Corax67
Well-known member
I made a Flemish twist string jig about 12 months ago from a piece of reclaimed mahogany & plans off the web - this has worked well with over 20 strings made & shot to date.
I would now like to try my hand at making recurve strings.
Club has an EXE jig that our equipment officer uses to make club strings & give demos but at ?185 plus associated import and delivery charges this is way out of my league.
I have however seen the "table top" jig in the picture below on an American website and as I have access to box section, steel plate & bar stock and a welder could probably make a reasonable facsimile.
My concern however is that is that whenever I have seen such strings made a lot of emphasis has been placed on tensioning the string before serving but I fail to see how this might be achieved with a non-adjustable jig such as the above.
Is tensioning really crucial or would such a jig be effective ?
Karl
I would now like to try my hand at making recurve strings.
Club has an EXE jig that our equipment officer uses to make club strings & give demos but at ?185 plus associated import and delivery charges this is way out of my league.
I have however seen the "table top" jig in the picture below on an American website and as I have access to box section, steel plate & bar stock and a welder could probably make a reasonable facsimile.
My concern however is that is that whenever I have seen such strings made a lot of emphasis has been placed on tensioning the string before serving but I fail to see how this might be achieved with a non-adjustable jig such as the above.
Is tensioning really crucial or would such a jig be effective ?
Karl