Ok, my adventures in tuning continue.
To recap, I observed that my arrows were a little weak.
In addition to this, I was aware that my arrows were over-long and my limb bolts were almost all the way out, so I decided to shorten my arrows to stiffen them, and if I over-cooked it then I could up my poundage to compensate.
Ok, long story short, I ended up with arrows 1" shorter, bow weight up 2lb, good bare-shaft, arrows shooting straight down the middle at all distances, and a better cast to the bow. I thought that I'd won a watch.
However, I had a bit of noise from the bow. I'd describe it as a click; someone else described it as 'like something mechanical'. No problem, I thought - I'll tweak the brace height. The thing is, I had to go right up to 9" to get rid of the click. I was already at 8.5" which (I believe) is about an inch higher than Sid's recommendations for Hex 6. It just seems way to high to me and way above Sid's recommendations.
So, do I stick with 9"? Do I make a longer string and see if there is another, lower sweet spot than 8" (which is the lowest that I can get with my current string)? Do I live with the click? Or is there some way that I can tune for a lower brace height?
To recap, I observed that my arrows were a little weak.
In addition to this, I was aware that my arrows were over-long and my limb bolts were almost all the way out, so I decided to shorten my arrows to stiffen them, and if I over-cooked it then I could up my poundage to compensate.
Ok, long story short, I ended up with arrows 1" shorter, bow weight up 2lb, good bare-shaft, arrows shooting straight down the middle at all distances, and a better cast to the bow. I thought that I'd won a watch.
However, I had a bit of noise from the bow. I'd describe it as a click; someone else described it as 'like something mechanical'. No problem, I thought - I'll tweak the brace height. The thing is, I had to go right up to 9" to get rid of the click. I was already at 8.5" which (I believe) is about an inch higher than Sid's recommendations for Hex 6. It just seems way to high to me and way above Sid's recommendations.
So, do I stick with 9"? Do I make a longer string and see if there is another, lower sweet spot than 8" (which is the lowest that I can get with my current string)? Do I live with the click? Or is there some way that I can tune for a lower brace height?