I normally use cat :scared: 40 :banghead: slowed the bow down arrows started to shoot stiff(bare shaft) and tryed to trim the weight but lost the silence) Is it better to have 15-20 wraps at 2 1/2-3 or 30+ at 1 1/2-2 same weight but more to wiggle. :biglaugh: :deadhorse:
I use a wool/acrylic yarn called Wool Ease Thick and Quick. It's what Apex Predator uses in his tutorial in the how to section here on Tradgang. It's a really thick yarn, 6 ozs, whatever that means. The right yarn is the key. I've found that 8-10 loose wraps on a 2 inch jig I made from a coat hanger works great. I also make 1 1/2 inch diameter too. PM me if you want to try them, I'll send you some to try out. :thumbsup: I have plenty of brown and black, a few green and red.
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Honestly, I am convinced that silencer placement on the string is more important than material (although wool is probably my favorite).
The vibrations travel down the string in an S (or causes the string to take that shape). Trying to put a silencer at the high point and the low point usually do it for me. Rarely are the space EXACTLY equal from the ends.
On my blacktail and stalker I found an even spacing worked, But on my dal dye I'm finding that lower limb 16 from tip and 71/2 froum upper tip works the best :dunno: strang as it seems>>>-->
I use 25 wraps around my first three fingers and after shooting them fuzzy I trim them by repeatedly pressing in two pieces of round cardboard traced with a beer can. So mine are beer can sized.
I haven't found a big difference in size either. I agree that placement is key as well as wrapping the ends of the string where it slaps the limb.
I make my own and leave them a bit longer. Maybe too long since they also serve as a wind indicator at times!
I dont leave them too long.But use many strands for a thicker ball.Ater installing the high count wool strands I trim them with scizzors for a nice rounded thicker appearance.
what roger said.
I make my own silencers with 100% wool yarn. Regardless of string size, Ill take 30 pieces of yarn 2 inches long. Tie them together in the middle with a piece of B50, install them into the string. One time, i left the yarn a little long...Id say it was about 3 or 3.5 inches. When you shot the bow, you would get a "thwap" type noise! The yarns were too long! I trimmed them back so that the circumference of the puffed out yarn ball in the string was about 2 inches. No more "thwap", DEAD QUIET! My 2 cents and experiment results :thumbsup: