I want to preface this with the fact that I'm not a stabilizer builder and this is not meant to be a cheap alternative to a properly built stabilizer, but is only a guide to identifying the ideal length and weight to steady your sight picture. The function of a stabilizer is to put weight further away from a pivot point in order to steady the pivot. The purest example of this is a tight-rope walker using long poles to steady themselves on the rope. The stabilizer only needs to have length and weight to function correctly, the use of carbon, rubber and modular weights are used to refine a good stabilizer and provide optimal weight distribution and vibration dampening ...but essentially a good stabilizer isn't going to be
that much better than a stick with a weight on it and so this DIY project is a good place to start.
The parts list is
(1) length of 5/16 24 threaded steel (I made three in 10", 11", and 12" to test since those are common side-bar sizes)
(3) 5/16 24 collars ...these are the hardest thing to find, they have them in a hardware store by me and I bought a dozen of them to use on all my quick disconnects.
(1) bag of 5/16 washers
(optional) 5/16 barrel connector if you want to add length (I use this to cap the cut end of the bar since there was a sharp piece of metal due to my lack of hacksaw skill)
(optional) wire shrink-wrap ...I just had it lying around and it gives me grip on the threads when adding or removing the stabilizer.
Assembled (this should take you anywhere from a minute to three minutes, depending on how long it takes you to find the correct Allen wrench to tighten the collars)
And the stabilizer on the bow (this is using a through the riser side mount)
