Arrow rest questions

[bkbk12]

Just wondering how everyone sets up there arrow rest on there bow for some reason I have always left a little gap for the feather to go through does anyone have the strike plate and the rest touching if so does it effect your flight at all.

[Charlie Lamb]

This is not a great photo of the rest I use, but it's all I've got.
   

I've never believed a gap between rest and arrow plate was needed. On release the arrow goes into paradox (begins bending around the bow)and does not stay in the "corner" between shelf and plate.
The fletching is much closer to the outside edge of the shelf the inside.

I've shot this setup for decades with no ill effects that I can tell.

[bornagainbowhunter]

I agree, the arrow fletch will not be next to the strike plate anyway.

[Mitch-In-NJ]

What those guys said.

[Tom Anderson]

Originally posted by bkbk12:
....I have always left a little gap for the feather to go through ...

If you'll watch slow-motion video of arrow flight just after release, the feathers never pass through any "gap".

Does anyone have a link to those high-speed videos that were posted here a while back?

[Mitch-In-NJ]

Search YouTube for archer's paradox.

[olddogrib]

It is truly amazing how far the tail end of a well-tuned arrow clears the riser.  It took me years of excessive wear on the shelf and/or sideplate to realize I didn't know squat about arrow tuning.  Since I've bothered to learn, I don't know when was the last time I changed either, as there should be very little contact shortly after you drop the string.

[madness522]

Charlie is that dimple in the strike plate anything special or just a boo-boo in the leather?

[Charlie Lamb]

Barry... I use a cushion plunger on my bows and what you are seeing is the end of the "button". The leather covering it has worn away leaving a slight hole.

Note that there is no wear anywhere but at the button.

[yaderehey]

Charlie, the rest on your bow looks OK, but the checkering on that grip is truly beautiful.

[RocketDog]

That is one pretty grip!  First thing I do when I get a new bow is make ashelf cover out of industrial strength velcro that covers the entire shelf from belly to back, then custom cut a strike plate of something handy (velcro, leather, hair ...) that is usually smaller than the original.  My shelf and plate fit tight together at the bend.  I just like the looks of a covered shelf and a nicely shaped plate.

[madness522]

Thanks Charlie!  I like the way you created the pivot on the rest. Gives me an ides for a bow I'm having trouble tuning.

[Tom Anderson]

Originally posted by RocketDog:
.... First thing I do when I get a new bow is make ashelf cover out of industrial strength velcro that covers the entire shelf from belly to back......

What exactly is "industrial strength" velcro...and where do you get it?

[Buckwheaties]

Lowes

[Tom Anderson]

So if I purchase it at JoAnn's Fabric, it ain't "industrial", huh?  :D