Talk:Binary cam

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Binay Cam lives again!

After being deleted by some moderators for appearing to be "blatant advertising" (I don't necessarily blame them for this!) I convinced them to bring it back and have worked to tighten it up so that this mistake wont happen again. I guess it was my fault, I kinda rushed to get it up and got sidetracked before I ever got around to making it nicer. That said I have learned a lot in the process of fixing up this article so hopefully I can carry this experience over to future articles.

I tried to get as many sources as I could, it was not easy, archery is not exactly a very broad hobby. In some cases forum posts were the best I could do. I'll keep an eye out if anything else pops up though.

Anyway if anyone wishes to contribute anything please feel free, I am fairly new to archery myself and would not take it personally if some of the things I said were to be corrected. Anyway, hope you like it!

Hayaku 09:03, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article states that bows with binary cams never need cam-timing tuning. I think this is an overstatement, though an understandable one. Binary cams certainly need less cam-timing tuning than conventional twin-cams, but they can still go out of time as the cables and string creep. The manufacturers are claiming a bit too much. Mr Barndoor 13:01, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aaah ok, yeah this is kinda true. It was my understanding that even despite the factors you mentioned the cams still maintained such a relative degree synchronisation that the tune loss was negligible at best. But if you think it needs changing I will change it, your call. Hayaku 14:30, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, probably best to leave it until we start hearing some long-term experience reports from binary-cam shooters. They're certainly a big improvement on twin cams for synchronisation. Mr Barndoor 15:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]