homemade silencers

[texas terror]

i am trying to figure out how to make some good home made wool or yarn puff silencers. does ne one know where to find some info or a how to?

[fatman]

You can just go to any place that sells yarn...look for wool, the higher the content, the better...
I usually make 3-4 turns around three fingers, just stick it between the strands @ 1/4 or 1/3 (or both)...
works great...

[pseman]

I'm sure there is a tutorial on here somewhere, but here is how I do it. Pretty simple really. Take the yarn(wool or acrylic) wrap it around your hand(at the ends of your finger) about 15-20 times. Cut free from the spool and remove the wrap from your fingers. I then cut it, then cut the lengths in half. Bundle these around the string where you want them and give them a slight twist. Use serving thread or dental floss to tie them onto the string. Tie them as tightly as you can and finish with several overhand knots. Add a drop of superglue to the knot and you are done.

Once you shoot the bow or pop the string a few times they will puff out and then you can take a pair of scissors to trim them to the size and shape that you want.

They will stay in place, but you can slide them up/down the string if needed.

[Gray Wolf]

I wrap yarn around a credit card slip in string then snip the ends pull out the card.         Mike

[WESTBROOK]

What Graywolf said, works like a champ. Once its in the string, string the bow, cut the loops. I push them together to shorten them up and make a denser puff ball.

Eric

[Dannon]

I thought I saw a thread on this site were someone used a coat hanger and made silencers?

[buckster]

Here ya go, hope this works...

http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f45/Durango-Jim/String%20Puffs/?albumview=grid