ORIGINAL: awshucks
Decidied to start reserving my own strings, so needed something to stretch the strings. Built this jewel in about 1/2 hr. lol. Now my problem is two fold. I don't know how tight to stretch them, or how much tension to put on the serving spool. My first attempt [buddies string, lol] when I got to the end where you serve over a loop to pull bitter end back thru, I had the serving so tight I broke the loop pulling, now I have no idea where the end actually is, lol. Here ya go:
Awshucks theres a better way, when you get to the end you pull off about 8 inches of serving, go out on the string about 6 inches and wind
about 10 loose loops the opposite way you wound serving, now hold the serving on the spool next to the serving and start wrapping both, as you do this you will unwind the loops you put on when they are all gone you pull on the spool.This method lets you wrap the end tighter and you are only pulling one end thru. Put a string on your jig and practice untill you get it right hope this helps.
If its on a excalibur i twist the string a few rounds more than it needs
that makes it smaller and when you take them out it tightens the serving.
I wind the serving as tight as I can.
Martinfaw