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Title: String question
Post by: Krasus on February 02, 2017, 01:12:00 AM

So I tillered my one bow to a 7 inch brace using a string I always use for tillering. The bow in question is 64" nock to nock measured along the belly. It's a R/D bow so I dropped 3 inches and made my new string to 61". Same as the tillering string. But now the brace hight is way to high. I'm using dacron b 50.  Does it just need to stretch out or should I be making my strings longer?

Title: Re: String question
Post by: Roy from Pa on February 02, 2017, 05:35:00 AM

B50 will stretch quite a bit. Put about 20 shots through the bow and it will stretch out. The new string should be around 61 after you twist it up after making it.

Title: Re: String question
Post by: T Folts on February 02, 2017, 07:43:00 AM

Put tension on each string and measure the string I bet they are twisted to different lengths.

Title: Re: String question
Post by: die_dunkelheit on February 02, 2017, 04:50:00 PM

A twisted string will also stretch more than a string that is not twisted. There's more material in a twisted string to stretch and the twists themselves will tighten when loaded providing even more stretch.