I've been out of the archery circle for quite some time. I stumbled across a few archery videos of people showing how to set up a bow and put equipment together. All I could say is....WOW...what the hell are they talking about!!! LOL!!! Watching your videos is like looking into the past and gives me hope that good information is still out their. Keep up the great work!!!!
Thank you Josh. Great idea with the self help video. For the most part understandable but if you could get in a little tighter shot with knots and such that would be helpful.
Love it !! Thanks for sharing your experiance and knowledge , am new to archery but am delving into working on my own stuff as a mechanic for work I enjoy tinkering and knowing the backside of how things work !
I've been building & re-serving strings for a loooooong time and never saw your push apart sticks with the nocks at the ends. Fantastic Idea!!!!! Don't know if it will work for me on my bow but I'll be giving it a try soon. WOW!!!!
Great timing on this one!!. Ordered a serving jig from you that tracking says should be here today. I appreciate you confirming the serving string too. There's so many different serving strings and diameters its hard for a guy new to working on his bow to keep up. My shop here re-served my Hoyt factory string & now their serving job has separated. I gots to learn how to do this stuff! Thanks for the vids!!
These tech videos really pushed me to create a home diy shop for my hunting and 3d setup. Thanks for doing what you do. If you could put together a video about that 3rd axis draw board you have attached to your press that'd be cool
These videos are fantastic. So thank you for making them. A video that I would love to see would be on all the knots. Because you have been doing this forever you are very good. However slowing down showing how to do the soft knots and this last serving knot would be very helpful.
This should have been filmed from the other side where your hands aren’t blocking what is going on. Really like the videos. Just something think about in the future.
Great informative video as always . Only thing you didn’t touch on was making sure you sever in the same direction as the string is twisted. Thanks for your awesome videos!
Dude! I just made the “Cheater Tool”-‘dual cable stilts’ so jig clears cables, SO MUCH BETTER! Thank You Sir for your helpful content keep my gear going!
These technical videos you should really let Tim help you with so you get better videos close up of every detail. It would help the guys who needs to visually see every aspect to understand.
As far as I can tell, he's only trying to sell us something in every video he makes. disguised advertising for podium archery. I get it, but he's very likable and obviously very smart and could make some fantastic educational videos.
Video idea. Pin sight sizes for your sight. Pros, cons, what size you use for hunting vs tac vs long range etc. Thanks for all the shared knowledge and encouraging us to work on our own bows.
DUDE you're killing me with the "cheater tools"!! I have a set of Nuge cutoff arrows with QAD Tune-a-nocks that I have used for over a decade for that exact purpose...to create enough separation to clear the serving jig. Dang. I probably ought to start editing all my shop tech tips and videos from 2009 forward...
Marking the old center serving ends with a silver sharpy on the string to give you a reference on were to start and finish works great. Always have minimum 2" of center serving above and below nock points to prevent separation. Personally I use 2.5" on both sides. 5" total
Josh, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and everyone wants to be like you since you are the apex of archery tech and innovation. Would ask that you have more close-ups on your tech videos and explain knots and adjustments a little slower. Thanks for the knowledge you impart.
I can’t remember if I saw this suggestion or not but I love your videos but it would be helpful if you could get a little bit better camera angle on some of the close up stuff. I’ve seen some where guys face the camera towards them focused on the bow string or whatever it is you might be working on. All in all very helpful video and appreciate you trying to spread your knowledge!! 👍🏻
Keen to see how different or similar we do things😮😅 Alright pretty good MFJJ hahaha Effectively the same method but I always start with my tail going through the string. But there's some stuff people need to also consider: - Wrap with the strings rotation - Not all materials are the same. BCY 62XS (the "standard") feels very different to BCY Powergrip and then you've got stuff like Angel Majesty which is probably the king of materials to use. - If your material means your nock fit is a bit too loose, don't be too scared to run the tail under for effectively 80% of the length (you may need an extra set of hands to hold the tail as straight as possible). Yes with a hand serving jig you will get a small spiralling effect but in practice you'd have to stupidly good to tell the difference. I just had to redo a Reckoning Gen2 with this technique and its shooting insanely good. - Avoid short centre servings, make them as long as you practically can, but don't go too close to the peep.
