From: papadeerhtr
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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Anyone tell me where I can get a scale to measure draw weight while on a tillering stick?
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From: badger
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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I would only use the tillering stick during the very early stages of tillering. If you look up digital hanging scales make sure you get the one with a peak hold function or they are kind of a waste
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From: RC
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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https://www.3riversarchery.com/digital-bow-scale.html
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From: Pa Steve
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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Amazon. You can get one for a little over $10. Do a lil research.
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From: Orion
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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If you're using a tillering stick, just put the bow on it and set the other end of the stick on a bathroom scale. Note the weight, then pull down on the bow to the desired draw length and note the weight. Subtract the initial physical weight and you have the draw weight at that draw length. Not perfect, but gets you in the ball park.
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From: Longcruise
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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"If you're using a tillering stick, just put the bow on it and set the other end of the stick on a bathroom scale. Note the weight, then pull down on the bow to the desired draw length and note the weight. Subtract the initial physical weight and you have the draw weight at that draw length. Not perfect, but gets you in the ball park."
I see that frequently regarding subtracting the weight of the bow. It will give you an incorrect weight. It seems to be intuitively correct, but it's not. If you take that same bow and hang it on a scale then draw it down you will see that the weight is the same as if you hang the bow and then draw the scale down.
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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I agree with Steve. I bought my first from 3R for 40 bucks, it broke soon. I bought two more of them on amazon for 8-10 bucks, same scale except its not an "archery scale". So far so good, its went through 50-60 bows so far.
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From: papadeerhtr
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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thanks for response. what is the name of scale you got from amazon pearl drums?
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From: PEARL DRUMS
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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The exact scales I bought are no longer there. They have a set called Dr Meter. They go up to 110 and cost 11 bucks. Id bet they work just as good.
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From: RC
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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https://www.amazon.com/Dr-meter-Electronic-Measuring-Batteries- Included/dp/B00ZWNGZFO/ref=sr_1_3? crid=2YLASD8NN7KRB&keywords=dr+meter&qid=1550690404&s=gateway&spre fix=dr+meter%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-3
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From: Orion
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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Longcruise: My suggestion for a makeshift scale was just to get the OP in the ball park.
However, there really isn't an agreed upon method for determining draw weight at a specific draw length. Some folks incorporate the weight of the bow into the measurement, others don't. That's why it's important to know how the builder determines the weight marked on the bow. I suspect this variability is one of the causes for folks indicating that their bow might be mismarked. Often depends on how the measurement was taken.
If you hang the string on a fixed post on a tiller board on a wall and use a scale to pull the riser down vertically to a set distance, the weight of the riser is incorporated into the draw weight.
On the other hand if you hang the riser on that fixed post and use a spring scale to pull the string to a (the same) set distance, the riser's weight isn't incorporated into the result.
Too, some bowyers measure the draw weight on a horizontal plane, i.e., they lay the riser on it's side on a table or some other level surface, use a post at the throat of the riser to keep the bow in place and then draw the string horizontally. This draw weight measurement doesn't incorporate the weight of the riser. Reversed, putting the string behind the post and pulling the riser horizontally to the same distance, also does not include the riser's weight and yields the same result. Thus, this is probably the most consistent way to measure draw weight.
Regardless, I know that all three methods are used. One isn't necessarily better than another, just different, but it is important to know which is used when we try to assess draw weight and/or compare draw weights among bows. .
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From: camodave
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Date: 20-Feb-19 |
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For that use any fish scale will work fine.
DDave
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From: papadeerhtr
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Date: 21-Feb-19 |
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ordered the Dr Meter thanks for info.
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From: papadeerhtr
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Date: 21-Feb-19 |
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ordered the Dr Meter thanks for info.
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