TFOX, I agree with you that prestretching is not the only answer. I just forget to finish things. Teh whole idea of prestretching the string is to even out the stress on each strand so they all do equal work. As for serving I agree that this is important. But the string should have the proper amount of twists in it prior to serving.

Sounds like you've made a few strings so you most likely know all this. I thank you for your input, though. Afterall, even after 32 years of shooting compound bows I'm still learning new stuff, almost on a daily basis. GEEEES, if I could only remember half of it tomorrow. LOL