Another great tech tip. Thank you! How about a close up break down of your draw apparatus that you use to check wheeling and timing and 3rd axis? I’m gonna build one. You know, imitation being the best form of flattery and all🤣
Good video, but in videos like this you should get a gopro or similar camera and either set it up facing you, or chest mounted so we can see it as well
The cut arrow pieces with nocks is way better than me cinching down my cables with paracord!😀 Do you find that it matters which direction you add the center serving?
Do you re-serve the center serving on the control cables the same way? Dose the serving size matter like with nock fit or do they just need to fit threw the rollers/cable guide?
Does it matter if the string is under pressure or not when you reserve it. Someone once told me it has to be at over 100lbs of pressure when you serve a string.
Hey Brother. I haven't had to replace the center serving yet, but I have a dumb question for you. Do I need to use different sized serving for string stop or cable guide roller areas? Or can I just use center serving for that as well? I have some .015 that I'm currently using for that purpose. But, if I can use one size, It would save a little money and possibly some headaches down the road trying to remember what size is on the jig. Lol. I only work on my bows, so nobody else's bow would be affected. Thanks for these little nuggets of information. Oh, and I'm gonna make me some of those short arrow pieces you used for spacers.That's ingenius.
This may be a dumb question could you possibly make your arrow clock left or right depending on which way you put the serving on clockwise or counterclockwise?
Technically impaired but learning 🤓. Could you slow it down and add a forward facing camera angle. You do this every day for a living so you could probably do it blind folded lol. weekend worriers learn slower. Thanks again for all your videos.
Not sure if you already have one but a vid on fix peep rotation would be great. I'm sure it's an issue that plagues many! My peep is rotated to the left and my d-loop points to the right at rest. At full draw things line up more or less. How do I fix this when 1/2 twists in the string don't get the peep right!?
I've been out of the archery circle for quite some time. I stumbled across a few archery videos of people showing how to set up a bow and put equipment together. All I could say is....WOW...what the hell are they talking about!!! LOL!!! Watching your videos is like looking into the past and gives me hope that good information is still out their. Keep up the great work!!!!
A video on broadhead tuning would be awesome. There are a lot of videos out there that contradict each other on this topic.
Josh, that cut arrow with nock trick is money. I was cursing my strings 2 weeks ago when I did my center serving.
Great video and these type of maintenance and build demonstrationings are great content.
Love the tips and tricks like the cut arrows to give you more room to work! Keep em coming!
Looks way easier than I thought it would be. Thanks for all the great tec videos and tricks of the trade tips.
I was literally searching how to do this last weekend so, great timing
I love how easy you make this look. I would struggle with this.
Your how to videos are great information. Thank you
Thanks for your time and knowledge!
Thanks for the great tutorial, you made this easy to follow
Great info Josh thanks!
Keep your knowledge coming josh we have a nice library building up to refer to to help us out thanks man!
Perfect timing. I need to reserve my center serving as well!
Great video! You make it look so easy. I always mess up the end and have to redo it. That is were the experience comes into play.
Love these little “How To” videos. Very helpful since I’m no where close to an archery shop! Y’all keep these going!
Great vid. Have reserved many. Something everyone should know how to do.
Excellent video been waiting patiently for this one. 👊🏻
Thank you Josh. Great idea with the self help video. For the most part understandable but if you could get in a little tighter shot with knots and such that would be helpful.
Love it !! Thanks for sharing your experiance and knowledge , am new to archery but am delving into working on my own stuff as a mechanic for work I enjoy tinkering and knowing the backside of how things work !
I've been building & re-serving strings for a loooooong time and never saw your push apart sticks with the nocks at the ends. Fantastic Idea!!!!! Don't know if it will work for me on my bow but I'll be giving it a try soon. WOW!!!!
Josh I did my string for the first time yesterday!!
I thought about the arrow trick, glad you did it, now I know I can!
Great timing on this one!!. Ordered a serving jig from you that tracking says should be here today. I appreciate you confirming the serving string too. There's so many different serving strings and diameters its hard for a guy new to working on his bow to keep up. My shop here re-served my Hoyt factory string & now their serving job has separated. I gots to learn how to do this stuff! Thanks for the vids!!
