recomendations before I start?

[stilllearning]

Well here we go I have recieved my new String and cables as well as my QAD rest. I think I will start with the string and work at getting it shooting then change out the rest and continue tuning. Is this a good idea or should I just do both at once and start tuning from scratch???

Should I take the bow to someone with more experience than me to change the string? The only problem is I want to learn how to do it for the future? What to do? What to do?

I realy want to do it myself so I can learn.

[easternhunter]

So learn already! Just watch what you do.....I'll even help ya!
Best way to learn is to do.....

[royden]

Do the string first - it's not too bad. Do you have a digital camera? Take pics of your cams and the way the strings are routed over each cam and thru the cable gaurd.

Have on hand the specs for your bow - Brace height, and A-A + the specs your bow is currently at (with limb bolts tight)

[BT]

Don't take it to a shop....that person behind the counter isn't going to pay attention to what he is doing in the same way that you will.
I was going to suggest just what Royden said.
Take a few pictures with an increasingly closer focus so that you can see everything from one position and that will keep you from getting lost.
Do one end at a time.
Unhook one end of the string , fish it through the limb and then stop.
Insert the new string through the limb and hook it to the hub.
Then run the new string alongside the old one till you get to the other end.
Remove the old string from the hub and fish it through the limb.
Insert the new string and then hook it to the last hub.
Simple as that

Cables are easier because you don't have to take you hands off the cables at all as you unhook and re-attach.
Just watch which side you cross the cables at the cable guard and make sure the one on the right stays on the right

[stilllearning]

One other question before Eastern and I start at this in the near future, got to much on my plate at the moment but it will get done.
The string it self that is on the bow now has a bunch of twists in it because it ended up stretching. Is there a certain number of Twist in a string when you put a new one on that it should be set at?
I know it makes a difference in the timing of the cames and I will have to do the walk back rest tunning to do this but is there a good start point or rule of thumb?

[BT]

On your bow...no , it does not matter as long as you start as it comes in the package.
The timing .... ughh...thats going to be you demon
Don't fret....you cant get away from it and no shop will be able to get it right because the timing is going to change over the first 100 shots.
Will it change enough to make a diffrence?....that remains to be seen

Is this a winners choice?

[stilllearning]

No they are not. I know I went against what you said to do but finiances dictated a stone mountain string and cable.

[BT]

stilllearning said:

No they are not. I know I went against what you said to do but finiances dictated a stone mountain string and cable.

I aint your momma! ;D
Thats fine...I just wanted to know if they were so that I could give you an idea of what to look for.

[stilllearning]

;D ;D ;D ;D

And I like how you look after people on here.

I feel very confident now that I have seen you work on my bow and from what I have been learning on this site and from Eastern I don't feel as intimidated by working on my own bow. I do like haveing as much info as possible before I start anything though and that drives my wife just about around the bend.

I also and at a point that I don't feel uncomfortable asking a question about what I may be attempting to do.

[BT]

Good
Ask the questions because when it comes to timing....it's best not to ignore whats happening.