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    Most stable platform design

    I have owned several platforms and sold them all due to flex or kick-out. I built a folding led platform that is the sturdiest of the lot. You may not like the design but thats my answer. Search the posts..
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    Does anyone one stick from a preset?

    Nothing wrong with presets. You are correct about not having to advance the rope and have slack issues. Presets as I understand them are a thin cord put thru the desired crotch, to be used to haul up the actual climb rope. You now will have a double rope, meaning you have to use 60’ instead of...
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    Bald/shaved head care

    I have to shave every two or three days or my head starts to grey. The grey really catches the light! Gillet razor and Barbasol shaving cream. My hair was thinning a bit and I saw the writing on the wall. I didn’t want to see anymore of what was to come and I didn’t fancy a combover so, cold...
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    Target backstop

    Instead of going to a shoot I stayed home and built my backstop. It is a 4x6 stall mat 3/4” thick which hangs in front of plywood. The bottom of mat moves so arrow will push the mat before penetrating. I can stand a deer or bear but mostly it will just be my black hole blocks. Needs primer and...
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    Need a vanes reccomendation

    Yes Helical
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    Need a vanes reccomendation

    Pretty sure I have seen blazer feathers.. A 5” trad cut traditional will have lots of drag and sound like a startled grouse. Nothing wrong with vanes..
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    Tab, glove or other

    I can’t speak for others or the origin of the plate tab but for me its just a locator. When I bump it up to the string it lines the string up to where I want. Some plates fit between the calluses at the base of the fingers and so are narrow. My plates are wider as I like it to sit on the...
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    Tab, glove or other

    The two under has a leather plate.
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    Tab, glove or other

    The two under has a leather plate.
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    Tab, glove or other

    Here
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    Tab, glove or other

    My furnace failed and had my attention the last couple days. Luckily we are in an unusually warm stretch and I had the luxury of fixing it myself. Here are picture of my plates which I made long before I heard of yost tabs. Also is one of my two under tabs.
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    Tab, glove or other

    I didn’t use the pinky attachment or the chin rest which comes included..
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    Tab, glove or other

    My local archery shop has aluminum plate tabs by Decut for $14. I bought one to try. Worth the money in my opinion. It has a little hump in the palm side that can be modified if needed. I make my own and the tapped plate with screws is worth it to me. You can replace hide to your liking after...
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    Footing arrows

    The first couple trial arrows were made with gold tip traditional accutough 600 spine inserts. They will hold up well enough but going forward I want the toughest insert so I got gold tip airstrike stainless steel inserts in 250 spine. The aluminum 600s are 27 grains and stainless are 72...
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    Footing arrows

    I am very happy with my build. The arrows flew good enough for the girls I know.. I will build more with little to no heat on the sleeves. I had the black eagle focos system but retuned the components. I want more footing than that and also, with the point and “bell” it is too much forward of...
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    Did I missed something? Custom bowyers just jump up 20% overnight????

    That is my point. $25 is not enough for any of them to not persue other vocations.
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    Footing arrows

    That one was blurry.
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    Footing arrows

    I shoot Victory vip tko 350s with the stock 50 grain outsert with 250 grain points. Being that I been shooting Simmons Safaris and have plenty of them, I decided to try to build an arrow similar to the above which cones in a 575 taw. Safaris are 205 grains so I had to make up 50 grains from...
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    Did I missed something? Custom bowyers just jump up 20% overnight????

    I was making takedowns with clear glass and veneers for right around $300 about six years ago. It would take me around 40 hours of hand work shaping and tillering doing a one of process. So if you pay an artist and a craftsman (which I never claimed to be) $25 hr. Plus materials and there you...
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    Friction Hitches

    That is a nice twist Brocky. I didn’t pursue self tending because I still one-stik and I work the rope as I climb. I really like this hitch because I untie it for rope retrieval and having tied the Blakes hundreds of times it requires no thought for me. On my cordage it works without binding...
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