Tomcat
Built 1990–1991. Serial numbers start with T. Not your bow? Pick another
All Tomcats (Tomcat, Tomcat II, Tomcat EXP, Tomcat III and T-III EXP) are the same bow. Only the limb size, cams, cables and strings changed, so order strings and cables for your exact model and size.
Which size?
Pick yours by draw length, or match the paint on your cable ends below.
Label worn off?
Look at the ends of your cables, near the loops. Oneida painted them to mark the size. Pick the row that matches. On this bow the power cable is painted on its crimped end only; the other end sits in a clevis under the power limb. Yoke cables are painted on both ends.
| Size | Power cable ends | Yoke cable ends |
|---|---|---|
|
Old or new I-Cam |
Brown on the crimped end only |
Orange both ends |
|
Old I-Cam (1990–91, yoke end hidden by timing wheel) |
Pink on the crimped end only |
Black both ends |
|
Old I-Cam (1990–91, yoke end hidden by timing wheel) |
Pink on the crimped end only |
Black both ends |
|
New I-Cam (late 1991, both yoke ends showing) |
Pink on the crimped end only |
Copper one end, Black the other |
|
New I-Cam (late 1991, both yoke ends showing) |
Pink on the crimped end only |
Copper one end, Black the other |
Pick your size to see the string length and cable colors
Each size has its own string length. Oneida also painted the cable ends to mark the size, and where two sizes share colors we point it out.
Oneida's early owner's manual (Tomcat, Phantom, Strike Eagle) shows White for the power cable and Red for the yoke cable.
Same cable colors as Long (31–34″), which takes a different string. Measure your draw length or brace height to be sure.
Same cable colors as Medium (28–31″), which takes a different string. Measure your draw length or brace height to be sure.
Same cable colors as Long (31–34″), which takes a different string. Measure your draw length or brace height to be sure.
Same cable colors as Medium (28–31″), which takes a different string. Measure your draw length or brace height to be sure.
Strings, cables and parts for the Tomcat
Strings and cables are built to your size, so pick your size above first. Everything else can go straight in the cart.
The Tomcat has plastic limb tips, so we build its strings on Dacron.
How-to guides for the Tomcat
- Change draw length: 1990s Oneidas (Veri-Eze modules)
- Change draw weight and set tiller: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Find your size: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Install G-String draw stops
- Install medium K-Cam-style cams: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Lube and care: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Replace a hinge: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Replace the power cables: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Replace the rockers: 1990s Oneidas
- Replace the string: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Replace the timing cable: Tomcat and Phantom
- Replace the timing wheels: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Replace the yoke cables: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Set the timing cable tension: 1980s–90s Oneidas
- Which string material? H-250, H-500 and Tomcat
- Fix timing and cable trouble: 1980s–90s Oneidas