Micro - Adjusting your draw length....(continued)
So,
the first few steps of my KITCHEN SINK Tuning are a test for DIALING in your bow DL setting
getting the ALIGNMENT of the release forearm PERFECT,
so we can get the SAME arrow point of impact....
nailing a weighted string,
just 5 FEET away.
STEP 1:
So,
hang a spool of string or any string with a weight on the end,
in front of a target.
Step back 5 feet.
Fire a fletched arrow at the string.
Tweak the sight pins windage a skosh left...a skosh right,
until the fletched arrow TOUCHES or even SPLITS the string material.
You should get this result.
Then,
we goto the next stage.
Step back 5 feet,
and try again with a bareshaft (arrow with no vanes).
You should get this result.
If you are a RIGHT HANDED shooter
and
the bareshaft misses to the RIGHT of the string...
STEP 2:
Press your bow
and shorten the LEFT SIDE buss cable leg say 1 complete twist
and lengthen the RIGHT SIDE buss cable leg say 1 complete twist
and fire a bareshaft again at the hanging string in front of the target...
the bareshaft point of impact should MOVE CLOSER TO THE STRING...
repeat the shortening of the LEFT SIDE buss cable leg with another complete twist (ADD)
and
repeat the lengthening of the RIGHT SIDE buss cable leg with another complete twist (REMOVE)
STEP 3:
IF THE BARESHAFT POINT OF IMPACT DOES NOT MOVE CLOSER TO THE STRING...
IF THE BARESHAFT POINT OF IMPACT DOES NOT CHANGE...
IF THE BARESHAFT POINT OF IMPACT STAYS OFF TO THE RIGHT...
THEN WE HAVE A DRAW LENGTH PROBLEM....ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION
cuz your elbow is too far back
cuz your elbow is behind your head
instead of DIRECTLY behind the arrow...in line behind the arrow
so,
when the elbow is BEHIND YOUR HEAD,
your release forearm is pointed OFF TO THE RIGHT,
and
your release forearm pulls the bowstring sideways (FAMOUS LEFT PAPER TEAR for right handed shooters)
and
when we have a nock left paper tear,
cuz the bowstring is pulled sideways to the LEFT,
cuz your forearm is pointed off to the right,
then...
the bareshaft goes whereever your forearm is pointed
and the bareshaft misses sideways to the RIGHT of the string.
So if STEP 2 (buss cable leg tuning) has ZERO EFFECT,
we must goto
STEP 4.
SHORTEN the bow DL setting.
Now,
you might need to shorten the bow DL setting a complete 1/2 inch (new module).
Now,
you might need to shorten the bow DL setting less than a complete module replacement...
maybe you need to shorten the bow DL setting only 1/8th inch....maybe only 1/4-inch.
HOW do you shorten a bow DL setting in-between module sizes?...less than 1/2-inch?
FIND the bottom of the buss cable (cable with 3 end loops) and REMOVE twists to INCREASE ATA
and the bow DL will shorten. As you continue to UNTWIST the buss cable, the ATA continues to grow
and the bow DL will continue to shorten.
Keep tweaking the buss cable LONGER, until the bareshaft hits the string, like this...
So,
stay at 5 feet
and fire fletched arrows at the string
and
fire bare shaft arrows at the string
until both fletched and bareshaft hit the string.
When firing fletched arrows at the string (tweak the sight pins windage)...to adjust
when firing bareshafts at the string...work the buss cable (bottom of the buss cable to make LARGE adjustments for point of impact....missing RIGHT by inches)
when firing bareshafts at the string...work the buss cable legs (shorten left side leg when missing right of the string by tiny amounts IF YOU ARE a RH shooter).
Soon,
your fletched arrows will be touching the string.
Soon,
your bareshafts will also touch the string.