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I've had a number of invention ideas over the years. We'd all like to make money off of our ideas, but as time passes, one begins to realize the futility of such notions.
A few of my favorites:
1) A Gap trainer. Which is a small device consisting of a handle, 6 to 8" of arrow shaft, and a clear ruler that can be flipped in and out of sight with the pull of a trigger.
You could carry it around, pick a "target", pull up and set your sight picture with the arrow tip.
Then you'd pull the trigger, and the "ruler" would drop into place over the arrow tip, and you could instantly see if your gap was the right size based on previously marked indicators on the ruler.
It wouldn't matter how far away the "target" actually is, as you'd just be testing your ability to set your gap for a specific distance.
2) A "formaster" that let's you actually shoot arrows as you normally would.
This would consist of the normal elbow attachment, but instead of attaching to the bow string, it would attach to a fixed point on the floor or wall or something, via long rubber tubing.
The benefits would be two-fold. It would add the "poundage" of the rubber band to your normal bow weight, so you build strength/endurance without changing bow tuning setup.
It would also make you cognizant of any loss in back tension.
3) A no-fire training device.
The one I'd most like to have, but this is the hardest of the three to make. The idea is to somehow make the shot NOT go off at random intervals.
I believe one of the biggest causes of missing your target at advanced levels is anticipating the shot.
For gun shooting, one can load a magazine with an empty cartridge somewhere in the stack. If the shooter is anticipating the shot, it will be obvious when he gets to the empty cartridge--the gun won't fire, but the shooter will twitch in anticipation of the shot.
My idea would be to have cord attached to the bow string, the run behind the archer to a pulley attached to a wall.
As the bow is drawn, the slack is taken up in the cord. The cord would run to a ratcheting device that has would have a 50/50 chance of locking or being completely free.
If unlocked, the bow would shoot normally.
If locked, when the archer lets go, the string would barely move forward. Any anticipation/twitching would then be noticed.
Those are some of my ideas. Just thought I'd put on "paper" before I get senile and forget everything.
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