RE: serving moving
captn, something I' ve done for years on my bows as well as ones I' ve set up for friends and customers is I " glue the ends of the serving on" . First I glue the serving ends on for extra strength. Then take a small amount of unwaxed dental floss (or the synthetic Zebra material works as well) and put an end THRU the string then snug it up against the end of the glued serving. Then wrap half of it around the string and half around the serving, finishing up with appx half a dozen " X patterns" across the entire flossed section to tie it all together once glued. Then tie it off and coat it also with PlioBond. The end result should roughly be the size of one or two nocks, nothing big. Do that on each end and you souldnt have any problems. Oh yea, this is to be done on a serving that has never slipped or moved. Get your string reserved then do the " protection" method above. I likewise shoreup string loops and peeps with the same technique.
We even use the above technique to make nocks with, I havent had a metal nock on my string in years. They are tough on a serving themselves!
Gig em!
RA