using weed eater string

[Mo. Huntin]

Have you guys using weed eater string had problems making all your arrows fly the same.  I had a couple test arrows flying perfectly with 200 grain tip and factory insert.  So I bought the 100 grain insert and switched to a 100 grain tip.  I have not had much time to mess with them but I fletched 2 up and one is hitting dead on and the other is shooting 3 inch to the right.  I know I will just have to put some work into this to figure it out just wondered if any body else has experienced this. When I did it the first time it worked pretty easy for those 2.

[ishoot4thrills]

Using weed eater string for what?    :confused:

[Mo. Huntin]

Sorry. Using weed eater string to weight the arrow to the weight I want.  With weed eater string you can put more weight forward also if you need to weaken an arrow.  I don't shoot a lot of poundagae and want any penetration advantage I can get.

[fido dog]

Originally posted by ishoot4thrills:
Using weed eater string for what?     :confused:  

Duh!?!? Weed eating!    

[Terry Green]

I never had any issues when I used it...did at least 3 dozen shafts till I switched to aquarium tubing.

My every day AD Trads weigh 580, but when I want a heavier shaft, the aquarium tubbing makes em right at 680.

[pooahl]

Pipe cleaners, the long ones from craft stores, work well too and they don't rattle.

[shortstroke 91]

I use 3/16 poly rope, it fits nice and snug and is about 2.5 gpi.

[ron w]

I have used weedeater string,and 3/16 poly rope. I liked the rope the best, silent and after one shot its weight forward.

[BEN]

Tried weed-eater line also......arrows like to rattle. Then, if you do any stumpin' or missing very often, it only takes a couple hard hits to knock the nock out of the shaft and then they become so loose that even glue won't hold them for long.......in my experience

Ben

[LONGBOWKID]

They will turn into a miniature "Can 'O Worms" if your shooting into a 3-d target. Atleast mine did.

[Widowbender]

Been using it here with no issues...

David

[Bill Skinner]

I was using Wally World Carbon Express 45-60's that I re fletched.  They shot great out of a 49 lb R/D long bow into a bag target.  When I shot them into 3-D targets though, the nocks blew off and about six inches of string would pop out the end.  I had 4 or 6 strands packed tightly inside, they did not rattle or make any noise.  Bill

[Terry Green]

Weed eater line can rattle.....but aquarium tubing doesn't if you cut it a half inch longer once jammed inside....and the insert will scrunch it so it wont rattle.

[JGoemaat]

When you add weight to the shaft in this manner, like aquarium tubing, how does it affect the spine of the arrow?

[Mo. Huntin]

I would like to hear thoughts on that to JGoemaat.  I have not messed with it much but I think it seems to weaken the arrow spine a little, wich makes now sense to me at all.  I can see it if you use it weight forward with weedeater string but if they are all full length and equal I just don't know.  I have heard people say it does not effect spine.  I never miss so I don't worry about the stuff popping out he,he,he.  I am really thinking about the aquarium tubing for the above reasons.

[nightowl1]

I used poly rope and weedeater string together. Poly kept out the rattle, string kept the rope from bunching, and i think the rope took some of the shock out of the arrow so the string didn't pop out.

[vtmtnman]

I agree,how does stuffing arrows with anything affect spine?I've been wanting to give all that a try.Terry's aquarium tubing sounds like the way to go.

[BobCo 1965]

Be careful with the rope. I have used it in the past and will no longer do so. Over time the rope will end up condensing on the tip end of the shaft. I don't know what the added pressure will do to carbon shaft. I know it will change FOC over time though. Getting the rope out of the shaft is also difficult.

FWIW, I just buy the weight tube for around a $1 a piece. They will well outlast the shaft, so you will not need to buy many.

[RC]

I`ve used the weed eater line as well. I wrapped the front end with a wrap of duct tape and but a small piece about every 6 inches.It stopped the rattle and even added more weight. The last carbons I used I put an 8" piece of the aquarium tubing in the front glued in.I`m playing with some gold tips now with 100 grain brass adapters and about a 4" piece of aluminum shaft for footing and added weight.

[StickBowManMI]

I found that the nocks would come loose from the impact at the target. The heavy weed wacker line would knock the nocks off and be lying on the ground. I use the brass inserts now and heavier tips for more extreme FOC.