Finished making my Flemish Splice Jig out of a 1X4. Finally got around to making my first flemish spliced string today! Turned out great!
Took a little work figuring out the direction of twists to keep it from unraveling on me when I put it under tension, and I got it figured out. Also made some homemade bow string wax, took some beeswax I use as a flux when I make my own fishing sinkers and jig heads and melted it down with some vegetable oil (got the idea from Volkmar Hübschmann in his book "Bow Accessories") and it turned out perfect!
Afterwards I twisting it to fit my laminated longbow (64" bow twisted it to 60" so it will stretch to about 61") and checked my brace I am at 7 1/2" perfect! served it up and put a knock point on it, and shot a few arrows from it. Got a little vibration in the string, but that can be remedied by adding a wool silencer like I did for my endless string. So now I have a back-up string for my longbow
I can either cut the riser deeper and level it out, maybe if it will hold glue a piece of wood into it and pray she'll hold, or cut off the riser and glue another one on. What do you guys think? Like I said i'll post more pictures tomorrow to give you a better idea of what i'm talking about.