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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Centex on July 19, 2013, 12:44:00 PM
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I shoot 3 under with a 29" draw, and am experiencing separations on my serving underneath the bottom part of my ring finger. Is this an indication of bad form? Happens with glove and tab. 60" and 62" R/D longbows. B50 and D10. High anchor and low anchor. I use a deep hook and my elbow is inline with bow hand.
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How old is the string?
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Strings are new.
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That is usually an indication of a loose or incorrect serving.
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Strings were built by two different experienced string makers. With the 62" longbow I bought string directly from bowyer. The 60" string made by previous bow owner who I shoot with regularly. His old strings do not wear like the new one. His servings are still tight and strong.
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And I thought I only had that problem. Same exact thing happens to me. I make my own strings and at first I thought I served in the wrong direction, but changing that did not make it any better. The odd thing to me is that it doesn't happen when I shoot split finger.
I really haven't come up with a good reason for it, but did notice that it happened quicker when I used more slippery stuff like Halo and found that regular No 4 Nylon serving held up the best.
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I build my own strings and I had the same thing happen when I used halo serving on d-97. I found out that I wasn't getting the begging of my serving tight enough, I was always worried about getting the end good and tight. So I started getting the begging of the serving a little tighter and I haven't had the proem since.
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Your serving is not tight enough. I shoot 3 under and never have any problems with loose servings. You have to set the server to be tighter. I want to feel strong tension when i'm serving a string.
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Tighter it is then. But I do get confused as to which direction I should serve the thread. I'm a righted shooter and normally hold the bow in my lap with the upper limb to my left and serve left to right. So do I start serving over the top or should I start serving under. Dang this confuses me!
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Steve, wrap your serving in the same direction as the string is twisted....simple :-)
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X2 on what Drewster said. I always twist my brace height more than normal before serving so it makes the string smaller and then untwist to normal brace and my servings don't come loose any more.
Denny