ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8" *Update-String Measurement*
05-26-2008, 10:04 AM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
ORIGINAL: M.Hensler/PA
Thanks. Should I twist both ends equally since the cams are essentiall slaved to each other?
ORIGINAL: Roskoe
If you don't have a draw board, have someone watch carefully as you draw the bow back to make sure your cams are rotating equally. If they are, then just twisting the bowstring will take care of the ATA and brace height issue. It will also mess with your peep and string loop - just make sure you fire a few arrow through it after twisting the string to let everything settle back in before moving the peep and loop.
If you don't have a draw board, have someone watch carefully as you draw the bow back to make sure your cams are rotating equally. If they are, then just twisting the bowstring will take care of the ATA and brace height issue. It will also mess with your peep and string loop - just make sure you fire a few arrow through it after twisting the string to let everything settle back in before moving the peep and loop.
Thanks. Should I twist both ends equally since the cams are essentiall slaved to each other?
You only have to twist/untwist one end of each cable
Dan
05-26-2008, 10:57 AM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
ORIGINAL: MeanV2
Matt, once your cams are insync as well as both on 2 dots above the limb. You should twist/untwist thecablesthe same.
You only have to twist/untwist one end of each cable
Dan
ORIGINAL: M.Hensler/PA
Thanks. Should I twist both ends equally since the cams are essentiall slaved to each other?
ORIGINAL: Roskoe
If you don't have a draw board, have someone watch carefully as you draw the bow back to make sure your cams are rotating equally. If they are, then just twisting the bowstring will take care of the ATA and brace height issue. It will also mess with your peep and string loop - just make sure you fire a few arrow through it after twisting the string to let everything settle back in before moving the peep and loop.
If you don't have a draw board, have someone watch carefully as you draw the bow back to make sure your cams are rotating equally. If they are, then just twisting the bowstring will take care of the ATA and brace height issue. It will also mess with your peep and string loop - just make sure you fire a few arrow through it after twisting the string to let everything settle back in before moving the peep and loop.
Thanks. Should I twist both ends equally since the cams are essentiall slaved to each other?
You only have to twist/untwist one end of each cable
Dan
Take strings/cables off. Stretch them and measure them. Compare them to factory specs. If they are short/long, I should subtract/add twists to get them to spec. Put them back on the bow. Measure ATA, brace height. The ndo I move to timing, and once I get the cams in time, THEN check adjust the ATA and brace height if necessary, or should I do that before I mess with the timing?
05-27-2008, 04:35 PM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
Ok, I took the cables and string off and measured them one by one. These are my measurements:
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
05-27-2008, 04:46 PM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
ORIGINAL: MGH_PA
Ok, I took the cables and string off and measured them one by one. These are my measurements:
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
Ok, I took the cables and string off and measured them one by one. These are my measurements:
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
yep, twist up everything to specs. and install. Make your string the rule. And adjust your cables to sync up first, then twist or untwist to reach spec ATA. Thats what I would do.
05-27-2008, 05:18 PM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
Well, if you notice everything you have is long so it makes sense you have longer ATA.
yep, twist up everything to specs. and install. Make your string the rule. And adjust your cables to sync up first, then twist or untwist to reach spec ATA. Thats what I would do.
ORIGINAL: MGH_PA
Ok, I took the cables and string off and measured them one by one. These are my measurements:
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
Ok, I took the cables and string off and measured them one by one. These are my measurements:
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
yep, twist up everything to specs. and install. Make your string the rule. And adjust your cables to sync up first, then twist or untwist to reach spec ATA. Thats what I would do.
05-27-2008, 05:22 PM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
Well, if you notice everything you have is long so it makes sense you have longer ATA.
yep, twist up everything to specs. and install. Make your string the rule. And adjust your cables to sync up first, then twist or untwist to reach spec ATA. Thats what I would do.
ORIGINAL: MGH_PA
Ok, I took the cables and string off and measured them one by one. These are my measurements:
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
Ok, I took the cables and string off and measured them one by one. These are my measurements:
String: 57 5/8"
Cable 1: 41 14/32"
Cable 2: 41 12/32"
Factory measurements are:
String: 57 1/4"
Cables: 41 7/32"
So what should my next step be? Twist the cables and string to get them in spec (off the bow I would assume)? Or is the difference I'm seeing neglible?
yep, twist up everything to specs. and install. Make your string the rule. And adjust your cables to sync up first, then twist or untwist to reach spec ATA. Thats what I would do.
Dan
05-28-2008, 05:30 AM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
ORIGINAL: archer 2
No , you measure from the inside of the loops that are around a 1/4 bolt through the loops while under tension for measuring them.
No , you measure from the inside of the loops that are around a 1/4 bolt through the loops while under tension for measuring them.
05-28-2008, 09:02 AM
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RE: ATA and Brace Height off an 1/8"
And you don't have to have a draw board. I use a large hook screwed into a floor joist and pull down. draw boards are nice but take up room for me. You can pull down and see which cam is hitting first. Kinda like your measureing bow wieght.
Everybody's got a bit of a different method of doing essentially the same thing; getting your strings/cables in spec before installing them on the bow will help lessen the amount twists you have to put in/take out when on the bow and keep pressing down to a minimum (saving you time and energy), but I erally don't worry about that as much as I do how the cams are synched (meaning I want the cable stops to fall JUST short of contacting the cables at full draw -- I'm talking a paper's width here) and then make sure a-to-a is correct next.