Making a endless string?

[Don Armstrong]

I have a jig for flemish twist strings and have made about 10 strings. I still haven't figured out how to make the right length with Dacron due to the stretch. I have an endless jig and have decided to make some endless strings from Dacron. I will make them short and put them on my stretcher. Could anyone tell me how short of target length to start . Thanks, Don

[frank bullitt]

Don, I would start with about 3/8" short with Dacron. Depends on the weight and strand count, but that will work for most. Just keep record, and you'll figure what works.

With endless, the stretch is all against the strand stength, where a flemish has alot of intial stretch do to the twisting, manufacturing process.

Have fun with it, been making more "continuous" strand strings lately myself!    

Steve

[David Holt]

Is there any benefit to using either one?

[Dublin Joe]

From what I can tell, the Flemish strings are more adjustable.  You can raise or lower the brace height an inch or more with some twisting.  If you use a timber hitch on one end you have even more wiggle room.

[Don Armstrong]

Thanks guys, I haven't seen any difference between a flemish or endless string except the flemish looks cool. If you use a timber hitch as stated above, you will have more adjustablity but as far as I know, there is no difference in performance. You can twist an endless string as much as a flemish to adjust brace height.  I am able to stretch my flemish as much as I want. I have stretched a Dacron string over an inch with my stretcher.  Don

[Pennsyltuckey pete]

When I was an active target shooter the only string that crossed my path was endless.  I never saw a competitive shooter shoot a flemish string.  It is easier to make endless strings identical.  We used to count the number of wraps on each serving for crying out loud! Yes we were messed up in the head!

With this being said,  I now shoot flemish strings.  Does It make a difference?  Not at 45 yards shooting bare bow.  90M with sights and stabilizers? ( only If I have to change the string in the middle of a scoring end.  Which I have had to do)

Shoot whatever you like.

pete