BCY 450+ and padding???

[Oliverstacy]

I built my first 450+ string last night (8 strand padded to 16 w/ D-97) and one of the first things I noticed about the material is it’s a large diameter thread (I had read that in the past but wow).  I hit the desired length on the head but the loops look too thick/round for what I was going for.  Maybe it’s my imagination since I’ve been building a lot of 8 and 10 strand 8125 and D-97’s lately and they’re small diameter strings when finished…loops and main body.

Since it was a 8 strand string I padded it to 16 with D-97 but think I should only pad to 12 or 14 going forward…the fade areas were also thicker than I expected them to be.  The main body of the string was a nice diameter and I don’t think I’ll have to double serve, the BCY .025 Braided 62XS worked well and my x-nocks fit nicely.  I’m expecting .024 diameter halo will work great also with 8 strands…6 strand strings might be a different story.

So what are people padding the 450+ string to and with?  I like using D-97 as I have a lot of material and color options to work with.

Thanks,

Josh

[George D. Stout]

Josh,  I had a friend make me several that are 6 strand, with 12 strand loops.  They fit perfectly on my bows and shoot great.  I have one on my 64", 55# longbow right now...same configuration.

[JRY309]

On my 8 strand 450+ I like to pad with 4 strands of B50 per bundle,I like to serve it with BCY .025 braided.It gives me the nock fit I like,for X-nocks and Easton 3D Super nocks.I sometimes pad with the same material,but like to use B50 to pad with.Been using B50 to pad FF type strings for years.I make my 8 strand 450+ for bows 65# and heavier.A 6 strand 450+ I serve first with BCY 1D .017 and then double serve with BCY .021 braided just long enough for my fingers and nock.This combo gives me a great nock fit too.

[CJC]

I pad to 12 or 14 with 450 itself.  i dont like to mix different materials for padding.  i feel like the loops stay more consistent when using the same material. many will tell you that is "splitting hairs", so be it.

[frank bullitt]

B50..450...yeah, I'm still trying to do the math!  :confused:

[JRY309]

I seen Rob pad the loops on a D97 endless loop with dacron on a video he did.It's just padding,sometimes I'll use the same material to pad the loops but use B50 dacron most of the time for padding the loop ends.Maybe it is because I have alot of B50 dacron,I only have two older recurves that I use dacron on.All my other bows I use D97,450+ or 8125.