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 

[djohnson]

👍

[Iowabowhunter]

Well now idk what to do.

Arrows seem to be flying well for the most part. Paper tune is good.

The brace height to get that is 8.5", and Brian recommends 7.25-7.5

I shoot a Hoyt super rest (bad release & that helps)...

How do I build out the strike plate & then attach the rest to it?

[Stumpkiller]

I have used rubber cement as a temporary adhesive and tried things like thin leather strips, paper matcher shafts, or sections of cable tie under the leather pad.  When it all works I remove the rubber cement and glue them down with Duco.  But I don't use a rest other than the leather pad on the riser and a bit of seal fur on the shelf.