noisy string silencers

muzzyman88 · 03-25-2003, 09:09 PM

I have had a set of good old cat whiskers on my Cybertec for a while now, and notice that they make a " rattling sound on the shot. At first I thought it was noise from the bow, but its coming from the whiskers. I put a set of leeches on, and it goes away, and is quiet as a mouse. I really noticed it when I put Winners Choice string and cable on it. Anyone else every had this?

Kanga · 03-25-2003, 09:17 PM

88.
When I put on cats whiskers I cut them to about the size of 1/2 dollars and dont get any string noise or any noise from the whiskers.

PABowhntr · 03-26-2003, 04:39 AM

I had to laugh when I first saw the title of this thread " noisy string silencers" .

....sort of like solid split limbs...

A few thoughts popped into my head when reading your post. First off you mentioned that they did not start making noise until after you put the Winners Choice string on the bow. Since the Winners Choice strings are prestretched then they have less give than most of the other strings on the market. This could then lead to the string emitting a higher resonance sound when the arrow is released. Think of it in terms of a guitar string. The tighter you make it the higher pitched the sound becomes.

It is entirely possible that the cat whiskers amplified this resonance instead of deadening it...as they would do in most cases. I would be curious as to how old the string silencers were. As cat whiskers get older they tend to get harder which might also be contributing to the noise problem.

Obviously, it does not really matter at this point since you installed the leeches and the sound has " disappeared" .

Hope this helps some.

UpNorth · 03-26-2003, 07:58 PM

Just a thought to try.

PABowhntr had mentioned the harmonics of the string amplifing the vibrations from the wiskers. Have you tried to slide them up and down the string. This is just a thought but try both close to the cams, both farther down and one close one farther and alnternate them.

That is the only thing I can think of. Also I tried to cut the wiskers on my hunting bow, but it made it louder, I guess every bow is a little bit different.

Good Luck