The wrong way to install a fiber

My wife was wanting to remove the finish from here camo'd Viper Quickset sight. Her new bow is a Blueberry Mathews Ignition and purple and camo just aren't a match!!

There was a little bit of slack in the fiber optic, so I just snipped the very last millimeter or two so we could remove and reuse it. Then she finished disassembling the sight and we started to work on removing the finish. As far as that goes....... After countless hours and different chemical concoctions we finally get the finish removed. Lets just say, that after trying turpentine, acetone, xylene, and even Drano we probably spent more money thatn it would have cost to just mail it off to someone to media blast it and mail it back!!! On another note if you have something that is anodized, just pour some Drano in a glass container and drop the part in and leave it for ten minutes and you have a cleaned part.

But I digress. After finally just using acetone and elbow grease and then polishing with a metal wheel and a Dremel my wife reassembles the sight. Now that the fiber optic is back in, we need to belt a small ball on the end to hold it in the pin. NO PROBLEM, I just break out the lighter and start moving it closer to the fiber jsut wanting to barely melt the end to it holds int he pin. "PUT IT OUT, PUT IT OUT!!!!!!!" Thats all I hear from my wife as the thing catches like a fuse on a firecracker!! Within half a second the thing burns down over an inch and its time to buy a new fiber. I didn't even touch it with the flame, only got to within about an inch of it.

So we talked to a couple people that sell fiber optics online. Well they pretty much just laughed at us and told us that that is most people first experience with them. HA!!! They said the best way to do it is to heat up something metal and then start to slowly move that towards the fiber till it starts to melt. Most likely won't even have to touch it. Long story short..... Talk to people that know what they are doing before you try it and it will work out for the better. What can i say, the wife was thinking of changing the color of her pin anyways!!!!!!!!

New posts comming soon!!!

Took a short break from shooting, and therefore tuning. Be back at it soon though. My wife and I have new bows in the mail....... Lots more tuning ahead!!!!! Look for posts on string changes, measuring strings to get new custom sets made, and complete initial bow setup tips. Plus tips on removing your anodized and dipped finishes on bows and parts.