I was wondering if anyone has ever made there own paper tuning setup. In looking to papertune my bow but don't want to bring it to a local dealer due to the prices. If you ever made one can you please give directions and post a picture? Thank you in advance
I had an old box spring and tore the cover off half of it and cut the springs out and just left the wood frame and stapled my paper to it. Worked great, but google it there are alot of ideas out there.
I don't paper tune any more but if you're in a pinch, just tape a piece of white printer paper in between rungs of a ladder in front of your target.
In 5 minutes I nailed some 2x4s together for a flimsy paper holder then set my target behind it in a lawn chair. No need to get fancy.
Heads up for those that like the look of the PVC apparatus I pictured above... that frame is not heavy enough to support a Morrell Yellowjacket field point target bag. Luckily, I just converted it to the paper roll-holder and moved on; I'll prop my bag up on a workbench in my garage to stop the arrows once they go through the paper.
How did you figure that out? Another heads up,don't shoot the PVC with an arrow,it tends to explode. Don't ask me how I know. Here is my ultra high tech paper tuning apparatus.Very expensive to build so this one might not be for the OP.
A large cardboard box with a square cut out of it works great. Just make sure you put it on a chair so you are shooting through it level.
Here's my completed project that came about using the first pic I posted as a guide and reference... Without the paper pulled through the fasteners, which consists of flat aluminum stock I picked up at my local Ace hardware store this morning... Note that I decided to just sit my Yellowjacket bag on top of a bench in my garage. Much simpler solution. Front of the rack with the paper in place... Rear view... This would be a good time to point out that the whole rack is glued together -- EXCEPT the pieces which attach to the main frame; this lets me pull the paper-holder off and change rolls when it becomes necessary. I picked this roll up at my local meat market for $1 this morning. Pretty happy with how it turned out... I've got about $15 in the whole project.
