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Title: Homemade silencer?
Post by: Robert Honaker on August 23, 2010, 10:28:00 PM
A while back a sponser posted with pics, how he made silencers out of wool yarn.

I've done a search and for the life of me I can't find it.

Been about a month ago...any body know where it is?
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on August 23, 2010, 10:34:00 PM
You can use wool yarn from wally world, It won't be anything like bow hush or hush puppies. The yarn from wally world is way thinner.
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: K. Mogensen on August 23, 2010, 10:36:00 PM
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=061924#000000

Is that it?
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on August 24, 2010, 12:21:00 AM
Merino wool works best.  I get mine at fabric stores.  Just take several hanks of thick merino wool yarn and lay them together.  Tie them in the middle with a loose knot.  Put them in the string where you want them and then cut the stirng holding them together.   They work great.
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: Bjorn on August 24, 2010, 01:01:00 AM
Wool is surprisingly effective-weighs very little and silences a lot.
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: Shawn Rackley on August 24, 2010, 01:04:00 AM
its what i have used for a long time now. cheap and easy. i buy two different colors of merino wool and make silencers using both colors. always seem to work better than anything else i tried. ad i like the way they look  :)
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: BOHO on August 24, 2010, 07:16:00 AM
I cut mine 3" long and tie 3 per string top and bottom.
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: reddogge on August 24, 2010, 08:23:00 AM
I wrap wool yarn around 3 fingers about 10 times, tie it in the middle, slip it between the string strands, cut the tie, cut the loops, shoot it a few times to fray the wool.  Then I made 2 cardboard templates out of a beer can tracing and sandwich the wool balls in them and trim the edges.  I do this on all sides shooting once in a while.  It will leave neat balls of wool on the string.
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: Robert Honaker on August 24, 2010, 10:22:00 AM
Yep, Thats it K. Mogensen.
Thanks
Title: Re: Homemade silencer?
Post by: Frank Warnke on August 25, 2010, 09:29:00 AM
Picked up the wool yarn shown in the link and it made a nice difference on my recurve.   Thanks for the link.