Re: Do it yourself bowpress
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06/02/16 06:30 AM
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That is a great idea Wish I had thought of that before I made mine. I used a gear puller for the screw part, 1/8 cable, turned 3 pulleys out of brass used 3/8 coldroll drilled and tapped for machine thread eye screws in fuel line for padding for the ends. Works good but I can't tie a load down with it ha! Good job on the ratchet tie down that is using your head!
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Re: Do it yourself bowpress
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06/02/16 09:32 AM
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Yep, alot of the newer ones are beyond parralel and they can pop right out, and that isn't covered under warrenty Hoyts new line of upper class bows they made the dealers but the special arms for the press shown before they'd even ship a bow.
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Re: Do it yourself bowpress
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06/02/16 12:36 PM
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I can imagine the new bows not working with what I did, but mine is an old Matthews MQ-1 from the 90's. The limbs are far from parallel.
I might be wrong, but if I remember how the bow sat in the guy's bowpress, the end of the press actually pushed against the two plastic pieces I'm talking about, (one of which was splitting).
And for those curious about how hunting works here in France, two days ago I made a drive to an area that has 42 hunters with 17,000 acres of private ground and over 400 tags for these small deer. My interest is archery as the ground at my farm isn't so well suited to archery and we have a lot fewer deer than this area. It cost me $16 to join their association and I can get as many tags as I want at $80 a piece. At the farm they give me my tags for free because I trap foxes, but if I get in a few nice hunts with my bow I'll be happy. I can hunt there 9 months out of the year with bow or rifle.
And Dog... you did a great job on that press. I love McMaster Carr too.
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Re: Do it yourself bowpress
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06/12/18 08:37 AM
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I would just be very careful. If could damage you or the bow. If you've ever seen a bow let go it's not a pretty thing. I'm fortunate to have a last chance ez press that I use for work like changing my bow string and cables It works really good but is on the expensive side.
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