Archery Business: Jul/Aug 2010
26 archeryBUSINESS July/August 2010 EXPERT TUNING TIPS BY PATRICK DURKIN ENERGIZE BOWS(& YOUR BOTTOM LINE) WITH HIGH-ENDTUNE-UPSBy diagnosing and correcting a bow's mechanical problems with a 'bumper-to-bumper' exam, you can eliminate the gremlins causing many tuning issuesand pile up more pro\037 ts at the same time. Here's an inside look into one shop's proven step-by-step plan.Teijo Villa is meticulous by nature and a machinist by training, so when he decid- ed his pro shopTao's Archery Services in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canadamust maximize the potential of every bow it services, he methodically crafted a plan to make it happen. Villa's plan stressed consistency, competency, and simplicity. No surprise there. After all, when launching his business, the ever-ef\037 cient Villa even rewrote his \037 rst name to save customers time and frustration. "Teijo" is Finnish and pro- nounced "Tay-o," so he condensed everything to "Tao." Likewise, to distill the many factors and variables that affect bow performance, Villa de- signed a research project to better understand the mechanics of bow performance. He began by ordering \037 ve identical bowssame model, draw length, and draw weightfrom one manu-facturer. He then ran each bow through a series of tests. When his testing was complete, Villa had one basic question: How could \037 ve identical bows shooting identical accessories and arrows de- liver a 20-foot-per-second difference between the fastest and slowest bows? By systematically evaluating factors like cables, strings, lubrica- tion, cam timing, synchronization, axle spacers, axle bearings, axle bushings, axle condition, cam 026-034_AB10JUL-tuningtips.indd 26 6/8/10 10:14:16 AM
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