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Del the cat:

--- Quote from: WillS on December 16, 2013, 05:41:05 am ---As a follow-on, how do you guys work out the correct length for an endless loop string?  Is it the exact distance of the bow nock-to-nock, then you twist to accommodate for the initial stretch, or do you make it shorter than the n-t-n length?

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That's the beauty of the little toggle, by winding the string through it, you get about 1/2" changes in length, some twisting will give you fine adjustment to get your perfect brace height. Then you put the adjusted string onto your string making jig, adjust the jig until it's snug, take off the string and make a perfectly sized string!
Ooooh it sounds so good, the price has just gone up to £75.
Seriously, if there were more bowyers, I'd be tempted to make a batch and flog 'em on Fleabay, tenner a go! But anyone who can make a bow can make one of them... if they have a pillar drill and some scrap Ali' bar.
Del

toomanyknots:
Will, you always make strings shorter than the ntn length. If you make a string the nock to nock length exactly, it will be zero brace height. I think I have been told on here ff strings are usually 2 to 2 1/2" less than the nock to nock length. Although, when I make my endless loop strings, I make them an extra 1/4" longer than needed, so that I can add a bit of twist into them to come back to brace height. I also use a string stretcher I made out of 2 x 4s and a ratchet clamp thing, and a digital scale, to serve the nocks together and to stretch the string before putting it on the bow, the extra tension makes the last serving parts a lot easier. It helps get the exact length right too, I stretch it at 150 lb or so before putting on the bow, and there is a lot less settling in to go through then.

WillS:
Gotcha.  I'm gonna give it a go and hope for the best! Can't thank you all enough for the help (and patience, as this is probably pretty damn simple and I'm overthinking everything as I usually do!)

toomanyknots:

--- Quote from: WillS on December 16, 2013, 11:13:15 am ---Gotcha.  I'm gonna give it a go and hope for the best! Can't thank you all enough for the help (and patience, as this is probably pretty damn simple and I'm overthinking everything as I usually do!)

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I totally know how you feel though, I run into so many problems that seem simple, but for some reason something just won't work, it isn't even funny. Right now I am trying to get a good quality cut on my bandsaw so I can actually do anything, as I have become pretty bandsaw dependent anymore, and for the life of me I have not been able to get my current blade resawing decent. Still have no idea why, but I am figuring I might be feeling well enough today to give it a thousandth try, if my basement ain't too cold.  :)

WillS:
Yup, it seems to be the way it goes!  I've got a billion beautiful billets (alliteration!) of yew waiting for me to splice, and I still can't work out how to splice them neatly by hand, as I don't have a bandsaw!  Something else to worry about when the time comes  :P

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