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ORIGINAL: brucelanthier

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ORIGINAL: archer58

Cracker's tunes a bow. He does what some bow owners are not capeable of or want to do. Think about this for a second.ALL cams have a sweet spot in their rotation. It may not be at the spot the factory set it at.But they won't tell you that or even HOW to find it. How many of you have bought a new bow and not been able to get the BC speed? Mike "Crackers"Carter takes the time to find the sweet spot in the cam,optimal ATA and BH, etc.And may change a spec or two along the way.

But wouldn't the sweet spot be for a particular arrow/arrow weight/spine? Same with the ATA and BH? If you are shooting a particular arrow and tune the bow for that particular arrow as soon as you change the arrow you would be un-crackerized, wouldn't you? I am sure the guy is better than I can ever dream to be but my understanding of tuning is tuning your bow to the person and the arrow it will shoot. Unless he is using an arrow from the bow owner, along with the bow, how does that happen? And then, as has been mentioned, as soon as the bow's owner starts shooting it things change too. Perhaps I ahve a lot more to learn but I don't understand how a guy can optimize a bow for a person and that person's arrow without having that person and their arrow there when he tunes things. If he were tuning for a hooter shooter I can see it but he is tuning for humans and different arrows.

You can "supertune" a bow w/o tuning it to a hunter or anarrow.
As long as the spine is correct, what difference does the weight matter or the fletching type? Yes, It may require a minor restadjustment , but the bow has still been tuned to optimal preformance in terms of speed, draw cycle and spec. The preformance of a bow is not determined by BH and ATA , but the BH and ATA are the result of a tune.
Think of it this way...the procedure is like adding 10 horsepower to a Chevy small block. It doesn't matter who's foot is on the gas , it has 10 more hp.

Not ALL bows come out of the factory the same. Do you think that all limbs have the identical deflection rate? They DO NOT. Even though manufacturer's would have you believe they do, it's impossible. There is no such thing as a matched set of limbs. They are close, but not exact.That's why the rockers under your limbs COULD be a different size. Deflection rate. This is part of the reason totune a bow beyond factory recommended spec.
Let's take a Binary cam bow. Set it to spec. according to the mfg. Max out the limb bolts.Put the bow on a scale and you MAY NOT get max limb weight. Even though you have 70lb limbs , it may only pull 68lbs. What do you do? Start to tune. Get the weight up...twist the cables. Better yet. MEASURE the cables and strings. See if they are the recommended lengths. You'd be surprised how many are not.
This bow that you thought was a 70lb'er isn't. Twisting the cables RETARDS the cams. Retarding the cams changes the draw force curve. The peak weight and letoff point change.ALL cams preform best when the draw force curve is optomized. (I can't tell you what to look for in a curve). Guys like Crackers findwhere the cam preforms best in terms of speed and spec. I would have to guess this is by tuning so many bows.
Yes, you are changing the spec's of your bow. Most of the time only slighlty.
With a couple simple twists and checks ,i was able to get 5 more fps. out of my Tribute. It changed the rotation of the cams. I did the same w/ my Synergy , and I don't know 1/100th of what Cracker's knows.

After it's tuned by whoever, It's up to the shooter to tune it to their liking in terms of arrow weight,exact rest position,etc.

I'm sure no expert here... but I've heard from guys how much more preformance Cracker's can get from a bow. And I don't know the guy and you sure don't need to have him tweak your bow,but I wish he lived closer bc I'd have him put 10 more horsepower in my bows.