Actually, an endless string can also be made using nothing more than thee sticks stuck in the ground.
The process is commenced by tying the start of the string to one of the pegs which are distanced apart to the required length and the string spool is passed around each end to bring the string to the required strand count.
At the correct strand count, the end of the string is again brought back to the starting peg and back past it by around 6 inches. At that point, the third peg is placed a few inches away from the finishing peg and the end of the string tied to it. One then moves the third peg out away from the line of the body of the string to form a shallow triangle of the string.
With the string-ends now secured, commence whipping between the two pegs which form the base of the triangle long enough to form an eye, then, remove the third peg and slide that eye-section around to the middle of the distance between the two measuring pegs and tie off the whipping.
With the first eye-section formed, repeat the whipping on the side opposite the first eye-section. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT BOTH THESE EYE-SECTIONS ARE EXACTLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER AND HAVE THE SAME LENGTH OF STRING BODY BETWEEN THEM.
With the second eye-section formed, move the two eye sections back around so that they centre on the main pegs, then bring both halves of the string body together by whipping them together commencing where ends of the eye section align. This stage of whipping can start by over-whipping the ends of the eye-section by about 1/4" (so long as there is enough size in the eye to fit the bow's nocks) so that the two halves of the string body do not pull apart.
Alternatively, the eye-sections can be brought together with only the one side being about 1/4" longer than the other and whipping commenced in the same way. Neither is better than the other except in appearance.
Having formed the eye itself, whipping of the string body can continue for about 3 inches along the string body and finished.
Then, the process is continued at the other end.
At this stage, it does not hurt if the whole is suspended with a brick or anything heavy at the lower end to help stretch it out before applying it to the bow and centre-whipping it.
The process can be easily followed in the diagram below.
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