learned an easy rule the hard and expensive way.......dryfire!

So I inadvertently hit my release trigger(truball max hunter) while I was drawing my bow w/out an arrow and popped the string and bent the cam (boy did I feel stupid!!) Needless to say it is currently at the local archery shop getting a new custom string, new cam, and general look over for about $200 plus dollars(estimate....providing I don't need new limbs too). Which got me thinking....I'm much more mechanically inclined than the average person I was raised to "never ever pay someone to do something you can do". So my question is where can I find a comprehensive book, manual, website, etc...where I can teach myself to tune and maintain my bow. I've seen a few YouTube videos on the topic but I'm somewhat skeptical of the information because anyone can post videos.

 

Sorry to hear about that! as for info this should help http://archeryhistory.com/archerytalk/The_Nuts&Bolts_of_Archery.pdf


Hutch

 

I always just use google as there is a lot of good info out there.

 

Awesome information in one package. Thank you

 

I pay my bow tech to do his job so I can do mine.
Money is always well spent.

 

I like this tuning guide from Easton. http://www.eastonarchery.com/uploads/downloads/Tuning_Guide/Tuning_Guide.pdf

 

Thanks for Easton tuning guide...I'm soaking this all in...it actually is turning out to be less complicated than I originally thought..thank you again for pointing me in the right direction guys

 

Come on. Just put it in your signature. You know you want to :D

In addition to the Easton Tuning Guide, this is a great document (save it to your computer).

 

That would save me the time of having to copy the link each time I post it.

 

Every time I need it I just search one of your posts. Find it pretty quickly.

Didn't you use to have it in your signature?

It's not that hard to do it all yourself. I take mine to a shop, mostly because I'm already there, he doesn't charge me, and he lets me help.

You just need to be careful. A lot can go wrong in a hurry if you don't know what you're doing.

 

I have thought about learning to do this...it is definitely not that hard. I just don't have the tools.

 

X2 I have 3 men that are relatively close that I trust my bow with so I am not dependant on just one person. I also don't have the tools or press. Maybe down the road I might dabble in this but for now I don't have the time, tools, or knowledge to start wrecking a beautiful thing.

 

Matt (MGH_PA) actually has it in his. I've never had it in my sig.

 

Yeah the guy that has mine right now is highly recommended by every bow hunter I know. It's just I always have and always will fix my own stuff I fix everything from my trucks to my house(full disclosure: I am a carpenter by trade)and very rarely have I not done right the first time and most of the time it's done with better attention to detail and a higher level of quality than the "professional". So it won't be hard for me once I have a solid understanding of the workings of the compound bow (which thanks to you guys I'm well on my way) I will be able to apply my innate attention to detail and my unwavering commitment to quality work to tuning, repairing, & maintaining my bow. Thanks again for all the help, hopefully someday I'll be able to "pay it forward"

 

If you popped the string and bent the cam, that kind of indicates that you had the bow torqued while drawing back which means either the draw weight is too much for you or you weren't using correct form. That might be another thing to look at in addition to the self tuning because when drawing you should be drawing straight back which would have prevented this from happening to begin with (regardless of accidentally pulling the trigger). I mean this in the friendliest and safety first manner, I don't mean to criticize negatively.

 

No offense taken I always welcome well thought and put criticism and insight. I do think I was torquing it and I have a lot of work to do on my form. That makes perfect sense to me as far as bending the cam. The bow shop said that the bow could have been dropped or dry fired by the previous owner but, I think that they were being nice cause they could tell I was being very hard on myself for my own stupidity.

 

It happens, I wouldn't worry about it. Like you said, you learned the lesson the hard way. My main concern was your safety

 

Sorry about your dryfire, but I have seen that twice in my indoor league over the years where guys get distracted and forget to nock an arrow and shoot. Both times they were older Dartons and it never hurt the bows, you won't get away with a dryfire on newer bows. There is alot of info online for tuning, tieing your own peeps in and bow setup. I like to paper tune and than walk back tune my bows and thats usually all i need to do. You can make a paper tuner from pcv pipe and a bow press is a must if you plan on keeping your bow in specs as strings wear and for installing peeps.

 

Hate that happened....hope you get it back soon.

 

Yeah I saw a pretty sweet thread on here about building your own LC Ez press style press. I forwarded it to a machinist buddy of mine and we are currently gathering the necessary parts to do so.