ORIGINAL: Rick James
TFOX, one of the locals here built a hooter shooter that works really well. Next time I'm there I'll post pics. We use it to tune arrows for field archery and FITA.
That first arrow at 90 meters is always fun to watch.....lol. All you can do it line it up as best as possible, and watch a $40 X10 with tungsten point let loose and hope it hits the butt somewhere......[8D]
With tungsten points those arrows are getting over 40 a piece,well over.[:-]
That is the biggest advantage of a shooting machine but they are the cats meow for creep tuning as well.
M hensler,I have a Hoyt that was creep tuned on a hooter shooter and my cables are very close to middle of my holes in the cams,be careful what you read on that other site.[8D]
AND,my bow tuned better than 99% of the bows that have ever been on the machine and this machine has had bows on it that have set WORLD records.
Some good info but some not so good as well over there.
EDIT,The holes are not used to SET the timing,that is set by having the cam rollover hitting the flat portion of the cam module at the same time at full draw.The holes are just for reference later.
The whole purpose of creep tuning is to set the cams to be forgiving to creeping which is something that most archers will do from time to time.Basically set the cam timing up so that it shoots the same from the front of the valley as it does hard off the wall.
It is just a matter of twisting the cables to set the timing so it is hitting the same,you do it by shooting off the front and twisting the cables a 1/2 turn at a time and check where you hit and repeat untill it is hitting the same.
Sorry my answer is so vague,I am pressed for time.There is a really good article on
www.bowmanbows.com if you can get it to come up,I was having trouble.