Bow Paper Tuning Stand
How to paper tune a bow.
Bow paper tuning stand. I designed this paper tuning stand around an 18 wide x 180 long masking paper roll purchased at lowes hardware total project cost about 30 including the first roll of paper. Paper tuning a compound bow has proven to be one of the most useful tools that archers can use to quickly diagnose issues. You can make a very simple but effective tuning fixture by cutting a hole in the bottom of a cardboard box and taping a piece of printer paper over the opening. All you have to do is set it on a stand holding the paper at roughly chest height.
Paper tuning is tuning. Paper tuning can sometimes be deceiving. For instance if you use thick paper it can hide the errors and show you a lesser tear. Fix a piece of paper so you can shoot through it.
The paper should be fixed to a frame or fashioned so that it is not loose. We have tested quite a few arrow rests this year and paper tuning has been a critical part of the process. There s a do it yourself paper tuning kit made by 30 06 outdoors that provides a frame and paper to shoot through. Stand about four to five feet from the box and shoot an arrow through the paper.
By the way there are lots of different types of paper fixed systems. Bowmarbowhunting bowmar archery paper tuning your bow is so critical for long range accuracy and field point accuracy out of you. Jigs stands rolls cardboard bow and all kind of pvc wood or types of materials you can build by yourself. Stand roughly 8 feet from the paper.
Now that you ve got your paper tuning frame placed in front of the target stand about five to 10 feet away from the paper aligning yourself and the bow so that arrows pass through the paper and are safely captured by the block target. With good overall archery form shoot through the paper. Place your target backstop 4 6 feet beyond the paper so the arrow can pass all the way through the paper before it hits the target. One problem i wanted to eliminate was the waste paper laying around or filling the trash bucket.
Draw your bow and level out your arrow. That isn t to say that paper tuning is the best or only way to get your bow shooting well.