a hooter shooter. You can tune a bow with it ,but the customer has to shoot for final adjustments. I have even seen bow shops paper tune a bow then give it to the customer. If that worked out it was luck.

Please for give me for my grammar and miss spelling as I'm a working man providing for the lazy and the illegals

I'm gonna confess ignorance here, so please explain to us how you set a draw-curve without affecting DL, poundage, and let-off.

[12RingKing]

I'm gonna confess ignorance here.

Should have just left it at that.....

[rocky]

Should have just left it at that.....

Nice
Maybe you can answer my question.

[enewman]

No sir rocky you are correct it effects all that you listed. And if the draw is to long we just drop down a 1/2 in in draw. I have always shot 26.5 to 27 in draw but with my mathews after playing with it I had to go to 26 in mods.
I'm sorry how this post has become. Being a electrician I'm high strung and always right kinda like welders haha.
Thanks again rocky. God Bless

[rocky]

Rocky no where even close to what you have done and I never will. I only work on mine and friends. I would never own a shop either. It's a hard job to make it with the Internet. No way to compete, and dealing with customers or smart ***** people like me.

But I am no idiot either. Thank you for the post

[quote=BTLowry;7152331]Everyone posting advice on this thread needs to post up their qualifications:

How long have you been shooting a bow%3

[Mudslinger]

I have been told that I am a classic but not classy, but i have tuned a few bows in my 40 years and have used a draw board. I am not knocking those that do, but it does not mean you can tune a bow if you use one and it does nto mean you have to use a draw board to tune a bow. I commend those that get as far into tuning a bow and making it shoot the best it can no matter what they use. I firmly believe that a draw board or hooter shooter can get you close to an optimum tune, but a person behind the bow still has to make surte it fits his needs and form to be optimum. Did not mean to irritate or bash others on here,. just stating my 40+ years of shooting and messing/tuning/shooting and tinkering in this sport. I had my bow "super-tuned" be cause of time restraints but had to tweak it to my form when I got it back. I apologize to those that I guess I dis-respected, but again my post were only meant to be my opinions.

[TexasCanesFan]

Uh oh. You said "super tuned" on TBH.

You think this draw board debate has been "spirited", hide and watch now.