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Author Topic: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?  (Read 1157 times)

Offline Brock

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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2014, 08:07:00 AM »
it does both...depending on your goal.  it can be used to make bow less centershot but also reduces contact patch on two points of arrow as it is shot...reducing potential misquies from bow arm to arrow during this critical time of flight.
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2014, 03:26:00 PM »
Ain't TradGang the berries?  :clapper:  Ask a question and get a nice education, resources, and difference of opinion. Love this sport, these people and the priviledge of doing it.

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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2014, 08:50:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Flying Dutchman:
There are two main ways of tuning:
- tuning the arrows to your bow
- tuning your bow to your arrows


Placing a toothpick under the strikeplate means you are tuning your bow to your arrows. You make the bow less center cut, allowing you to shoot arrows with a weaker spine.
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #23 on: January 16, 2014, 02:28:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Lefty:
Yes it does in my opinion. The smaller the contact point, the less any bow torque will effect arrow flight.
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even more so if those contact points are directly above the deepest part of the grip.
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2014, 09:58:00 AM »
I like using a rubber band instead of a toothpick...it's more forgiving imo.
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #25 on: January 16, 2014, 10:12:00 AM »
i use yak sinew taken from a northern yak killed on the southbound trail of a Himalayan mountain pass that was milked by Buddhist's under the stars of the winter solstice....i find it adds 5fps and I can drop my bow arm before the shot and it will still hit the bulls-eye.    :)       :)       :)
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #26 on: January 16, 2014, 11:00:00 AM »
If I have an arrow that is close to being in tune, that I don't want to cut shorter, and it is still a little weak, adding something thin like a little strip of leather or a paper match under the side plate is a great way to bring things into final tune.
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2014, 01:27:00 PM »
Ron,
I need to get me some of that, can you spare any?  ;)
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2014, 03:24:00 PM »
:)
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2014, 03:33:00 PM »
Ron, you shouldn't be letting all of the god secrets out!!
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #30 on: January 16, 2014, 04:27:00 PM »
I think you should be selling that yak sinew by the inch! It sounds
like amazing stuff!
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2014, 11:14:00 PM »
Does it come in single-bevel with a lot of FOC?
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Re: Toothpick under the sideplate? Yes or No?
« Reply #32 on: January 18, 2014, 06:20:00 PM »
kharma baby, kharma!  :)
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