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markinengland:
I just broke the tillering string on the bow I am working on. Time to make a new and stronger tillerig string. It will need to be strong enough for bows of up to 150lb.
What tillering strings do you use? How strong and what construction?
I think I may also make a heavy stringer as my normal nylon type stretches too much.
Mark in England

MalV:
Mark,
I just make up a 1000# FF continuous loop string, with serving at the loops and middle.

Cheers, Mal

Marc St Louis:
Mark
I use an 18 strand dacron. Been holding up so far

SimonUK:
Dacron B50, but I've had one break on me too.  I guess for the long string you could use anything - a bit of strong nylon from the hardware shop.

markinengland:
Simon,
Nylon stretches an amazing amount. My stringer was just long enough to stretch between the nocks but when I trod on it and lifted it must have stretched at least 18 inches and I could barely slip the tillering string on when it was about two inches short of the nock.
Mark

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