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Title: Can you twist up an endless loop string?
Post by: Burnsie on March 25, 2014, 09:27:00 PM
I found several endless loop strings I had stashed in my gear box. I measured them and found one of them would be a close fit for my bow. I strung it up and found the brace height to be about 1/4 to 3/8" to low.  Can I twist up the string like a flemish twist string to shorten up the string.
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Post by: Hermon on March 25, 2014, 09:31:00 PM
Yes
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Post by: slim_grim on March 25, 2014, 10:28:00 PM
It seems to me that a little twist would quiet it down a bit too.    :dunno:
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Post by: Ssamac on March 25, 2014, 10:55:00 PM
I do it all the time. Yes
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Post by: LBR on March 25, 2014, 11:37:00 PM
You not only can twist an endless, you should.  A little twist will keep the string from "parachuting", which will help make it quieter.  Wheel bow strings are endless--they always have twists.
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Post by: ed cowden on March 25, 2014, 11:48:00 PM
Mike Fedora said to twist them a few times to keep them round
Title: Re: Can you twist up an endless loop string?
Post by: halfseminole on March 26, 2014, 03:45:00 PM
I was told not to twist mine up, but to use the knotted in loops to adjust.  For the record, this is with composite shooting.  We served every few inches with a few wraps to keep our strings from parachuting.  I'm betting knotted loops aren't present on your strings.  I know if I did it to mine it would suffer in accuracy (found that out by trial and error.)

I have a feeling that our endless strings share only a name, though.
Title: Re: Can you twist up an endless loop string?
Post by: Hermon on March 26, 2014, 04:14:00 PM
halfseminole- can you post pictures of these "knotted loops"?  Or better yet, the entire bow and string.  I am not familiar with what you are talking about.  Thanks
Title: Re: Can you twist up an endless loop string?
Post by: halfseminole on March 26, 2014, 09:42:00 PM
http://heartwoodbowsonline.com/wordpress/?p=489

There you go. I shoot a Scythian type bow (made of PVC lol) and it wears a string like the one in the link.
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Post by: boznarras on March 26, 2014, 10:01:00 PM
That was interesting about the knotted loops, and I see where the Turkish war bows had deaw weights up to 160 pounds!!

Cant imagine how my shoulders would feel if I tried to draw that bow! Oof!
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Post by: Hermon on March 27, 2014, 07:55:00 AM
Thanks.  That is interesting.
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Post by: halfseminole on March 28, 2014, 04:20:00 PM
I pull about 60 now, and I'm working my way up.  Wheelchair works your arm perfectly for a bow.  After I hit 75 I'll probably reward myself with a true composite.