As always great info
These tech videos really pushed me to create a home diy shop for my hunting and 3d setup. Thanks for doing what you do. If you could put together a video about that 3rd axis draw board you have attached to your press that'd be cool
Good video…..You might want to mention direction of serving relative direction of string twist.
Things to check when buying a used bow would be a good topic.
These videos are fantastic. So thank you for making them. A video that I would love to see would be on all the knots. Because you have been doing this forever you are very good. However slowing down showing how to do the soft knots and this last serving knot would be very helpful.
This should have been filmed from the other side where your hands aren’t blocking what is going on.
Really like the videos. Just something think about in the future.
literally saw nothing but your hands moving around hopefully you go over this again.
Great informative video as always . Only thing you didn’t touch on was making sure you sever in the same direction as the string is twisted. Thanks for your awesome videos!
Dude! I just made the “Cheater Tool”-‘dual cable stilts’ so jig clears cables, SO MUCH BETTER! Thank You Sir for your helpful content keep my gear going!
These technical videos you should really let Tim help you with so you get better videos close up of every detail. It would help the guys who needs to visually see every aspect to understand.
I agree, they video needs to be closer. Can't really see what's going on that much.
As far as I can tell, he's only trying to sell us something in every video he makes. disguised advertising for podium archery. I get it, but he's very likable and obviously very smart and could make some fantastic educational videos.
Couldn't disagree more with your analysis.@@jbrooksy
@larrypasha5015 which part?
@@jbrooksy “he’s only trying to sell us something”.
Always great videos, even though I will never be able to back serve🤣appreciate you sharing the knowledge MFJJ thankyou 🙏
Video idea. Pin sight sizes for your sight. Pros, cons, what size you use for hunting vs tac vs long range etc. Thanks for all the shared knowledge and encouraging us to work on our own bows.
DUDE you're killing me with the "cheater tools"!! I have a set of Nuge cutoff arrows with QAD Tune-a-nocks that I have used for over a decade for that exact purpose...to create enough separation to clear the serving jig. Dang. I probably ought to start editing all my shop tech tips and videos from 2009 forward...
Can’t see much as far as detail but i do love the how to videos a big reason i built my own bow shop at home is because your videos
Marking the old center serving ends with a silver sharpy on the string to give you a reference on were to start and finish works great.
Always have minimum 2" of center serving above and below nock points to prevent separation.
Personally I use 2.5" on both sides. 5" total
Something I need to do myself. Good info. Next step purchase the jig
Thank you so very much
Josh, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and everyone wants to be like you since you are the apex of archery tech and innovation. Would ask that you have more close-ups on your tech videos and explain knots and adjustments a little slower. Thanks for the knowledge you impart.
I just did this on my bow last week. I had to use dudleys video which was good also
I can’t remember if I saw this suggestion or not but I love your videos but it would be helpful if you could get a little bit better camera angle on some of the close up stuff. I’ve seen some where guys face the camera towards them focused on the bow string or whatever it is you might be working on. All in all very helpful video and appreciate you trying to spread your knowledge!! 👍🏻
Keen to see how different or similar we do things😮😅
Alright pretty good MFJJ hahaha
Effectively the same method but I always start with my tail going through the string.
But there's some stuff people need to also consider:
- Wrap with the strings rotation
- Not all materials are the same. BCY 62XS (the "standard") feels very different to BCY Powergrip and then you've got stuff like Angel Majesty which is probably the king of materials to use.
- If your material means your nock fit is a bit too loose, don't be too scared to run the tail under for effectively 80% of the length (you may need an extra set of hands to hold the tail as straight as possible). Yes with a hand serving jig you will get a small spiralling effect but in practice you'd have to stupidly good to tell the difference. I just had to redo a Reckoning Gen2 with this technique and its shooting insanely good.
- Avoid short centre servings, make them as long as you practically can, but don't go too close to the peep.
A end of season bow break down,inspection and cleaning video would be cool.
Yeah I couldnt see what you were doing!
