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String making

Messages posted to thread:
Sherwood Poacher 22-Apr-17
Legato 22-Apr-17
HALFCAWKT 22-Apr-17
SteveBNY 22-Apr-17
bowfitz 22-Apr-17
Sherwood Poacher 22-Apr-17
bwd 23-Apr-17
From: Sherwood Poacher
Date: 22-Apr-17




How many strands of 452x area needed for a 40 # recurve? And how many strands of Dynaflite 97 are needed for the same poundage bow?

From: Legato
Date: 22-Apr-17




I can't answer for 452X, but on my 42# recurve it uses a standard 16- strand d97 string that you can buy from 3rivers or any archery pro shop. Tammy Palmer of flemishbowstrings.com builds a 12 strand string for bows between 35-45 lbs.

From: HALFCAWKT
Date: 22-Apr-17




I typically do 15-16 strand just to make nock fit the way I like it with the serving I have. D97

From: SteveBNY
Date: 22-Apr-17




12 of d97 with .024 or .025 serving will work great for goldtip size nocks.

From: bowfitz
Date: 22-Apr-17




I use d97 for my 45lb longbow 8 strand .30halo serving for good goldtip nock fit

From: Sherwood Poacher
Date: 22-Apr-17




Thanks to all who replied.

From: bwd
Date: 23-Apr-17




With 12 strands of DF-97, I serve with .019" Halo, with one spiral wrap of plumber's teflon tape under the string nocking/finger placement area. Works well for me with GT sized nocks. I find .021" a bit too tight, and .024-.025" extremely tight.





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