Do you Chad recommended,I've been making my own strings for my bows for around 20 years now.I bought a string jig from Kustom King and there was no markings on it.I think it said the first peg was for a 52" bow.But every one seems to be alittle different on where they start the twist.I have heard some start at 7" for a longbow,some at 8",some at 9" and even up up to 10".It will probably take you a couple of strings before you get it nailed down on length.Back when I first started to make my own strings,my buddy and I just used some dining room chairs.We spread them apart at a measured distance and just ran the string around the top post,cut in half and staggered them and then started to make strings.I started without a jig,then bought a jig later on for the ease of measuring string length and to stagger the ends.