String Makers - Cajun Serving Tool

[dakota tim]

I've been using the Cajun Serving Tool for some time now and it's my favorite by far!  What I really like is that it's real consistent with 2 tension adjustments.  Now with double serving skinny strings I need another one.  So I thought I'd check Amazon and sure enough it was there for $13.  Then I looked closer and it was also $13 shipping = $26 + !!!  Anyone know a good place to get one?

[Rob DiStefano]

just bought two (without serving thread) for $19.20 shipped.  pm me for more info ...

[LBR]

My favorite also.  I buy them 20-25 at a time to get a bargain.  If Rob's source doesn't work out, let me know.

A suggestion--they work even better if you replace the spool bolt with a longer one and add some fender washers for weight.

Chad

[dakota tim]

Thanks Rob PM sent.

Thanks Chad.  So you add washers to get a flywheel type effect? Or it makes it smoother with weight?

[Oliverstacy]

I might need to check one out...LBR, how do they compare to the Bear Paw?

Thanks,

Josh

[JRY309]

I have a few different servers and the Cajun is a favorite of mine.I like it better then my Bear Paw.

[dakota tim]

It's the Cadillac of serving tools!

[LBR]

I haven't used the Bear Paw, but I like it (the Cajun) better than any I've used.  Can't wear them out (I still have and use my first one that I got when I was learning to make strings), and I really like the dual tension system.  You can fine-tune the tension.  I have a different one for every different spool of serving I use...30 or 40-something, I think (haven't counted lately), plus plenty of spares.  My spares keep getting sold, so I have to order more every so often.

Tim, forgive my ignorance of the fly-wheel--if my life depended on my mechanical skills, I'd have been dead meat a long time ago.  I like the extra weight because I set the tension on mine pretty high for a nice, tight serving--the extra weight helps it spin around without me contantly pushing with my fingers.  It also helps when you "bounce" the string to serve.

Chad

[Rob DiStefano]

have the bear paw serving jig, don't like it at all.  i still prefer cavalier servers best for loading on halo serving.  my nylon loop server is an ancient plastic no-name thingy from the 60's that works best for just that one operation.  cajuns are cheap, work well, and i keep a bunch on hand loaded with different thread diameters and colors.

fwiw, on most of my jigs i add a bearing washer to really smooth out the drag ...

 

[dakota tim]

Originally posted by LBR:
Tim, forgive my ignorance of the fly-wheel--if my life depended on my mechanical skills, I'd have been dead meat a long time ago.  
Chad

Ha, me too!  I thought   YOU were the mechanical one!   I was trying to relate to you in your language.  Adding the washers is the kind of idea them there mechanical engineers have.  I'm going to try it.

[LBR]

Shoot, I didn't come up with the idea--lol.  It does work though.  Another way to add weight is with the self-adhesive wheel weights from automotive parts stores--Rod Jenkins told me about that one.

Chad

[foudarme]

Originally posted by LBR:
I haven't used the Bear Paw, but I like it (the Cajun) better than any I've used.  Can't wear them out (I still have and use my first one that I got when I was learning to make strings), and I really like the dual tension system.  You can fine-tune the tension.  I have a different one for every different spool of serving I use...30 or 40-something, I think (haven't counted lately), plus plenty of spares.  My spares keep getting sold, so I have to order more every so often.

Tim, forgive my ignorance of the fly-wheel--if my life depended on my mechanical skills, I'd have been dead meat a long time ago.  I like the extra weight because I set the tension on mine pretty high for a nice, tight serving--the extra weight helps it spin around without me contantly pushing with my fingers.  It also helps when you "bounce" the string to serve.

Chad

chad, how it performs compared to a beiter heavy profi? I have a dozen of them and havn't find nothing of best than them...but they are very expensive and I would like to find an alternative solution...thanks, jean

[LBR]

I've only researched the Beiter (due to the price), but was told the modified Cajun is just as good or better.  I can't see it working any better--durable, very adjustable, very easy to use, very affordable.  The longer bolt lets you add as much or as little extra weight as you want.  I can't see it getting any better.

Chad

[foudarme]

thanks.

[Dave Paradowski]

Where can one buy this Cajun Serving Tool? I would like to try one out myself.
Thanks............DaveP