Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Peter133 on January 05, 2012, 04:42:11 pm
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I am working on a bow right now and need a temporary string. I cant get any Dacron or other legit string materials at the moment. Is there something that they sell at Homedepot or I might have lying around that I can use to test fire. It doesnt have to last long, I just dont feel like waiting till I get a real string
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PM me your shipping. I will send either some B50 or a single loop string if you want.
Most of that stuff at HD and the like will stretch or snap. Not worth rushing.
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Bevan is right. I tried using some stuff from Lowes for tillering and it stretched like crazy when I tried to string the bow. If you need it right now and can't wait for a string to arrive by mail, you might try some braided spider wire fishing string. I haven't used it, but I heard it will work as string material. You will still have to make a string out of it.
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Bevan: I was going to order some but Im moving back to school in like 4 days so it wouldnt get here in time and I dont have a place to shoot in Chicago I wanted to have it finished before I left, hence the time crunch. Thanks for the offer though
Outlaw: I heard that too, I was thinking about doing a flemish twist with dacron fishingline
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I was thinking about doing a flemish twist with dacron fishingline
Not much into fishing but PLEASE do not use mono line. The braided spider wire mentioned is actually Kevlar (that is what a guy at Cabala's told me anyway). If you use that, you will need to 'pad' both the loops for the bow and the arrow nock area. It is so fine, it can cut the ends off unprotected bows.
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Ha, I've used 200 - 500 pound strength paracord for a temporary string, but not on anything over 50 pounds.
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Spiderwire is actually not kevlar. It's spectra/dyneema which is the same as fastflite.
It doesn't really seem prone to cutting nocks because it is braided. It wouldn't do much good to have fishing lines slicing the ferrules of a rod.
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I really like linen. The stuff I got, I only use 6 strands for bows up to 70#'s, for lower poundage I use 4. Haven't had a string break yet. Stringing a bow is so easy cuz theres no stretch. And you don't have to worry about cutting threw nocks like with fastflight. The only thing that has ever stretched less than linen for me was a string of pure straight nettle fiber. It sounded like a guitar string on my bow when plucked too, even though it was pretty thick. It was pretty cool. The hideglue I used to make it cracked all to heck though, ended up being pretty crappy glue. Ok, ill stop rambling in your topic Peter,... :laugh:
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I switched to 8 strand D10 strings quite a while back. So far not a single tip has been sawed off any of my bows that wasnt done by a saw.
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para chord will do in a pinch, makes goods tillering string too, Bub
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para chord will do in a pinch, makes goods tillering string too, Bub
I always use it for tillering strings. Also, for stringers.
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If you have some industies or other buisnesses that recieves goods on pallets in your area it might be a idea to look at the bands that is used to secure it.
Sometimes they use a flat syntetic made up of 15 strands that is easily separated and just slightly thicker than B50.
It is a little more elastic,but good enough for tillering and practice stringmaking.
And best of all its free ;D
/Mikael
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I use spectra for my strings,I've found that wrapping the loops helps to keep the string tidy and prolong its life too.