Endless Loop Question: Pad the loops or Dbl. Serve

[BlueBarred]

I am trying to learn to make  endless loop strings for some older target bows I have. I'm wanting to have generously padded loops so as not to stress out the limb tips/nocks. I had one disaster with a flemish 10 strand padded loop B500 string (40#@28). The top loop cut right through the nock and split the limb down about 5"
I figured endless loop strings with their served loops might be a bit kinder on these older bows. To get a nice fat loop on a 12 strand B500 string, I have been trying to double serve with BCY 3D, but it is hard to get a nice taper where the loop comes together (It's the second loop that's killing me...). I'm sure it can be figured out with practice, but I began to wonder if it wouldn't be easier and just as effective to just pad the loops with, say, 4 strands of B500 and then single serve. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks
Dave

[JRY309]

What I did on padding the loop end on an endless D97 12 strand,I added 4 extra strands of D97 before I served up the loop ends.I wanted to use the same material as the string for an endless.But I guess you could double serve it too.I not sure which would be better,that was my only padded loop endless,I haven't done it on dacron yet.I bought a endless padded loop 8125 for a DAS I had a year ago,then I started to make my own.I'm not sure how that custom string maker did that one.The D97 endless I made is still holding up.This is how I did the D97,I haven't made that many endless loop strings,wish I could have been more help.I used the 3D serving on D97 and use nylon serving for my endless dacron.

[Gordon martiniuk]

What works for me is first serve with 3d then serve overthat with halo .030 makes a very nice endless string

[Intuit]

When I'm making mine, while the posts are perpendicular to the string for serving, I wind 4 or more strands around the posts, serve the loop, cut the padding string and continue serving. I serve right on down the loose ends( which are uneven in length) and the result is a tapered padded loop.

[BlueBarred]

Thanks for the replies. I tried padding the loops as you both suggested and it seems to work well. The only thing I don't like with this method is that when you serve the loop shut, there is a much thicker bundle of string there so the wrap is pretty fat until it tapers out. Maybe I'm not building iy right. The double served loops came together in a much more streamlined way. More practice I guess. Thanks again.

[Intuit]

If you read the "skinny string" post, all 40 + pages, it is mentioned that the taper you are refering to also helps quiet the harmonics of the string. If you cut the padding so there are 2-4 different lenghts it tapers down quite smoothly.