Building up Serving

[luvnlongbow]

I have done a search and could not find this information. Is there a tutorial or could someone post a how to on how to build up serving to fit the nock on the arrow? I have some dry fire issues with small strings and Murcury nocks.
 Thanks for any infomation.

Joe

[magnus]

Small piece of masking tape works for me. You can use dental floss as well. Others will chime in that know better ways.

Keeping the Faith!
Magnus

[**DONOTDELETE**]

art-sinew or dental floss

[BDann]

I tried some kevlar thread that I use for tying deer hair bass bugs.  It seemed to work pretty well.  I've also used masking tape, and it seemed to work equally as well.

[Raging Water]

Dental Floss, the flat kind works great.

Matt

[luvnlongbow]

Thank you all. But how do you do it? Do you just wrap and super glue or do you reserve a portion? Any particular method? Thank you.

Joe

[macapple]

Most Dental floss is just nylon so if  you build up multiple layers you can gently heat it with a match or cigarette lighter and it will melt to the string. I have used this method for nock points on a B 50 string, so this may be applicable in your case.

Jim

[Possum Head]

Every Ganger should floss regularly!Great stuff.

[lpcjon2]

I would do a double nock point. Take the arrow and put it in place,take a sharpie marker and mark above and below the nock. remove the arrow and serve( cut a piece of serving from the spool 10" long),do a half hitch with the middle of the serving and wrap three times clockwise with one tag end and three times counter clockwise with the other tag end.Then tie a square knot and then one on the other side of the string cut the tag ends 1/8" and burn with a lighter(when it almost gets to the knot wet fingers and mush the burning string to flatten) and wax with bow string wax.Do the same on the other mark,before you tie off the the other serving mark make sure you fit the nock to make sure it is snug. I sometimes leave a nock thats not on the arrow(loose/extra)on the string when I tie the second point.This is all I use and never have a problem with nocks falling off.Hope it helps you.

[Rob DiStefano]

imo, it's best to use larger diameter serving rather than build up the string fiber or existing serving.  if yer a split finger shooter, the nock to serving fit MUST be loose.  with 8 strands of dyneema for all my bowstrings, a ,019" halo center serving yields a nice loose fit for carbon and woodie arrow nocks.

if one must build up the string, my preferred method is to wrap the center serving nock area only with flat dental floss, lock down with water thin cya, serve over the string and floss, add a tie-on nocking point and coat the knotted point with thin cya.  quality, water thin cya is purchased from hobby shops (hot stuff, jett, whatever - they're all good).  use that cya to lock down serving ends, 'y' yokes for endless loops and flemish braids, and lotsa other archery tasks.

ymmv.

[BMejia]

Instead of putting something above the serving, it is best to put something under the serving.

I "pad" my serving with one or two lengths of bow string.

Simply remove your serving, lay one or two (you may need to experiment) pieces of bow string the length of where you are going to serve and then serve over top of it. It is much more durable than trying to attach something to the top of the serving!

[luvnlongbow]

Thanks all for your help. It is appreciated.

Joe