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06-02-2003 | 09:14 PM

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Len in Maryland

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From: Baltimore Maryland USA

RE: Tech Minds Needed

Twig69:

I don' t think your questions are dumb at all.

I asked Silksy on another forum what he considers " the traditional way of checking draw weight" ? How are the scales being used? Also, has he done some sort of ' standards' check?

In my shop we periodically check all our scales (3) by hanging a known weight on them. We even had one customer challange our scales by bringing his own ' test weight' . He found that our scales were correct within 1/2 pound.

This is why I don' t believe ANYONE (no direct offense intended) when they tell me their draw weight, arrow speed, etc. The only way to ' comment or compare' any units through measurements is through using CERTIFIED test units that are CERTIFIED regularly, using test methods that have explicit CRITERIA that is universally accepted by the industry.

The only way we have found, without the criteria means mentioned above, is to do a comparative analysis. We test several to many bows at the same time and compare the test results to the advertised data. We test them all at the same time on the same scale, with the same chronograph and with the same arrow. It is through these methods that we soon realize who lies and who does not.

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