Too many poor experiences with bow shops, decided to put a new string on my compound myself. I thought I could use my old string and get me through spring turkey, but its got another bad spot with a couple broken strands, so I decided to try and do this myself... I wish it wasn't three days before opening day of turkey, but I have already gone beyond the point of no return.
Bowtech, Provider - single cam bow
So last night I took a bunch of pictures and went at it with my portable press.
1. Measured axle pin to axle pin to try and give myself a reference point to come back to once I had the new string / cable in place. The new string I got is not exactly the same length as my old string, but LCA said "just put a few extra twists in the new string to shorten it up".
2. Measured top axle pin to center of peep sight to try and have a reference to come back to with new peep.
3. Removed old string and put on new, same with cable. Took a few times with different numbers of twists to get axle axle measurement back to within 16th of an inch.
4. Then noticed top wheel was to off camber, so put a couple twists in one side of cable to try and get it straight. Got it so its straight as far as I can tell with eye.
5. Eventually got everything so it looks straight and axle to axle distance measure same.
6. Got hung up on the peep. Every time I put the peep in I struggled to get the orientation of the peep to stay where I need to to look through it.
Questions - so I am sure there are ALL KINDS of things I should have done differently, feel free to comment.
But specifically:
1. The string did not come with a piece of string to mark two equal halves of the string for the peep, so do I just guess and split the string equally as best I can by eye?
2. Advice for getting peep to stay without rotating? I watched a couple YouTube videos on it, but didn't find anything that was exactly what I am having trouble with. If I get the peep at the right height, the alignment is off. Get the alignment right, height seems off.
I really don't want to throw in the towel and go to the shop. Its not about the $, more about being able to get this done myself. I have a collection of some bow tuning tools, probably not everything, but some.
Thanks for input!
Bowtech, Provider - single cam bow
So last night I took a bunch of pictures and went at it with my portable press.
1. Measured axle pin to axle pin to try and give myself a reference point to come back to once I had the new string / cable in place. The new string I got is not exactly the same length as my old string, but LCA said "just put a few extra twists in the new string to shorten it up".
2. Measured top axle pin to center of peep sight to try and have a reference to come back to with new peep.
3. Removed old string and put on new, same with cable. Took a few times with different numbers of twists to get axle axle measurement back to within 16th of an inch.
4. Then noticed top wheel was to off camber, so put a couple twists in one side of cable to try and get it straight. Got it so its straight as far as I can tell with eye.
5. Eventually got everything so it looks straight and axle to axle distance measure same.
6. Got hung up on the peep. Every time I put the peep in I struggled to get the orientation of the peep to stay where I need to to look through it.
Questions - so I am sure there are ALL KINDS of things I should have done differently, feel free to comment.
But specifically:
1. The string did not come with a piece of string to mark two equal halves of the string for the peep, so do I just guess and split the string equally as best I can by eye?
2. Advice for getting peep to stay without rotating? I watched a couple YouTube videos on it, but didn't find anything that was exactly what I am having trouble with. If I get the peep at the right height, the alignment is off. Get the alignment right, height seems off.
I really don't want to throw in the towel and go to the shop. Its not about the $, more about being able to get this done myself. I have a collection of some bow tuning tools, probably not everything, but some.
Thanks for input!