Side plate/rest question

[Iowabowhunter]

Hey folks,

I built a paper tuner to be able to use in the basement. Was flinging some arrows the past few days & I'm getting a tail right kick out of my recurve. It isn't terrible, but I noticed if my form wasn't exactly the same, my arrows would fly a little bit goofy.

I'm shooting one of the white Hoyt Super rests that's fixed directly to the side plate on my Wessel recurve.

I have all kinds of arrows & broadheads, just can't justify trading all of them out for new ones.

I should be able to build out the side plate a bit to get my current arrows/heads tuned perfectly, I'm just not exactly sure how to do that (I'd like to continue shooting the rest, helps with my sometimes plucky release).

My concern is that if I build out the side plate using leather/furniture pad etc, how am I going to get the rest to stick to the side plate.

I'm all ears if someone has any recommendations. I have plenty of time until my next hunt, but being able to verify consistently w/paper that I'm not 100% tuned has got me determined to get the flight corrected!

[djohnson]

So many potential variables. Bare-shaft or fletched? Could be that your a grunt too stiff. Maybe in your release? If you build the plate out, I have used thin leather and Barge contact. I am sure others will have some useful tips and information. Blessings.

[Iowabowhunter]

I was shooting fletched shafts, I don't put a ton of stock into bareshaft tuning my stickbows honestly, I'm not near consistent enough to be able to justify it.

I also tried a 500 spine, with my 200 grain points I had a wicked left paper tear, talking like 7-8" at only 6 feet or so.

I put a 300 gr point up front & that gave me a significantly better tear, at that point I'd be pushing 700 grains which is just too heavy & unnecessary.

[djohnson]

You might try 3M double sided mounting tape. It mostly comes in at around 1mm thick. It would give you the ability to try different thickness combinations. 

[Iowabowhunter]

Turns out my string was way out of wack, brace height was clear down to just over 6 inches.

Not sure how that happened, but got the bh back up to 8 or a little over.

Going to play around some more, but now there's just a slight 1" or less right tear. Plenty good enough for my shooting ability