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Using paracord 550 for tillering

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FilipT:
Ian, I didn't get what you said. Did you mean this Dyneema rope is suitable for both tillering string and for use on the pulleys?

Mike, did you see link I posted, did your friend use that, its also 3 mm in diameter?

Del the cat:
If you are going to make more than one bow, make a decent tillering string with big loops out of some decent material like fastflite. Make it longer than the longest bow you will ever make!
Then make a string adjuster, I made a ring of aluminium, but an ball race or similar will do the job. This has one great advantage... you can thread the string through your ali' ring to effectively shorten it, twisting up will give fine adjustment. When you are ready to brace, you just thread the string through the loop one more time. Once it is adjusted for correct brace, you can use this string to set up your string making jig to make a perfect length string. (I'm talking continuous loop strings)
If you look at this latest post on my blog you'll see the Ali' ring on the right side of the string in both pics.
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/yew-60-pounder-near-as-dammit-finished.html
Del
Other advice is also available... it's wrong.. but it is available  ;)

FilipT:
Cool bow, Del. I like your idea for string adjuster. Do you use timber hitch on one end or there are loops on both ends and that ring?

Biggest problem with all that materials is that they are not available in my country. I would have to buy them from outside and pay expensive shipping prices. So I am constantly looking for alternatives.
When I made my bows I always made them in some standard nock to nock length so I could buy finished string from one website. Unfortunately that archery website does not sell any of the string material.

Del the cat:
Loops on both ends. I think the timber hitch/bowyers knot is just a pain with modern string materials as they are naturally slippy.
There's a sketch of how I make a continuous loop string here... I've made a decent string making jig since then, but it shows what I mean... some people don't understand "continuous loop string"
https://sites.google.com/site/delsbows/bow-making-info
Del

FilipT:
Thanks Del. So you make this tillering string with two loops and then you put that ring in middle for adjusting?

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