Adding padded loops

[ranger 3]

Does anyone know of a video about adding padded loops to a Flemish string?

[Lowrider]

Go to Sponsor links and click on Check Mate bows. It will carry you to recurve.com. Chad has a video on there called Doing the Twist. He explains it very well in this video.

[Keefer]

Not sure if I'm doing it correctly or not but I just cut some b-50 strands at different lengths so they taper into my loops...I then wax real good and just twist them into the loops as I make my loops...Never had one come undone yet...No one ever showed me I just tried it and liked the results...I start with 12" PC. then 11' then 10" or 14",12"10"....It works for me and I have even added a few strands to my string lays the full length as accents and to help padd the string....Keefer's <><

[ranger 3]

Thanks guys but the link recurve.com doesn't work

[Rob DiStefano]

it's tedious to add loop serving to flemish bowstrings.  truthfully, if the loops are well padded, no added serving is required or needed.

[ranger 3]

Thanks Rob, I watched your video on endless loops but I want to pad the loops on a Flemish string not the serving.

[LBR]

My site is  www.recurves.com  (with an "s" at the end).

Padding the loops is pretty simple--I use my string board to cut the padding now, which makes it even quicker and easier to do.  Takes less than a minute per loop.  Done properly, it not only adds cushion to the string grooves but can help quieten a string, especially on recurves.

We show padded loops in "Doin' the Twist", and we show padded loops plus using your string board to cut them in a new video "How To Build A Great Bowstring".  It should be on the market no later than November 1st--I'll have it, and 3 Rivers will carry it.  I'll announce it here when it's ready for delivery.

I can't imagine serving the loops on a flemish string--that would take some time.

If you need help, just holler.

Chad

[ranger 3]

Does anyone know how many strings you can get out of two different colors 1/4 spools say at 60" 10 strand?

[Lee Robinson .]

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[30coupe]

Originally posted by ranger 3:
Does anyone know how many strings you can get out of two different colors 1/4 spools say at 60" 10 strand?

It will kind of depend on the string material, but no matter what, it is a bunch! You'll get fewer with B50 than with D97 or some other no-stretch string. One of the string makers (commercial) should be able to chime in and tell you. I make my own but have never kept track. I just know the B50 spools get small faster, partly due to strand diameter and partly due to having to use more strands per string.

[LBR]

Does anyone know how many strings you can get out of two different colors 1/4 spools say at 60" 10 strand?  

If you are using Dynaflight '97, a 1/4# spool has approximately 1,675' on it.  For a 60" string, you'll need your strands cut approximately 76" long (flemish.  If I did the math correctly, you'll get about 51 ten strand strings from two 1/4# spools, not counting the loop padding.

Chad

[ranger 3]

Thanks Chad that is great info and thanks to Lee for the great video.