Another great tech tip. Thank you! How about a close up break down of your draw apparatus that you use to check wheeling and timing and 3rd axis? I’m gonna build one. You know, imitation being the best form of flattery and all🤣
The cheater tool hack made this video worth every second!!!
Great tutorial can you please do one on nock sizes and types. Best fit method very confusing topic
It would be great if you could do a video on how to measure for proper draw length.
Would be awesome if you could do a cam shimming video with an elite or Hoyt
A close up while you doing this would be great
Good video, but in videos like this you should get a gopro or similar camera and either set it up facing you, or chest mounted so we can see it as well
Just had to do mine 2 weeks ago
The cut arrow pieces with nocks is way better than me cinching down my cables with paracord!😀 Do you find that it matters which direction you add the center serving?
My cheater sticks are apron strings I have used for close to 30 yrs now.
Would love to see a tac/3d gear video pac,quiver,bino video
How to To Top Hat tune a Mathews would be a great video!
Hey I will like you to review the Scott verge release
Thank you MFJJ! Only ask is how much tension did you have in the serving jig?
Thanks for the content. I like the arrow spreader bar idea. How long are they?
Do you re-serve the center serving on the control cables the same way? Dose the serving size matter like with nock fit or do they just need to fit threw the rollers/cable guide?
IS serving a cable just the same and what is best serving on wear for cables etc.Thanks JJ.
How about the serving for cables that goes thru roller guards? What size you use for that?
How much do or would you charge to change a cam and strings and cables?
Also, would that include a tune of the bow afterwards?
Should you serve with or opposite the twist of your string?
Do you have any videos out on how to clean out your cams properly? If you do I haven’t been able to find it.
I'm really curious. What is the T-bar attached to your bow press?
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Does it matter if the string is under pressure or not when you reserve it. Someone once told me it has to be at over 100lbs of pressure when you serve a string.
Personally I prefer tge metal serving jig. You can "throw" it around the string better
Can you guys zoom in better so we can see better, thanks
Roughly how long are those arrow pieces from Nock groove to Nock groove? I may have missed it
Hey Brother. I haven't had to replace the center serving yet, but I have a dumb question for you. Do I need to use different sized serving for string stop or cable guide roller areas? Or can I just use center serving for that as well? I have some .015 that I'm currently using for that purpose. But, if I can use one size, It would save a little money and possibly some headaches down the road trying to remember what size is on the jig. Lol. I only work on my bows, so nobody else's bow would be affected. Thanks for these little nuggets of information.
Oh, and I'm gonna make me some of those short arrow pieces you used for spacers.That's ingenius.
Does it matter which way you wrap the serving according to which way the string is twisted?
This may be a dumb question could you possibly make your arrow clock left or right depending on which way you put the serving on clockwise or counterclockwise?
Nice video, but it would be nicer if you had close up, so we can see it clearly...
Peep, I'm not sure if you have done a video on setting up and tying in a peep
My serving keeps separating under the d-loop knots and my loop keeps twisting to the left which makes my peep twist on the next shot…
Technically impaired but learning 🤓. Could you slow it down and add a forward facing camera angle. You do this every day for a living so you could probably do it blind folded lol. weekend worriers learn slower. Thanks again for all your videos.
Slow down, add a second camera angle for better visual.
Good night, can you say where you are located.
Dang giveaways started by this drops? I haven't got a call yet..... Dang.
Would you happen to have a used bow you'd be willing to sell ?
Not sure if you already have one but a vid on fix peep rotation would be great. I'm sure it's an issue that plagues many! My peep is rotated to the left and my d-loop points to the right at rest. At full draw things line up more or less. How do I fix this when 1/2 twists in the string don't get the peep right!?
If your peep is left and your loop is right you are getting quite a bit of creep in your string set if it's straight when you get it back.
@@Millersgunandsupply What does that mean? What can I do to correct it besides getting new strings?
@@nevereverbeendonebefore a new string is the only fix unfortunately...
@@Millersgunandsupply Welp... guess i better hurry and get one installed before the season starts 😬
This was just an audio book😬
I appreciate this video but I'm having trouble seeing what you're doing.
🤷 'Promo SM'
please get a new camera angle..... this not worth a you know what