Thank you. I am hgad you enjoyed the video and hope your strings turn out well.

Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

You're welcome. And thank you for the nice comment.

Thank you for your comment. It's always good to know that my work is appreciated.

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I'm glad you like it. It took a lot of thinking to get everything in a coherent manner.

THank you. I'm glad it's helpful.

My jig is the BCY Yellowstone jig. It is nice and solid and very rigid, so I like it very much. I have seen other nice brands but I don't know the brands, or if they're still available. I use this one, with our team, to make 100 - 150 strings per year and it has not failed me in 5 years, so I am pleased with it. It's available on Lancaster Archery, but they're not cheap (about $500)

I do, on my own strings, but I didn't mention this in the video because it isn't critical and I had concern that I would not be able to emphasize the importance of not overheating the material.

I have, over the years, tried almost every method, and your suggestion is a good one. But, there are pros and cons to your suggestion so I thought, for this beginning video, I would keep it simple. Adding the comments about staggering the ends would have taken another minute or even two, if I wanted to explain, and the video was already quite long. However, let me offer the other sides on this issue. While it does, as you suggest, make it a more 'feathered' finish on the string side, the loop side is the same. Also, the overlap area is a little longer. Two ideas I have also used that work very well are: 1- Bring the loop serving ends even, and then beginning the combined string serving flush to those ends and having no overlap. Over time, a little gap forms between the loop serving and the string serving, leaving the string exposed, but it never wears on the string since it is stepped away from the limb by the thickness of the serving thread. 2- Here's a cool idea that works very well. Do as you suggest, and leave the loop ends uneven. Then, begin the combined string serving over the longer end of the loop but flush with the shorter end. THis works very well. As you can see, once I opened that door, the topic just kept expanding, so I decided to keep it straight down the middle and not confuse the topic and make the video too long. Thank you for your suggestion, and it has me thinking about another video, specifically on the end servings, showing all these ideas... but maybe that's better left for people to figure out as they gain experience.

Thanks for the reply. I've got a lot to learn and I'll definitely try some different approaches and like your ideas.

also, is there any need to pre stretch a recurve string? i stretch and then server after it gets stable(350#)

i did follow this method and made some 25/short strings, they came out great, the end serving/ back serve 4 method is great.

That depends on if you're making a string for a left hand bow or a right hand. You want the turns to strenghten when releasing the arrow. So clockwise for a right handed and counter clockwise for left handed bows.

The serving material is not the same material as the main string. I experimented several times putting Dynaflight 97 onto the serving spools, and wasn't pleased with the result: the material is too thin, and doesn't wear well.

No, RH and LH strings are the same.

A lot of different opinions. I personally prefer Dynaflight 97 . It's very common and popular. Typically 16 strands. Another popular string is 8125, but since that is a slightly narrower diameter, people often use 18 -20 strands.

If you are using a high end string material like Dyna 97 or equivalent, the stretch will be minimal. Dacron, which I don't use, will stretch. However, even without stretching, after adding a few twists, there will be a little 'settling in'. But this is nothing that an extra twist or two can't take care of. The only pre-stretch I do is to put the string on the bow and pull it back a few times to set it in. Then I adjust the twists as part of the tuning process with the arrows.

ArcheryWinchester Thx alot ☺

When I make a video, I have about 10 independent recorders placed everywhere, including under the jig, taped to my back, and just off screen in every direction. When putting the video together, I use the best audio track and. That covers about 60% of the 'on screen' talking. If I am narrating or talking off screen, I record while filming, but re-record in an acoustic room. Finally, for some of the parts where you see me talking, I don't get an acceptable audio from any of my devices. In these cases, I sit in an acoustic room andwatch the video, while listening with a headset, and record a track to dub into the video soundtrack. In short, it's a lot of work, but it is important, On some of my earliest videos I didn't do this and the audio isn't that good. On this video I spent a ot of time on the sound because I felt it was very important to the teaching process.

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Yes, you are correct. You are, no doubt, referring to the note on the bottom of the screen at 1:10. What I was trying to say was that most popular string materials are either pure or some blend of these materials. I said it rather poorly, and when I noticed that sloppy error in my wording, I added an annotation to the video through the youtube tools. Unfortunately, they have done away with those annotations and it is no longer there, and it cannot be re-added. At this point I am left with two choices - Redo the entire video, or leave the error. Since the error is only on the video for 7 seconds and it doesn't affect any of the practical instruction, I have decided to leave it. I think I will add a note in my description to point this error out.

Thank you for your comment. I'm glad my video helped you.