Knocked up a jig, and first string.

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Knocked up a jig, and first string.

#1 Post by davethepom » Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:28 pm

After much head scratching, Googling, and watching Youtube vids I made a jig and had a crack at making a string. Here's the jig:
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One end:
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Fitted:
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I ended up using 12 strands of D97 and Halo 0.021" serving. The nock fit is just right I think.

I'm making one for a mate, but need to work out how to build in a subtle fault...Just something that will give me the edge next time we're on the range! :mrgreen:

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Dave.

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#2 Post by greybeard » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:02 pm

Dave,

Quite a sturdy string jig, is it adjustable?

The loop serving looks extremely neat, well done.

If you are going to make another string jig I have some photos of the Artan Adjustable Jig with dimensions. If you are interested I can put them up on this post.

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#3 Post by davethepom » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:15 pm

Thanks. It's telescopic and will handle anything I'm likely to ever need. If I need to make a string for a ...ahem...compound :mrgreen: , I'll just make a smaller one.

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#4 Post by kerry » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:28 pm

well done mate, if you could build a string that would take the creaking noise away...... :dance:
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#5 Post by davethepom » Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:49 pm

kerry wrote:well done mate, if you could build a string that would take the creaking noise away...... :dance:
From you, or your bow? I think I can make you a reasonable string, but I'm not a miracle worker! :biggrin:

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#6 Post by rodlonq » Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:42 am

Nice work Dave.

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#7 Post by davethepom » Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:10 am

rodlonq wrote:Nice work Dave.
Thanks, mate!

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#8 Post by clinton miller » Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:14 pm

looks good. do you serve the entire loop and end serving in one go or do you serve the loop and the end serving separately? i serve the whole loop in one go.

any reason for 12 strands other than nock fit?
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