A new way to check Brace/Fistmele idea!

[Keefer]

I was out in my shop today and serving a string I made today and I usally make most servings anywhere from 7"-10" inch's max so as I was makeing my serving I came short 1/4" from an 8" serving I was after and as I was finishing the pull through and cutting the extra little tag it hit me...This 7 3/4" serving is what my new RER Arroyo brace height is set at and "KABAM" God put this idea into my peabrain..Why not make my serving the same as my braceheight is supposed to be on all my bows cause most fall in that range and say if it is a 81/4" brace then serve that much material onto the string...Then while out in the field or range you can hold a arrow with a field point or find a straight trig somewhere and hold it against the serving and hold your thumb to that mark and check your brace/fistmele to see if you are there...Just a thought for you folks who serve your own string...I         it works for me..God Bless, Keefers <")))><

[owlbait]

Another magnificent idea!  

[centaur]

I don't make my own strings, but that is a great idea. If I order more strings, I will see if the stringmaker can do that for my bows.

[khardrunner]

cool idea... too bad I brace my bows around 5 3/4

[Onlyaspike]

I think its a pretty good idea.....But I just reserved my center serving about 2 weeks ago...so I wont have to do it again for quite a while. I hope I can remember to do this next time. GOOD IDEA.

[ron w]

My friend marks his cap dip on his hunting arrows with a stripe from an ink pen at the back of the riser. When hunting just look down to your arrow to see if the stripe and the riser line up. Easy to do when your cresting your arrows, just measure and mark!  

[Coonbait]

I think that's a great idea! Can't believe I didn't think of it! YEAH RIGHT LOL
Glenn

[Hermon]

If you make your own arrows, just make a cresting stripe the right spot so that a nocked arrow has the stripe at the back of the riser (or center of side plate, front of riser or wherever works for you).  That way every time you nock an arrow, you can check it.

[Keefer]

I also have done the cresting trick but if I use those same arrows on a different bow  the mark wouldn't do me good so this is why I was thinking to serve the string to the brace of that bow...Now if you only use those arrows for that bow or another with the same exact brace then that is also another great idea...

[Red Beastmaster]

Once I find the perfect brace for a particular bow I measure it using my hand. I place my hand palm up with the crack of my wrist at the string. Then I reference a finger tip to a point on the bow.

Examples: Brackenbury Quest brace is from my wrist to tip of index finger at the edge of the shelf. My Thunderhorn longbow brace is wrist to tip of middle finger to deepest part of grip.

I figure I can change a string in my treestand and brace properly with no tools if needed.

The serving idea is a good one.

[Caleb Andes]

Gotta love this innovator!!!

[stujay]

Some good ideas above.  

[Big Ed]

I trim my fletch wraps to my brace height! Really good ideas out there!!

[outbackbowhunter]

Or, you blokes could research the term fistmele

[tishtail]

hi thanks for this new idea i shall use that in the future

[Mike Vines]

Since getting into 3 piece takedowns, I too was havin a hard time with checking/remembering my brace height also.  Since I make my own arrows, what I ended up doing was putting a pinstripe on my arrow that was the correct brace height for the bow I'm shooting it out of.  This makes for a quick and simple way to verify brace height with no need to carry another "tool" while in the field/range.

You can just barely make out my brace "checker" halfway between the front of the fletchings and the first set of crestings.

 

[Keefer]

Originally posted by outbackbowhunter:
Or, you blokes could research the term fistmele

If you reread the first post I did type in brace/fistmele ?    

[outbackbowhunter]

Originally posted by Keefer:
     

Originally posted by outbackbowhunter:
Or, you blokes could research the term fistmele

If you reread the first post I did type in brace/fistmele ?                 [/b]

Yes, but by the subject under discussion, and the replies recieved, I was wondering if the term fistmele and its true meaning was understood.

Basically fistmele means "fist measure " if you make a fist with an extended thumb, and place the bottom of your fist on the face of the riser and the thumb extended towards the string, it will be close to brace height.

This distance will vary slightly from bow to bow and from man to man, but it will get you pretty close , close enough to eye ball string position relative to your personal fistmele, and see at a glance if every thing is good with brace height/ fistmele      

 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fistmele

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[wingnut]

I find a mark on my armguard for a quick check is a very easy way to see if your string is stretching.

Mike

[Gen273]

good thinking!