Can you twist up an endless loop string?

[Burnsie]

I found several endless loop strings I had stashed in my gear box. I measured them and found one of them would be a close fit for my bow. I strung it up and found the brace height to be about 1/4 to 3/8" to low.  Can I twist up the string like a flemish twist string to shorten up the string.

[Hermon]

Yes

[slim_grim]

It seems to me that a little twist would quiet it down a bit too.    

[Ssamac]

I do it all the time. Yes

[LBR]

You not only can twist an endless, you should.  A little twist will keep the string from "parachuting", which will help make it quieter.  Wheel bow strings are endless--they always have twists.

[ed cowden]

Mike Fedora said to twist them a few times to keep them round

[halfseminole]

I was told not to twist mine up, but to use the knotted in loops to adjust.  For the record, this is with composite shooting.  We served every few inches with a few wraps to keep our strings from parachuting.  I'm betting knotted loops aren't present on your strings.  I know if I did it to mine it would suffer in accuracy (found that out by trial and error.)

I have a feeling that our endless strings share only a name, though.

[Hermon]

halfseminole- can you post pictures of these "knotted loops"?  Or better yet, the entire bow and string.  I am not familiar with what you are talking about.  Thanks

[halfseminole]

http://heartwoodbowsonline.com/wordpress/?p=489

There you go. I shoot a Scythian type bow (made of PVC lol) and it wears a string like the one in the link.

[boznarras]

That was interesting about the knotted loops, and I see where the Turkish war bows had deaw weights up to 160 pounds!!

Cant imagine how my shoulders would feel if I tried to draw that bow! Oof!

[Hermon]

Thanks.  That is interesting.

[halfseminole]

I pull about 60 now, and I'm working my way up.  Wheelchair works your arm perfectly for a bow.  After I hit 75 I'll probably reward myself with a true composite.