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[willyqbc]

WHOOPS!! Posted under my wifes account

Chris

[puppychow]

I'll give the heat thing a try tomorrow.

Thanks to all who responded.

One other thing to note. After this whole rigamoroll, the guy still charged me $15 for his "labour". He changed a few things that were, according to him, "done wrong in the original setup". Funny thing is that he was the guy that set it up originally! Unfortunately he's the only game in town.

I think I better get to know a few of the more accomplished folks oin this site that live around these parts. I'd gladly exchange beer/wine/coffee/lunch/dinner/etc. for advice and assistance.

Only 1 pro shop in town, I hope it is not the only local shop that I know about in Victoria. I have never known of another shop that tunes bows locally. Good luck.

[Bow Walker]

Only 1 pro shop in town, I hope it is not the only local shop that I know about in Victoria. I have never known of another shop that tunes bows locally. Good luck.

Unfortunately 'tis true. They've lost a number of converts lately. People should practice the fine art of listening, more than talking!

[Franko Manini]

Only 1 pro shop in town, I hope it is not the only local shop that I know about in Victoria. I have never known of another shop that tunes bows locally. Good luck.

Maybe someone can correct me if I was wrong in my original statement regarding "the only game in town". I bet the mods won't want me staing the name of the shop on this forum, but I can tell you that the name of the shop rhymes with:

Pieland Pout-Hitters

The actual tech that tuned the bow is new to town and to the shop, so maybe the there is another shop to go to, or another tech to see at that shop. If anyone knows of another place to go in town, I'm all ears.

[Franko Manini]

When dealing with a cyanoacrylate glue you must pull as you heat the tip maintaining a constant pressure so that the instant the bond breaks the tip will come out. this will allow the least possible heat to get to the carbon, the good and the bad with the cyanoacrylate glues is they bond extremely well with carbon so they tend to hold tips in very well but they are tougher to pull than a slow set product like "powerbond"

And agreed on the statements above about finding a new shop...that is completely unnacceptable, incompetent and unprofessional service.

Chris

I found a product that is a CA solvent. It's apparently safe for carbon.



I'm going to try that prior to the heat thing tonight.

[willyqbc]

please post up the results of using the de-bonder, I would be interested to see how it works.

Also, if the person you dealt with is just the tech and not the tech/owner...i would bring this up with the shop owner or manager and give them a chance to make it right. Wouldn't hurt to inform him that his shop is getting a bad rep on a B.C. based website with 2000+ members.

Chris

[opico]

I have dealt with this shop for many years for both hunting and fishing. You have to take there advice with a grain of salt. Take what you need and pick out the comments that are exaggerations and pure lies. The store has cornered the market for the Victoria area. Other shops are no longer in existance. Some of the employees are those from Specialty guns. They have some very knowledgable staff, but others are questionable. If they make a mistake, they should rectify the situation in order to spurn on business and a good reputation. Even experts make errors, they are in the business world for a profit. I use other businesses if I can, such as Richard at Bucky's in Duncan. Just as knowledgable and a lot less boastful. He is honest and a very good archer himself. Not a full of tales and B.S.. He is very approachable and has been in the sporting business for many years. Give him a try. If you can not fix the glue job, cut the arrow shorter if you can or use the arrow as a practice arrow or for blunts and chalk it up to a lost hunting arrow. Hope you find a solution. I basically work on my own arrows and seek advice from other archer's. I have damaged some arrows by making mistakes in the process of arrow-making and have chalked it up to trial and error or my own stupidity. Best of luck Franko. Hope to see you at 3-D shoots locally.

[Bow Walker]

I have dealt with this shop for many years for both hunting and fishing. You have to take there advice with a grain of salt. Take what you need and pick out the comments that are exaggerations and pure lies......

That's pretty difficult for someone going in there for some advice from the "shop expert." Especially if that someone is fairly new to archery. How are they to know the ka-ka from the real stuff? Fortunately Franko is not a newbie.

Actually, that's the point of going in and asking advice and seeking help from these guys..........they are supposed to know what they are doing.

While they are obviously there to further the business, we all know that the best way to do that is to offer good advice, and stand behind the work that you do. Basically it's called customer service.

[Franko Manini]

One other point I'd like to make.

It's not as if I went in there every other day for a two weeks hanging around bugging folks to get free advice. I paid this tech for the time he put into the orignal setup, and the tune up time.

From this point on I'll put my energy into forming relationships with the very helpful members of this site, and spend my money on buying them beers/coffees for their time and efforts.

[Franko Manini]

please post up the results of using the de-bonder, I would be interested to see how it works.

Also, if the person you dealt with is just the tech and not the tech/owner...i would bring this up with the shop owner or manager and give them a chance to make it right. Wouldn't hurt to inform him that his shop is getting a bad rep on a B.C. based website with 2000+ members.

Chris

Thought I might get to this tonight, but alas I have just finished writing my fact sheet for my CBC interview tomorrow.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=10366

Maybe tomorrow night.