Home made stabalizer

I was wondering if there was any science to the stabalizer? I think that I might have the resources to build my own if all it is meant to do is add weight to the front of the bow

 

And vibration dampening.

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I built mine out of a 7/8 inch aluminium rod with a 3/8 inch thick steel. I machined the steel into 2 7/8 inch diameter with the biohazard symbol in the front. I did fine tune the weight by cutting grooves into the back of the steel disk. Over all lenght is just over 11 inches. I did put rubber and nylon washers between everything.

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I researched a little bit online as far as homemade stabalizers, I found some that went into great lengths (over 12" stabalizers) I decided to build one at work. I took a 3" spring and welded flat washers on the end of it. I'll run a 4" bolt through the center. The one on the bow right now is the pre-fabbed one.

 

Interesting never heard of anyone build their own stabilizers.. If it actually works then thats great, the right weight might be possible to get, but i would guess that dampening the noise and vibration might be pretty tough.

 

Maybe some rubber or heat shrink tubing

 

Ya you may be right, but then again why not spend the few bucks to get a stabilizer that gets the job done, its not like you buy a diff stabilizer every year, am i wrong?

 

You are right, FTK. I'm not trying to be cheap about it. I just wanted to take a stab at making my own.