YEEEEE..Haw!!!! Got my serving tool, bow square, and serving thread in!!! That serving thread is some expensive stuff aint it? Now lets git er done brothers and sisters!
I started winding opposite the winding direction of the bow string winding as most seem to recommend. Since I wasnt sure which way was up and down I wound an 8" serving centered on the tillering center line or whatever thats called (middle of the strang). I later found out the larger loop on the bowstring is usually the "this side up" side since you load it that way. Oh well. I can always do it over if wrong. Anyway I think its good nonetheless. OK Im figuring the handle is going just below the mark used when tillered. Im going to center the pressure applied on the bow with the point on my hand that meets that point and call that ground zero and build the handle wrap in the appropriate spot below. Right? wrong? I honestly dont know? Gotta start somewhere? OK serving wrap... Git er done! Eight inches centered from there should give me plenty of room for nocking points etc.
OK that went pretty well! Now here is how you secure things.
That super cool knot no boy scout ever thought of less hes a fishin nut. You guys making fishing rods is much the same way to tie on eyelets. After you make this configuration you pull the tail i have pinched here and lay it amongs the lower coils in the pic. Hold the tail there and continue wrapping the lower coils in the same direction and as you wrap the lower coils you will notice the upper coils will unwind. Just keep winding the lower coils with the tail bound and as you continue winding the upper coils will unwind in a corresponding amount of coils you set up for.
OK All unwound!
Then pull the tail you just wrapped up (bottom) until the end is tight and secure. Snip and melt it clean.
I can assume the line drawn on the bow was where he centered it for tillering. Since I didnt know a dang thing when I bought it... it could have been a mark where Saturns rings line up with Uranus for all I know? I guess I could have built me a jig and found it all over again but then again If I did all that crap then i wouldnt be shooting till three deer seasons away
OK I measured and its half way between where the string grooves are. Its gravity heavy on one side which is what im calling the bottom since its a natural feeling to me and the string was made that way. still might be totally wrong?
OK...I have heard that about a half inch is a good start. and since my hand meat will spread out a bit when im loaded then I might ought to knock things accordingly.
I also have my square bass ackwards here in the pic but im figuring the arrow will set on top of my spread out hand meat and then better to have it knocked obove than below. Im gonna work from there. In the photo top is left. I actually put my knocking points a bit above that. Ill get some pics and results soon. Oooo.. No knock points pics... Ill have to do that too. Thanks in advance all! I know I could go to another more appropriate forum but I love you guys and identify with yall already! Maybe a Chupri arrow is in order :thumbup:
Oh almost forgot till Bawanna reminded me in another thread. I went out for some practice i hadnt had in prolly 40 years and didnt have an arrow quiver. Hold your heart Bawanna. Only had to make two holes to do it!
Wife made me do it! She knows you and your tri-box fettish! She caught me on the way out. I got some vidia but gonna take me some time to make a movie of it but ill try
PS. I was offa work but dont know how straight i was a shootin
cock feather out, the other two hen flights can rub the bow in passing evenly (or not at all if short enough) either side of the arrow's line of flight. they been doing it that way for millennia. theory falls apart for two or more than three flights. some people argue it doesn't make any difference. i'd stick with history. some modern bows with fall-away arrow rests are supposed to keep the flights from touching anything after leaving the string, so it likely doesn't matter if you have one of those. people with those extreme bows with computerised sights and protruding stability weights and vibration dampers may spend many happy hours arguing the benefits of all the extras on their bows, bit like extreme M16 customizers.
EMS!!! Nah but for real, the second from the right is by far the best one I've ever layed eyes on
