This evening I’ve been doing some release aid work with Dillon https://www.crowwithabow.co.uk/ in my archery room that you can cook in. A few weeks back we had one of my Tru-Ball HTF hinges working very nicely by activating it with my neck, but hinges being hinges there’s a few issues with it that we think a trigger might solve.
So, we’ve been trying some things with my Tru-Ball Bone Collector Beast (the one on the right) and have had some success activating it with my neck. To prototype we attached a good ole allen key to the trigger with some nock point thread. This does the job but the lever needs some tweaks that aren’t gonna be easy with the way it is currently made.
Enter the newer version of the Beast, the XT Hybrid, which allows you to change the trigger. I was lucky enough to get one within 24 hours of looking as the next day Dillon was off to The Archery Company for a tournament. They were one of the few, if not only places in the UK to have one in stock.
This evening we’ve been making a trigger lever out of 1mm aluminium sheet. It’s a good plan and works nicely. I can get much closer to the release aid and find my alignment but the aluminium bends a little too easy as I gradually pull against it. Some 2mm is on order and we’ll continue once it arrives…
