Proper string contact wit STS

Skammer · Post by **Skammer** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:52 pm

What is the proper amount of contact the string should have with the STS, if any?

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:19 pm

I've found the least amount of wear when the string barely or almost touches the bumpers.

Skammer · Post by **Skammer** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:44 pm

Thanks Boo. That's about where I have it now.
How are you caught up on the string making? I was just out shooting & the serving on the string that I got with the Equinox separated just about where the trigger mechanism contacts the string. Also, what's the best serving material?

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:59 pm

You're welcome!
I have about 40 people with up to 2 strings per order ahead of me.
I use .030" Halo but I suggest you use .026" Angel Majesty. Use a Cavalier Pro or a Spigarelli serving too. I trust you saw my no weld jig for serving? Have you seen how I cut down the rods on the STS? I did that because every time one of my bows were dry-fired the bumpers were toast.

Skammer · Post by **Skammer** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:02 pm

Boo wrote:You're welcome!
I have about 40 people with up to 2 strings per order ahead of me.
I use .030" Halo but I suggest you use .026" Angel Majesty. Use a Cavalier Pro or a Spigarelli serving too. I trust you saw my no weld jig for serving?

Thanks again Boo. I did see your jig, nice.
I haven't served any bow strings for a while but I'm going to have to get back into it.

Skammer · Post by **Skammer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:04 pm

Boo...........I was inspired by your jig so I hooked up a make-shift jig myself today. I only have the one string right now so I had to do something to get back to shooting. The jig is crude but it works. I re-served the string & am now back to shooting.

http://skam232.smugmug.com/photos/483758570_g2meb-M.jpg

x-bowhunr · Post by **x-bowhunr** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:49 pm

Where your STS bumbers contact the string, I'd suggest extending your serving to protect your strands to just past the outer edge of the bumpers. Some of you can do your own serving using what Boo suggested above. But for those who would rather have a local pro shop do it for you, it only cost me $5 and a 10 min. wait yesterday.

Skarek · Post by **Skarek** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:18 pm

bstout wrote:Those hand crank winches have a thousand and one uses.

They are also quite handy when you try to get your string on your 640 pound medieval steel bow...

The string is a prototype and not fully ready in those pictures. It should be about 2/3 the thicknes...

Skammer · Post by **Skammer** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:42 am

x-bowhunr wrote:Where your STS bumbers contact the string, I'd suggest extending your serving to protect your strands to just past the outer edge of the bumpers. Some of you can do your own serving using what Boo suggested above. But for those who would rather have a local pro shop do it for you, it only cost me $5 and a 10 min. wait yesterday.

I did serve the string out past the bumpers.

Skammer · Post by **Skammer** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:43 am

Skarek wrote:
bstout wrote:Those hand crank winches have a thousand and one uses.
They are also quite handy when you try to get your string on your 640 pound medieval steel bow...

The string is a prototype and not fully ready in those pictures. It should be about 2/3 the thicknes...

WOW! I was wondering where the leafspring from the rear of my truck went!

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:20 am

bstout wrote: It really pays to have a handful of these hand crank winches around as we get older. In a pinch they can get a person out of a predicament in a hurry.

It pays even the young to quickly learn the advantages (and safety) offered by ramps, levers, pulleys, hoists, wheels, sleds, wedges and winches!

Learn your lessons well, and you won't be old so soon!

Skarek · Post by **Skarek** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:41 am

Skammer wrote:WOW! I was wondering where the leafspring from the rear of my truck went!

I have heard stories of people trying train leafsprings

Don't make crossbow bows from leafsprings!! It's a risk in it. The fear for steel bows in medieval crossbow replicas comes from people using old leafsprings that are worn out that one day explodes. Not fun when a piece of metal nock with 640 pounds energy decides to follow the string into your head...

michiganman · Post by **michiganman** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:15 pm

normal setting for a compound bow is just barly touching to a credit card space.Im hopping to pick up one for my exocet.

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