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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: SiongSA on March 21, 2011, 05:37:51 pm

Title: Cheap way of calculating draw weight?
Post by: SiongSA on March 21, 2011, 05:37:51 pm

^^^^^^

Cheers,
Sion

Title: Re: Cheap way of calculating draw weight?
Post by: NTD on March 21, 2011, 05:45:57 pm

 ???

Are you asking a question?  Like a cheap tool to measure draw weight?  If so...

A bathroom scale can work.  Take a post with a platform set it on the bathroom scale...you can either zero out the scale or subtract the weight of the post from your final reading.  Cut a notch in the top of the post, put your string there and pull down on the bow.  The force it takes to pull down the bow will readout on the scale.

A fish scale can be purchased pretty cheap.

Title: Re: Cheap way of calculating draw weight?
Post by: SiongSA on March 21, 2011, 05:59:18 pm

Quote from: NTD on March 21, 2011, 05:45:57 pm

???

Are you asking a question?  Like a cheap tool to measure draw weight?  If so...

A bathroom scale can work.  Take a post with a platform set it on the bathroom scale...you can either zero out the scale or subtract the weight of the post from your final reading.  Cut a notch in the top of the post, put your string there and pull down on the bow.  The force it takes to pull down the bow will readout on the scale.

A fish scale can be purchased pretty cheap.

thanks

Title: Re: Cheap way of calculating draw weight?
Post by: NTD on March 21, 2011, 06:27:41 pm

Be careful on the bathroom scale method though.  When I was a teenager and first making bows I used the bathroom scale, my platform was not very stable and the whole thing flipped and smacked me in the head ;)

Title: Re: Cheap way of calculating draw weight?
Post by: Bevan R. on March 21, 2011, 06:51:32 pm

Quote from: NTD on March 21, 2011, 06:27:41 pm

Be careful on the bathroom scale method though.  When I was a teenager and first making bows I used the bathroom scale, my platform was not very stable and the whole thing flipped and smacked me in the head ;)

That explains a lot Nathen!! >:D ;)

Bevan R

Title: Re: Cheap way of calculating draw weight?
Post by: NTD on March 21, 2011, 06:57:29 pm

Quote from: Bevan R. on March 21, 2011, 06:51:32 pm

Quote from: NTD on March 21, 2011, 06:27:41 pm

Be careful on the bathroom scale method though.  When I was a teenager and first making bows I used the bathroom scale, my platform was not very stable and the whole thing flipped and smacked me in the head ;)

That explains a lot Nathen!! >:D ;)

Bevan R

 ;D

Title: Re: Cheap way of calculating draw weight?
Post by: Ifrit617 on March 21, 2011, 08:09:08 pm

I use a cheap fishing scale... I dont make many bows over  60 pounds so it works for me...