building flemish twist strings

[Roy from Pa]

I just sent her a one way plane ticket to Pittsburgh. Give her the yew boards too, Wayno... LMAO

[fujimo]

i showed her yer pic- now shes in the corner in the fetal position, mumbling and a - twitchin      

[fujimo]

thanks Cody- ya da man!

[Roy from Pa]

Haint no doubt in my mind. LOL

[Krasus]

Lol anytime.
I finally finished the bow we started in Aug. I should have pics on Monday.  

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by fujimo:
you mean after the first loop is built?
then its the main body of the string that you are twisting up, in preparation for the bottom loop- is that correct how i understand you mate. if it is, then i did the same thing. coincidentally also giving 20 twists.
how much "tail"do you twist into the string, after making the loop

I start my loop with 7-1/2", when the whole 7-1/2" is twisted in I go 20 more, then wax
When I make a FF string I have to guess and it might be 8-1/2"

When I made my jig I had to fine tune the jig

[Mad Max]

Hey
Am I the only one with 20 strings hanging on the wall that fit nothing ?

[fujimo]

i am getting that way fast!!  

[takefive]

Mark-I think I have 8 or 10 that are too long or too short, but I'll be up to 20 after a couple more bows.
I'm thinking about making the string first and adjusting the length of the bow to it next time.  

[Roy from Pa]

Only 20? Heck you're a rookie then. Got to be 30 in my shop.

[wood carver 2]

Originally posted by Mark Daniel:
Hey
Am I the only one with 20 strings hanging on the wall that fit nothing ?

I don't have that many yet, but I'm working on it!      
Dave.

[Buemaker]

My string jig is one wood arrow shaft in the bench vice and one nail in the bench. After having made the first loop I put the loop over the shaft in the vice and place a small spring clamp where the twist stops to keep it from unraveling. Then a nail in the bench for the second loop to go around, but before I start the second loop I lay in counter twists in each of the the two skeins. If I don't  the whole string will be a mess of twists. This is done so when the second loop is finished there is none or very few twists in the bowstring. How many counter twists to be used depend on the way YOU do it. In my case about 30. Bue--.

[Mad Max]

I counter twist too

[Roy from Pa]

Me too, usually 24 counter twists.

[Carpdaddy]

So who is going to setup a string swap? You may have the length somebody else needs and they may have the one you need. I just store them in bags with length marked because they may fit my next bow.