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Hazel longbow, 100# @ 28"
FilipT:
I have to see that 3 ply technique. I am noob in the 2 ply one, let alone in the 3 plys haha.
Anyway, just few minutes ago I untwisted tillering string, carefully separated bundles, waxed it much more and made it again with applying what I learned yesterday. I think this now is much better made. I will brace the bow in the afternoon when I have more time to work.
Two loops
Two loops closer, no coiling this time
Stringer
Stringer strength haha
FilipT:
Look at this, finally made a good string and already at least 3 strand broke. To start from beginning, I braced the bow about 10 times, because each time strand lengthened from full brace to be almost on belly. Each time winding around the ring to shorten it. It seems that ring created uneven tension and couple of strands broke.
I am not sure what to do. Should I do timber hitch on one end and disregard these broken 3 strands and have faith in the rest of 17 strands to hold?
Each strand has breaking strength of 80# and math supports that, but keep in mind that we have bundles of uneven number of strands.
Badger:
You don't wind it around the ring to shorten, you simply reverse twist. I have never had a string twist more than 1/2". I don't think you are putting enough reverse twists in to keep the string from unraveling once you have pressure on it. You should have at least a couple of reverse twists per inch. You also might be twisting the wrong way. You twist the string the same direction you twisted it when you built the string. Usually counter clockwise.
Badger:
After you have completed your second loop hook one of the loops over something and take the other end and start twisting, don't pull on it too hard until you have enough twists to lock in the loops.
FilipT:
I put a lot of twists on it and string doesn't appear to rotate/unwind/whatever you want to call it (as string before did) as I brace bow.
When you look at the bow braced, you can see how brace height lowers almost 1 mm per second (!) until it lays on the belly.
Also, this string is very long and twisting it a lot would not make it suitable for bracing this bow, so I used ring.
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