Is my cable starting to break?

[bfisher]

I don't know, here's the website. Maybe you can tell from this.
http://www.mikes-archery.com/id1.html

Yep, that's Crackers. While you're at it you should read some of his Technical advice, too. There's the one about installing and tuning new strings. I was particularly impressed by his statements about people trying to adhere to factory specs for brace, A2A, and suchinstead of setting the bow up for the shooter---things I've been trying for years to convince people of.

[Coop]

I don't know, here's the website. Maybe you can tell from this.
http://www.mikes-archery.com/id1.html

Here ya' go..http://www.cartersarchery.com/strings.htm

If I was you, I would call him first to find out the lead time.

Here's another good one..http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=439879, Bucknasty..



Good luck,
Coop

[hunt123]

OK, now I'm confused. So "Crackers" has two websites??

And I tried to make sense out of his tuning tip (ATA vs brace height vs draw length) but couldn't. I just gave up. Maybe you can make sense of it for me? I'm using my 30" DL module and twisting the cable to get the ATA to spec (32 1/4"). Just ignoring brace height. So that's wrong??

I did understand the part where he said to twist one side of the yoke to get your idler parallel with the string. That's contrary to what I've read elsewhere: you want the arrow laid alongside the idler to intersect the string at your D-Loop. Which is right?

PS. I pulled out my extra Martin factory cable and replaced the suspicious one with that and everything seems to be working better. Except that the Martin cable grew 1/4" after only about 30 shots. So I twisted the 1/4" out of it, but haven't shot it since. Kind of a pain to have to do that every 30 shots. At least I'm figuring out that I need to get another cable. I'll put the Martin one away when I get the new one.

[Coop]

The website that you put up in your thread is not Crackers website. Its another, "Mike".. I have bought from the web site that you put in your thread, an he does make a good string also.

So, now that I have completely confused ya'... either "Mike" is a good string maker.

Coop

[bfisher]

The website that you put up in your thread is not Crackers website. Its another, "Mike".. I have bought from the web site that you put in your thread, an he does make a good string also.

So, now that I have completely confused ya'... either "Mike" is a good string maker.

Coop

OK, so I was wwwwwwrong, again. I thought for sure that was Crackers. Sorry for leading anybody astray.

[Destroyer]

I don't know, here's the website. Maybe you can tell from this.
http://www.mikes-archery.com/id1.html

My last set was from him and wasn't too impressed. And he only does 452X which I think doesn't have enough stretch, especially for a string.

[hunt123]

My last set was from him and wasn't too impressed. And he only does 452X which I think doesn't have enough stretch, especially for a string.

You want stretch in a string???

[Destroyer]

Yep! Low stretch material I like, creep in a string I don't. 452x doesn't seem to have any stretch at all, putting more stress on the bow. Ok for cables but not for strings imho. I believe creep is to do with how well the string is made, not what its made from

[hunt123]

Yep! Low stretch material I like, creep in a string I don't. 452x doesn't seem to have any stretch at all, putting more stress on the bow. Ok for cables but not for strings imho. I believe creep is to do with how well the string is made, not what its made from

Guess I need a little education. My understanding is that good strings are pre-stretched at 300-400lbs so they won't stretch on your bow. Implying that there will be zero (or close to) movement, stretch, creep.

If 452x doesn't have any stretch and in addition it's pre-stretched, that seems ideal for both cables and strings. I don't want my ATA to change, neither do I want my draw length to change or my peep to rotate.

[Coop]

Thought I might send this to ya'...http://www.bcyfibers.com/tech_forum.php
Info that maybe you haven't read on BCY's strings... I buy only string sets that are 452X, an tell the string maker what nock & arrow I am using(they usually ask anyway). Hope this helps some...

Coop