Hi Guys,
So after about 7 failed attempts I finally made a flemish twist that I was relatively happy with. It fits nicely on my bow with a good brace height (apologies for the wet hair/T-shirt in the BH pic) and after shooting about 50 shots or so I noticed nothing bad affecting my bow using the 452x material.
I used two strands with a thread count of 8 each making a total of 16 strands in my string.
Using end-loop serving as center serving worked perfectly well, in fact, I think using proper center serving on the flemish string would have made it slightly too thick for my arrows. My theory is that flemish twist is naturally thicker than endless loop string even if the thread count is the same, because of the twists. Am I right in assuming this?
Naturally, a few more questions popped up and if anyone can answer it, that would be great!
1.) I noticed that after every shot, the string on my bottom limb slips out of the "string groove" fashioned into the limb. Note that the string did not slip off the limb, it just slipped out of its groove. Does this happen often? Could it possibly be due to some dodgy twists in my loop? A picture is attached.
2.) Regarding knocking points. I do not have any commercially made knocking points. What alternatives can I use? I have a buddy that shoots a long bow and he just wrapped some fishing line at a point around his center serving to serve as a knocking point.
3.) They say 452x string is a "fast" string. Does this mean that the speed of the arrows is actually faster? I did not notice a remarkable difference shooting my arrows, but then again I don't know if it is actually possible to perceive a difference with the naked eye.
Thanks in advance for your replies!
So after about 7 failed attempts I finally made a flemish twist that I was relatively happy with. It fits nicely on my bow with a good brace height (apologies for the wet hair/T-shirt in the BH pic) and after shooting about 50 shots or so I noticed nothing bad affecting my bow using the 452x material.
I used two strands with a thread count of 8 each making a total of 16 strands in my string.
Using end-loop serving as center serving worked perfectly well, in fact, I think using proper center serving on the flemish string would have made it slightly too thick for my arrows. My theory is that flemish twist is naturally thicker than endless loop string even if the thread count is the same, because of the twists. Am I right in assuming this?
Naturally, a few more questions popped up and if anyone can answer it, that would be great!
1.) I noticed that after every shot, the string on my bottom limb slips out of the "string groove" fashioned into the limb. Note that the string did not slip off the limb, it just slipped out of its groove. Does this happen often? Could it possibly be due to some dodgy twists in my loop? A picture is attached.
2.) Regarding knocking points. I do not have any commercially made knocking points. What alternatives can I use? I have a buddy that shoots a long bow and he just wrapped some fishing line at a point around his center serving to serve as a knocking point.
3.) They say 452x string is a "fast" string. Does this mean that the speed of the arrows is actually faster? I did not notice a remarkable difference shooting my arrows, but then again I don't know if it is actually possible to perceive a difference with the naked eye.
Thanks in advance for your replies!
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