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Title: how many strings from a spool?
Post by: nightowl1 on October 05, 2009, 05:02:00 PM

how many strings can you get out of a 1/4 spool. I want to start making my own strings and was just curious

Title: Re: how many strings from a spool?
Post by: ishiwannabe on October 05, 2009, 05:27:00 PM

Im learning now, I made two using two different spools(colors) and you can hardly tell they were touched.

Title: Re: how many strings from a spool?
Post by: Elkhntr on October 05, 2009, 09:47:00 PM

I forgot which material I made a count on, but from two 1/4 # spools I got 30-32.

It will depend on how many strands per string, string length and strand thickness . . .

Michael

Title: Re: how many strings from a spool?
Post by: rraming on October 05, 2009, 11:25:00 PM

remember the old Lolipop commercial with the owl - how many licks - "the world may never know"

Title: Re: how many strings from a spool?
Post by: SHOOTO8S on October 05, 2009, 11:53:00 PM

D97 has 1675' per 1/4# spool

For example on average 75" per strand for a 62" recurve x 14 strands = 87.5 ' per string = a shade over 19 strings per 1/4# spool

BCY list the average footage per lb on their website....yeah I'm bored...lol

Title: Re: how many strings from a spool?
Post by: nightowl1 on October 06, 2009, 12:18:00 PM

haha thanks guys... i think this is next on my list to learn how to do..