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Offline bow101

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Very very slight twist
« on: September 12, 2014, 12:35:39 pm »
If a bow twists a little to the left when drawing which way would you file the string nocks.   ???  I am thinking the right side to round it off more. A square shoulder would make it pull.
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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2014, 12:37:51 pm »
You can fix it with a little scraping.
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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2014, 12:40:36 pm »
Yeah adjusting the stringline by fettling the nock a tad is my first line of a attack, far safer than removing wood from limbs.
1/16"  in string line can make a fair difference. You can try it by just pushing the string across at brace and see if it helps.
That's why I leave tips a bit wide until the bow is virtually finished, it's also an advantage of full horn nocks, they can cover a multitude of sins >:D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2014, 12:43:17 pm »
Check the evenness of the limb thickness. Sounds like one side of the (one or both) limb(s) is thicker than the other.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2014, 01:32:45 pm »
i align the the tip and and nocks to the string ,,

Offline chamookman

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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2014, 03:51:50 am »
What Pat said. Bob
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2014, 11:52:14 am »
Maybe this will help buddy. This was the information I received when asking a similar question.
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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2014, 12:30:24 pm »
Good pic  :laugh:.
Alternative is to try pushing the string to the right so it pulls harder on the stiffer edge.
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Offline bow101

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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2014, 02:04:33 pm »
Thanks for the tips guys.  lebhuntfish that photo is a good one.
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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2014, 01:09:32 pm »
Thanks bow101,  I forgot who posted it to one of my questions. Patrick
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Very very slight twist
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2014, 10:06:41 am »
If the twist is natural, there in the stave, then I don't worry unless it approaches 30 degrees.

If I caused it by uneven wood removal then I fix it.

In that very excellent picture remove wood from the high side. String it up and test it at short pulls.

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