Note that it shows a rest that is adjusted too far to the right. The image on the right shows the arrow in line with the string and the string is in the center of the grip — all is good. This completes the initial setup. Cut your arrow to the desired length. I want to jump out of bow tuning and briefly address arrow setup. There are a few things that are crucial to good arrow flight. Shooting the straightest shafts that you can afford I use.
I check the point by spinning the arrow on an arrow inspector, I look for any point wobble. If I notice any wobble I heat the point insert and twist it slightly, then retest. Do the checking with your field points and broadheads. A note on vane selection. Shoot the stiffest vanes you can find. In all my years in the military I never saw a real missile that had. Now, back to tuning… With your preferred weight field point installed, set your bow to its maximum draw weight.
With perfect shooting form shoot one arrow through paper at a distance of 4 to 5 feet. If the point is low nock is high , raise the rest. I'm using a borrowed bow at the moment, and although the lender's said I can set it up for myself I'm pretty lost as to where to start.
I'm right handed and shooting Jazz s. Any ideas? Ceri Jones Member Ironman. I should be down on monday if you want a hand, it sounds like the centre shot is out to the right.
See you then. Cheers, Do I need to set the arrow alight? Kae The American American Shoot. I don't understand, what do you mean by fade to the right?
Kae said:. Bald Eagle New member. Sounds like a weak arrow or soft button, what poundage on your fingers? Next re-draw the arrow with a bow scale until the mark is in the same place. Read off the poundage and record it to paper. This poundage will be important when choosing a set of matched arrows.
Setting up the Recurve Bow. Always check all parts of your equipment to ensure that nothing is dangerously damaged or worn. Inspect all parts of your bow, limbs, string, servings, arrows and all accessories before you start to shoot. If anything changes or sounds different during shooting, then immediately check your equipment.
Assembly Having decided upon which bow riser and limbs to purchase, the exciting part of assembling and tuning can start. At each stage, measure and record your settings.
Also keep records of all the changes made and the results of those changes. Strings are a very important variable to your set-up. There are many different string materials to choose from, each with different characteristics.
As the thickness of each string material is different, the string will have to be made with either more or fewer strands. Perhaps 12 strands of Dacron or 16 to 20 strands of Fast Flite. Thinner strings will be faster and less forgiving but will make the arrow behave dynamically weaker.
Thicker strings will be slower and more forgiving, but will make the arrow behave dynamically stiffer. These facts can be used to further fine tune the arrow flight from the bow.
The serving material is also crucial to the fit and therefore the flight of the arrow. It is well worth learning to make you own strings and experimenting with the different materials, number of strands and bracing heights to give your bow the optimum tune. The club regularly hosts string making workshops, which will be announced on the website. Your new string is also likely to have been waxed, but again, ensure this protection is added if it has not.
Later, you must practise shooting with more twists and then fewer twists in the string to change the bracing height of your bow. Listen to the noise upon release. Check, by using dry white powder on your arrow fletchings, or lipstick on your button to see when you have the best clearance.
If no information is available then you can measure the length of the string and divide by seven to give you an approximate starting distance. Some manufacturers use a measurement to the back of the bow. The most effective brace height will impart most of the bows energy into putting the arrow into good flight and feel and sound the most comfortable to the archer.
Limb alignment and Tiller After safely attaching the limbs to the riser and the string to the limbs, you will need to check the alignment of the string against the bow. This is known as the string picture. When at full draw, the archer should be aware of the fuzzy image of the string picture in relation to the limbs and the sight aperture.
Some of the later bows have an adjustable limb alignment system. These vary from one make to another. For a bow to be efficient both limbs have to work in unison. If they are not set to work together the efficiency of the bow may be reduced. With a bow square bracing height gauge , measure the distance at right angles from the string to where the limb enters the limb pocket. To set the initial tiller adjustment, check the manufacturers recommendation. If this is not available, for the initial set-up, set the distance of a 3 to 5 mm greater than the distance of b.
The reason for this difference is the arrow rest is usually above centre. This makes the nocking point above centre, which has an effect on the power differential of the two limbs. To overcome this the lower limb needs to be given a little more power than the top limb. During tuning you will find which is the most efficient tiller and limb alignment for your own style of shooting.
This is a temporary position until the tuning verifies the correct position. Arrow rest There are many types of arrow rests. It may be preferable to choose an adjustable magnetic finger loosing rest. These enable the archer to adjust the rest in height, distance from the bow window and in spring tension. This is very useful to the archer when tuning the bow to a set of arrows or when changing between sets of arrows.
Position the rest arm so as to place the arrow diameter just below the height of the centre of the pressure button. Left handed archers be aware that the button could unscrew over time if the arrow is positioned in such a way that the forward movement unscrews the button The arm should just hold the arrow and not protrude so much that it interferes with the arrow flight.
Nocking point Before putting on the nocking point, check the fit of the arrow nock on the centre serving. The arrow nock should click securely on the serving. If it is too tight or too loose then change the nock size or serving to a thickness that enables the arrow to come off the string with a sharp tap of the fingers on the string.
Using a bow square, measure from the point where the arrow touches the arrow rest to the string at 90 degrees.
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