Bow manufacturers don't design their bows around current presses being used, Mathews is not unique in this. So if there are some newer models that need different press fingers it's not a Mathew's marketing strategy trying to make the consumer spend more money, Mathews doesn't make or profit from any press fingers. I'm sure someone with more detailed information will chime in on what fingers you need for the V3.

 

If I am not mistaken, not using the Mathews specific LCA fingers will void the warranty on your bow.


As far as other bows? Anything with well past parallel limbs (like most current PSE's) will need the LCA limb lock kit which is more expensive than just the Mathews specific fingers.

 

not using the Mathews specific LCA fingers will void the warranty on your bow.

....and trying to get around using them may be the reason the limbs are failing so often as well.

 

I believe the special fingers were made for the Lift and Title models, not the older Mathews, but I could be wrong.

Lancaster recently put out a video talking about the EZ Green press with lots of good info. You shouldn't have a problem pressing your V3 with the regular fingers if just doing a string/cable swap, but if you are wanting to swap out limbs I'd use the special fingers if needed.

The big thing to watch for when pressing a Mathews is making sure the thin spring steel piece that puts tension on the fingers doesn't contact the limbs when you press it.

 

I believe the special fingers were for the Lift and Title models, not the older Mathews.

If memory serves, this is correct. I've pressed my Traverse with the standard EZ Green fingers numerous times. Those special fingers just came out a year or two ago, there were a few threads on here about them.

 

Pretty sure both Mathews dealers in the area use standard LCA fingers on their presses

 

only the very newest as the limbs are wider.

 

That's the wider pin kit.

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You shouldn't have trouble pressing your V3 with the standard fingers.

You don't really NEED the Mathews fingers unless you're working on a Mathews Lift or newer.... even then, there are videos of folks pressing them with the standard LCA fingers without issue. (I wouldn't want to do a limb swap with standard fingers.... but I wouldn't hesitate to swap strings)

I have the Mathews fingers as I own a shop and have a bunch of customers who love their Mathews but hate the local Mathews Dealer. So they buy from him and bring it to me to do everything but the warranty work. When they started having limb issues, I bought the Mathews fingers so no one could come back and say that their limb failures were somehow my fault for not using the correct tool for the job.

 

You can use the fingers that come with the LCA press to press a V3.

There was another whole arm setup you needed to press the Hoyt defiants. I think it cost about the same as the current fingers for Mathews lift. And that was 8ish years ago.

 

The limb lock kit sucks price wise but the piece of mind pressing bows is worth it.

 

agree wholeheartedly, when I bought my press, I bought every option available, and those limb locks don't come off my press..........they work very well........

 

You definitely don’t need special fingers to press a Lift, Lift X or Title or any other Mathews for that matter with a LCA press…. All you need to do on a modern Mathews is thread-in the adjustment on each of the press fingers such that they’re fully extended out toward the inside (bow-side) so when you press the bow the limbs don’t hit the press between the limb pocket and where the fingers contact the bow. Its not rocket science and it works completely fine..

 

 

When I bought my LCA EZ Green it already came with the woder block kit. When I upgraded the bow to a Lift X I bought the fingers a few months after. The mathews fingers fit like a glove into the sockets, I personally wouldn't try to press it without the right tool.

 

The Mathews V3 can be pressed with the standard fingers.

 

My Darton Sequel st2 requires special fingers.

 

I have the LCA past parallel kit and it does make life easier and safer. The couple hundred bucks over time is really not a big deal.

 

Full send on the V3.

Good luck.

 

Honestly, do you expect a bow manufacturer to design their bow around a different aftermarket company's products? That's the opposite of how things usually work.

 

thanks for all the input archers of AT, a bunch of different answers and opinions.......i wouldn't have it any other way on AT

 

To answer your question in full. Yes other bow manufacturers require different fingers, blocks, accessories as well. It is not exclusive to mathews.

 

Yes, you do. But, no you don't if you are very, very careful.

 

I bought the 3” blocks and use standard fingers on my Lift X without any issues. Pay attention to what you’re doing regardless of the system used. My local dealer uses standard fingers as well.
I’ve done string swaps and it was no harder than any previous bow I’ve worked on.

 

My EZ green came with the wider blocks and with the fingers adjusted all the way in, I have pressed my V3-27 many times, no worries.

 

I’ve pressed a Vertix, V3x and Lift in mine with zero issue.

 

I have pressed the V3-27 and the lift multiple times with the standard fingers without a problem!

 

From the title, I thought this was going to be about Hoyt.

However, I get it, OP. I've had an EZ Green with stock fingers for a few years and it worked fine with the bows I owned. When I bought a '24 PSE Mach 34 early this winter, there was mixed opinions on whether the stock fingers were sufficient or the Limb Lock kit was necessary. After mulling it over, I did some online searching and found the kit for about 25% less than direct from LCA or Lancaster. Envisioning my quite expensive carbon riser bow shooting out the bottom has been worth it in the long run. Stinks that such things become necessary and are relatively expensive, but as others stated, once they went on they have remained on the press. I just used them the other day to reshim my bow and the sense of confidence is worth the cost...especially months later.

 

I've had an EZ Green press for awhile now, it presses my Mathews Traverse and my V3X33 just fine. Nothing to worry about OP.

 

All bows from the Phase 4 on need the extra wide fingers. It’s because of the quad limb design. Anything before the Phase 4 can use the standard fingers

 

It's not the fingers that are wider, it's the pins the fingers go on. At some point I believe all the ew LCA presses got the new wider pins but older ones have to be upgraded. They changed the actual finger design for the Lift/Title.