I was crankin down on me string stretcher it has the 3/8 dia. hooks. Pow sounded like a dang gunshot goin off. I about peed in me pants & me string popped up in the air! I straightened out the hook. No use puttin in vise to close it back as its shot when it did that. So i went gotstid couple of 1/2 dia. hooks to play wid!
Wow, you must have really been cranking that sucker up. What diameter hook were you using, I think mine is a 5/16 cloth line hook and mine never did that, but if yours was the same as mine I might get something larger also,
vixenmaster wrote:I was usin a short combo wrench 9/16 talk about torque power!
WOW !!! Mike !!!!! was the torque in the wrench, or the person behind it, Glad the string didn't slap ya upside the head,
Dave
Be safe in all you do! See ya in the woods!!!
2010 Equinox/ Known as Doe Bow
Firebolts
Swhacker BH,s 125 grn
cheek pad /excell string
D-Bars
S-5,s
vixenmaster custom strings
Just Makin Wine on the Hill!
Exocet 200 wth Leupold Crossbones, Munch mount
xcaliber FFF strings
VM FFF Strings
Black Eagles Executioners Wth Blazers
Slick Trick 100
awshucks wrote:Upon reflection Mikey, if you bent those 3/8" hooks, you are over tightening the jig. That's a lot of metal to move...........
I built another stretchin jig rectangular usin 2x4's & it looks like they can hold up to 250 LBs I think i went over 175 lbs when i ruined that 3/8 dia hook. I found a light split in 2x4 today as i cranked down wid the 3/4" combo wrench. I bent both tubes on me brand new servin tool puttin Halo servin on some strings. So i got out me tight leather gloves Y when i pull servin i twist the string 2 wraps. I broke A majesty twice on another string yesterday. Dang lightweight material!
awshucks wrote:Upon reflection Mikey, if you bent those 3/8" hooks, you are over tightening the jig. That's a lot of metal to move...........
I built another stretchin jig rectangular usin 2x4's & it looks like they can hold up to 250 LBs I think i went over 175 lbs when i ruined that 3/8 dia hook. I found a light split in 2x4 today as i cranked down wid the 3/4" combo wrench. I bent both tubes on me brand new servin tool puttin Halo servin on some strings. So i got out me tight leather gloves Y when i pull servin i twist the string 2 wraps. I broke A majesty twice on another string yesterday. Dang lightweight material!
Hey "HOSS" ya need to light'n up a bit, your getting too strong draging all those deer out,
Be safe in all you do! See ya in the woods!!!
2010 Equinox/ Known as Doe Bow
Firebolts
Swhacker BH,s 125 grn
cheek pad /excell string
D-Bars
S-5,s
vixenmaster custom strings
3/8" is all I use. Try straightening out the bend just before the hook and close the opening of the hook a bit.
You have lots more to learn and a few strings to break Mikie!
I use my bow press as a string stretcher..i never dreamed i could bend it ..but i did ..those strings can go a long way before breaking..
Its not bent in these pics