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Strand Count for 100# ?
adb:
I believe the breaking strength of FF is 90# per strand. I haven't tested that myself, but I'm sure I read that somewhere. So... you could probably get away with a 6 strand string, but I doubt your fingers would be very happy shooting it with a 100# warbow. I bet your bow wouldn't be very happy either.
JW_Halverson:
But that's where you get creative with the serving, laying extra strands under the serving, doubling the serving on itself, etc.
JackCrafty:
Yes, 5 times the poundage of the bow is the same thing as my formula but then we would be using the same math... and that's a scary thing. :P
Oh, and none of my bows are happy. They are stressed. >:D
JackCrafty:
The 90lb test sounds a little high but it might be right. I've got 80lb test Dyneema braided fishing line and it seems a bit heftier than a single strand of my FF. I believe Dyneema and Spectra are basically the same thing: the material FF is made of.
Del the cat:
I did look on the Angel Majesty web site but it was not much use, it assumed we all shoot those sissy target bows
They have very litte information, but I thought you guys would like these two quotes.
I usually use 10 strands, but padded out round the nocks and serving with a few strands of Dacron.... (gotta use it up somehow ;) )
...14 to 18 strands for recurve bows, 20 to 24 strand for compound bows...
ASB causes the initial velocity to increase. When you release an arrow, you can feel few fluttering.
ASB makes you to get much more bull points.
Don't get points for bull on this site ;D
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