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First flemish twist - spiderwire/dyneema

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Griff:
First bow string that i've ever made. I used spiderwire 60lbs. test dyneema fishing string. after finishing the second loop i noticed that the darker strand was shorter than the lighter strand. after twisting the sting overall several times it seemed to blend together alright. I also believe that i've made the sting a little too long for my bow. 54" recurve with a 52" string. It took too many twists to get the brace height up to an acceptable height. only the shorter sting broke after test firing 15-20 arrows. luckily the bow didn't explode on me the string just snapped and caused the bow to jump. I'm curious with the snap in my bowstring being just off center of the whole string was my issue in the fact that the string was too long and was twisted up a lot, or was it mainly that one strand was tighter than the other? Will be giving it another go soon and would appreciate constructive criticism.

Chief RID:
That's a new one for me Griff. I only use B-50 Dacron so that tells my age and my performance category. I would thing if you used enough strands your fishing line string would work fine. just watch how it cuts into your bow nocks.

sleek:
I use power pro which is a spectra based line. I use 8 strands of 50 pound test and have yet to break one after 5 years of use.

I should add that ire verse twist mine. I know nothing of flemish twist.

bubby:
It looks like you have some cabling going on, i use d 97 and typically i start eight inches from the end and get enough twisted to form the loop and fold it over and get that wnd twisted till it gets back to two bundles and i put a twist tie on it, then i hand it from a nail and get the bundles nice and straight and wax them good, then i make the other loop trying not to over twist after the fold. Take the twist tie off and then twist the whole string about where i think it goes and lean into it good and rub the wax in nice and hot, keep the bundles straight and not twisted is the key to not getting cabling

Griff:

--- Quote from: Griff on January 16, 2016, 04:12:30 pm ---First bow string that i've ever made. I used spiderwire 60lbs. test dyneema fishing string. after finishing the second loop i noticed that the darker strand was shorter than the lighter strand. after twisting the sting overall several times it seemed to blend together alright. I also believe that i've made the sting a little too long for my bow. 54" recurve with a 52" string. It took too many twists to get the brace height up to an acceptable height. only the shorter sting broke after test firing 15-20 arrows. luckily the bow didn't explode on me the string just snapped and caused the bow to jump. I'm curious with the snap in my bowstring being just off center of the whole string was my issue in the fact that the string was too long and was twisted up a lot, or was it mainly that one strand was tighter than the other? Will be giving it another go soon and would appreciate constructive criticism.

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I can definitely see what you're talking about here. I was most certainly really trying to twist the individual strands quite a bit before crossing over each time.

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