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Need some big time advice/opinions on shelf building/diagnostics.....?

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I shoot a Win&Win Black Elk 62", 25# (weight I pull with my short draw on 30# limbs), with Easton Inspire 1200 26" arrows.

Had the bow since October, riser is cut way past centre, when building the shelf I used a printed plastic base covered in felt, I molded the shelf so that the arrow sat where I wanted it to and because the riser is cut so far past centre the arrows had no contact with the strike plate.

Shot with my shelf like this for a while with straight arrows (ish, there was still quite abit of movement from the arrow on the shelf at times which would effect the flight) , but always shot with more of a "target archer" stance, so bow was upright straight. Wanted to change my stance to include a slight canter, as majority of people seem to shoot that way in 3D Archery. So to keep my arrow in centre shot while cantering I had to change my shelf.

So I changed the shelf to bring the strike plate out so that the arrow would rest against the strike plate when cantering. This eliminates the movement from the arrow and keeps it dead in center shot. This was the only positive thing cos it all goes to shit as soon as you shoot the arrow. Every single arrow back end was kicking to the right sending the arrows diagonally ( \ ) and flying off to the left.

We tried other arrows and all arrows were the same, my husband shot it at full draw so 30#, same thing. We checked nock point, that's fine, we checked brace height, that's fine, 3 people shot (people with many years experience and so have no issues with form or release) it and all had the same flight, so not down to human error. Tried other arrows but I know my arrows are fine because I have been shooting with them for months with straight arrows.

So we can only assume that it's the shelf seeing as it wasn't like this before I changed the shelf. We tried changing the strike plate to a single strip was all in contact with the arrow, tried all sorts of different combination of things today and the only thing it came down to was any contact the arrows had with the strike plate caused that flight issue. Which seems insane because everyone at the club shoots cantered with their arrows resting against the strike plate so it shouldn't be such a nightmare?!

In the end I've put a cocktail stick horizontal on the shelf and covered it in leather, so it keeps the arrow in centre shot but I have to shoot upright no canter, but it's not very stable the arrows moves alot on the shelf and causes very inconsistent shots.

Any insight, advice, opinions, would be awesome as I'm out again on Sunday which means I need to get it sorted out tomorrow ideally.

Thanks in advance.

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