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Strings

_Dario said:
Hope I’m not derailing but I have been looking into this this week. Why do you prefer endless over flemish exactly?
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Personally I like the ease of a endless and just as strong as a Flemish if made properly. More speed maybe by 1 or 2 fps and extremely stable and less stretch vs a Flemish and just as quiet if bow is properly tuned plus I enjoy making them up trying all kinds of color combos I have made them up to 6 different colors and they lay down in individual bundles and look cool and while you can do it with Flemish it’s not as easy to have individual bundles plus it’s a choice you can have on any bow if you choose. Lengths can be made to exact string length without the twisted candy can look in some Flemish I’ve seen. When I make Flemish I like my bundles to have no more than 1” twist per bundles and in my Endless I like 1.5” twist per bundle. Now I’m not saying all Flemish string makers make candy cane type strings because they make them for customers they pay proper attention to lengths and back twist and have very minimal stretching. Back in the day before guys now days who use a proper stretching jig would hang a 100# weight or leave a bow with string on over night before sending out to a customers. Well let’s say……….
Custom string builders now days got this down to a science and quality shows so my hats off to them. There are many many great string builders today do your research and enjoy
 
Razorbak66 said:
Personally I like the ease of a endless and just as strong as a Flemish if made properly. More speed maybe by 1 or 2 fps and extremely stable and less stretch vs a Flemish and just as quiet if bow is properly tuned plus I enjoy making them up trying all kinds of color combos I have made them up to 6 different colors and they lay down in individual bundles and look cool and while you can do it with Flemish it’s not as easy to have individual bundles plus it’s a choice you can have on any bow if you choose. Lengths can be made to exact string length without the twisted candy can look in some Flemish I’ve seen. When I make Flemish I like my bundles to have no more than 1” twist per bundles and in my Endless I like 1.5” twist per bundle. Now I’m not saying all Flemish string makers make candy cane type strings because they make them for customers they pay proper attention to lengths and back twist and have very minimal stretching. Back in the day before guys now days who use a proper stretching jig would hang a 100# weight or leave a bow with string on over night before sending out to a customers. Well let’s say……….
Custom string builders now days got this down to a science and quality shows so my hats off to them. There are many many great string builders today do your research and enjoy
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I have been tying Flemish with B55 and d-97 for the past several months and got pretty decent with it. I will look into endless just to try it out and see if I like it.
 
For the price of a couple strings you can get or make a jig, get some material, get a serving jig and serving material, watch a YouTube video, and make your own Flemish strings. It requires no “special skills” other than measuring and counting. You can get everything you need at 3Rivers or Amazon. Making strings is the first thing a newb should learn to do. I did when I first started. I have never paid for a string.
 
Heydeerman said:
For the price of a couple strings you can get or make a jig, get some material, get a serving jig and serving material, watch a YouTube video, and make your own Flemish strings. It requires no “special skills” other than measuring and counting. You can get everything you need at 3Rivers or Amazon. Making strings is the first thing a newb should learn to do. I did when I first started. I have never paid for a string.
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I make strings for myself and friends. I’ve even sold a dozen or so. But in all reality, I encourage everybody to learn to do it themselves. A 2x4 board with a couple of nails is a simple enough “jig” to make flemish twist strings. Automan94 over at Archery Talk has free plans to build your own endless loop jig. Watch some videos or reach out to me if you have questions.
 
JSEXTON23 said:
I make strings for myself and friends. I’ve even sold a dozen or so. But in all reality, I encourage everybody to learn to do it themselves. A 2x4 board with a couple of nails is a simple enough “jig” to make flemish twist strings. Automan94 over at Archery Talk has free plans to build your own endless loop jig. Watch some videos or reach out to me if you have questions.
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The jig I have been using for years is a 2x4 with a bunch of finish nails. I have written formulas all over it for strings for different bows I’ve had over the years. I made a jig for the guy who showed me how out of a rough cut piece of Osage and brass pins. It is a show piece, wish I had a pic.
 
Heydeerman said:
The jig I have been using for years is a 2x4 with a bunch of finish nails. I have written formulas all over it for strings for different bows I’ve had over the years. I made a jig for the guy who showed me how out of a rough cut piece of Osage and brass pins. It is a show piece, wish I had a pic.
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I just use one nail at each end of the board. They’re wrapped in tape to protect from metal burrs cutting the string material. I then manually taper the ends with a razor blade or as I’m building the string. Super simple.
 
Good design will have to adjust to your starting lengths as everyone twist tighter or looser. I would pick a bow length and get some cheap Dacron and make a string then figure if you got to start at let’s say 8” or 9.5”
 
JSEXTON23 said:
I make strings for myself and friends. I’ve even sold a dozen or so. But in all reality, I encourage everybody to learn to do it themselves. A 2x4 board with a couple of nails is a simple enough “jig” to make flemish twist strings. Automan94 over at Archery Talk has free plans to build your own endless loop jig. Watch some videos or reach out to me if you have questions.
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I used to make strings for a couple bowyers. Most of the time got paid with a bow or two. Making them for money became very tedious. I showed a couple of the guys I made strings for how to do it now they make their own. A couple sell em. I don’t enjoy making them like I used to. I do everything I can to not have to make one. I can’t believe what some guys are charging to make a string. It’s almost robbery.
 
I never took the time or effort to learn to build endless loop strings. I wish I did. There might be some advantages in them over Flemish using no stretch materials. I’d probably pay for a good endless loop string since I don’t know how to make em.
 
@MattMan81 have you made your board yet? Thanks for the link, I want to make a board soon.

Would any of y’all that make strings share a picture of your board? I know they’re essentially the same thing, but I think it would be cool to see everyone’s diy touch.
 
gcr0003 said:
@MattMan81 have you made your board yet? Thanks for the link, I want to make a board soon.

Would any of y’all that make strings share a picture of your board? I know they’re essentially the same thing, but I think it would be cool to see everyone’s diy touch.
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No. Haven't got there yet. To much stuff going on. Did @movehuntir make one? He sent me the link.
 
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