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Jun 26
2008
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Creating you own home bow shop!!!Posted by Jason Amaro in Shooting a bow, Jason Amaro New Mexico, Jason Amaro, Everyday BowCast, equipment, arrow flight, arrow, archery   |
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Taking the next step is what Bowcast is all about. Taking the next step, from the average archer to the complete archer is what we are trying to facilitate. For many archers the next step involves becoming your own bow mechanic. If you really want to understand how a bow works you need to start maintaining and fiddling with your own bow.
Someone can tell you a million times how a bow works but until you start working on your own bow you will never understand all of the intricacies of super-tuning a bow.
So how do you get started? Well, you can start by gathering the tools needed to make your own little home bow shop. It doesn’t happen overnight, so start with the basics and focus on tools that give you the most for your money. I have created a list of tools below that I use in my home shop. It is impractical to have every tool out there but that is okay, I still go to my local shop called “the Backwoodsman” to get my arrows cut and to shoot the bull with the guys.
Along those same lines even if you do have a home bow shop still support your local archery shops, you can learn a lot just buy listening and watching.
Again below is a list of items that I have and it has served me pretty well. Remember working on a bow isn’t that hard and there aren’t too many things you can do to really mess it up. If you get stuck or are unsure about something post your question on the forums or ask your local pro.
| Tool | Notes |
| Bowmaster press. Cheap and Easy. | |
| Use it to hold your bow while you are working on it | |
| This tool allows you to check your center shot quickly and makes sure that you don’t have any cam lean. It is quick and easy | |
| Allows you to center your center but you do have to remove your sight. Will allow to you practice aiming. | |
| Small Scale | You can weigh your entire arrow components to make sure your arrows are consistent in weight. |
| Paper Tuner | Allows you to Paper Tune your bows and that your arrow is shooting bullet holes. |
| Arrow Fletcher | To re-fletch your vanes. This allows you to try different combinations of vanes wraps. |
| Chronograph | You can see how changes in equipment change your KE. |
| Allows to you make sure that the inserts are square and your arrows are consistent. | |
| Lighter | For Burning tags ends of string loops or serving ends. |
| Bow Square | You can use this to give yourself a starting point for setting your nock point and your arrow rest. |
| Video Camera | You can use this to evaluate your form. Take video from as many angles as possible. |
| Serving Tools | To reserve your string. You can increase the speed of your bow by decreasing the amount of weight on string. |
| String Splitter | You can use this to adjust position of your peep sight. Slight adjustment can really make a difference in performance. |
| White Out to Mark Reference Points | Mark your sight, cams and rest so your have a visual reference point to determine if something has moved. |
| You can use these to make sure your arrow is parallel when it is on the rest and you can use them to get your 3rd axis initially set. | |
| 4 ft Carpenters Level – 2nd Axis | You can use this to set your 2nd Axis. |
| Plumb String – 3rd Axis | You can set your 3rd Axis by using a Plumb String |
| Drop Cloth | Keeps your workstation clean and keeps your bow from getting dings. |
Take Care
Jason
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written by Stoutstuff, July 03, 2008
written by jamaro, July 03, 2008
Give me about a week... We are heading to the biggest shoot of the year in a few hours.... BUT I will give you guys details on the Paper Tuner, several people have asked...
Thanks for listening....
Take Care and see you in a few days...
Jason
written by Fred Kellner, July 25, 2008
Any thoughts on good books, videos, or dvds to go along with all this stuff to help guide you through the setup process. Or is some of this just trial and error, and learning from others.
Fred
written by jamaro, July 29, 2008
I like the Dave Holts book and Joe Bell also has a pretty good book.
Jason
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