straight arrow, if you'll read the quote you posted from me, you'll see i never used the word string. i used the word 'cable' for a reason, because that's what i was talking about - cables, not strings. in bg's case he wants to shorten the serving on the cable to just enough to get over the cam. this, as you know, puts the backwhip knot right at, or just after, the hard roll over pt on the cam. making it this short on the cable, the rollover pt on the cam is going to push the backwhip out of the way. having a few more inches served on the cable won't slow the bow down, and will provide resistance to the serving getting pushed.

also, i'll agree that glue on the serving/string to hold things in place may work for a couple weeks, but it doesn't work longer than that. also, to use brownell's cam lock you have to wipe all the wax off the string before serving and apply the glue. this is a terrible idea and designed for people who don't know how to build strings, and to get string makers past a 30 day warranty. i fart in the general direction of anyone who puts glue on their serving.