Monday, June 24, 2013

How to hack a compound bow sight (for more UV)

Yooo.

Wassup!?
Been a while since I last posted something cool ..
Havent had time .. shits been busy.
All no one comments, so IDK if anyone even bothers to read what I post.

Not that many people like to hack and mod I realize.

But, I'm not one of them.

So recently, my buddy got me hooked on archery .. and its so much fucking fun.. I have to admit.

He bought a new compound bow, and hooked me up w/ his old one.

Doing the only thing I could think of, I started hooking it up w/ the normal accessories .. first was arrows, second was a sight.

I then ran into a cool issue/idea ......
The sight came w/ a uv led.  Having played w/ UV leds for a few years straight now .. I figured .. what the hell ..  I could make a WAY more powerful one for a few bucks ..  After a bad test  (that burned out horribly !) I had to go back to the drawing board .
But, I think I have the formula figured out .. its taken several tries (other the years) and I came upon what I think it a solution.

Check this out ..
Here is what the light looks like in complete darkness (or as dark as I can get it :) ]




Rear view of the modded sight

close up of the bezel, with the UV's on.

Here is the powering mechanism. This is just a 9v battery attached to a power plug.

             To light it: All you have to do is swing the battery terminal onto the
           9V prong. Nice and easy. I didnt want to add a toggle switch.

bad pic of the 9v zip tied to the mount for the sight itself. weights almost nothing.


 I can wait til the season for hunting. This is the year.
I dont think the light that it gives off will make the deer alarmed,
but well see I guess. At complete worst, I can turn it off easily.

we shall see ..
out-
-B