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Title: Flemish string question
Post by: Flyboy718 on December 06, 2011, 09:55:00 PM
I have built quite a few and they do just fine...I built one for my 64" Quinn Stallion tonight and I think it came out long.  I used the poorfolkbows flemish string jig...it is labeled by AMO bow length not by the string length.  So, I have had to twist this one up pretty good to get it to an 8" brace...my question is how much can you safely twist up a flemish twist string?  Is there a point where you can twist too much and risk popping the string?
Title: Re: Flemish string question
Post by: Overspined on December 06, 2011, 10:09:00 PM
you can twist them quite a bit, you just have a bit more material than you need. if you are making your own, just shorten it a bit and make another  :)   it only costs pennies to do it yourself...mostly time....
Title: Re: Flemish string question
Post by: Flyboy718 on December 06, 2011, 10:11:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Overspined:
you can twist them quite a bit, you just have a bit more material than you need. if you are making your own, just shorten it a bit and make another   :)    it only costs pennies to do it yourself...mostly time....
Thanks...I will make another tomorrow, going to try and make this one work though.  I used a brown/blue 14 strand B-50 and I have 4 twists(2 of each color) in an inch, how does that sound?