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Main Discussion Area => HowTo's and Build-a-longs => Topic started by: skyarrow on January 04, 2010, 09:07:33 pm

Title: bow string material
Post by: skyarrow on January 04, 2010, 09:07:33 pm

ok what material can i use to make bowstrings i know of sinew and artificial sinew but what man made material is out there i live in a very humid climate

Title: Re: bow string material
Post by: El Destructo on January 04, 2010, 09:16:54 pm

Brownell Materials are good...B-50.... Fastflight...hell even Flax....or Linen make a good String too......

Title: Re: bow string material
Post by: adb on January 04, 2010, 09:53:56 pm

B50 dacron is great stuff... strong, really cheap (about $8 for a 1/4# spool). If you want a low stretch string, then fasflight, but it costs about 4X as much.

Title: Re: bow string material
Post by: skyarrow on January 04, 2010, 11:15:33 pm

isnt dacron a fishing line and do you  twist it together or use just a single strand?

Title: Re: bow string material
Post by: nugget on January 05, 2010, 10:41:45 am

B50 is a polyester material that comes on a spool. 1 strand is not enough for a bow string. A 50 lb bow would need a string made out of 12 to 14 strands of B50 twisted together.

Title: Re: bow string material
Post by: skyarrow on January 05, 2010, 10:48:24 am

thanx Tj i will be looking for some today

Title: Re: bow string material
Post by: mrkinsey on January 05, 2010, 11:08:23 am

It is possible to use braided fishing line twisted together, but buying the spool of dacron is much cheaper.