Is this serving wear normal for a new string? w/pics
12-07-2007, 09:54 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Middletown PA United States
Posts: 3,625
RE: Is this serving wear normal for a new string? w/pics
It doesn't appear to be serving wear so much as serving separation. Excuse me, but this is not normal no matter how old the string is. It's simply a sign of piss-poor strings in the first place.
Just from the color (black) I would assume you got them or had them put on at a local shop.I'll bet they are Tailor-Maid. OK, it's not normal, but quite common. It's not nice to say but the old cliche "you get what you pay for" might fit right here. Also there doesn't appear to be many twists in them ( alittle hard to tell). Good strings will have about 1 twist for each 1 1/2" of string.
My advice would be to write it off to experience and start looking at decent aftermarket strings. These usually cost a little more, in some cases a lot more. Right here on this board there's a guy with the user name of Gibblet. If you order from him you can be assured of quality, prestretched strings. You get to pick the color and material you'd like (BCY 8125 or 452X). They are prestretched and twisted, then served under tension. The end result is no peep rotation and certainly no serving separation such as you are seeing. If there is ever a problem you can call John and he'll take care of it.
Another advantage of good strings is that they will initially creep (stretch) about 1/8" to 1/4" during the first 50 shots and then never change until you decide to replace them. This means once your bow is set up and tuned it will stay that way.
Depending on which string maker you choose, expect to pay about $55 to $100 (Winner's Choice) per set. Most all good makers will guarantee no serving separation for at least a year.
Sorry to sound so blunt, but I get a little miffed at some of the garbage pushed on consumers.
Just from the color (black) I would assume you got them or had them put on at a local shop.I'll bet they are Tailor-Maid. OK, it's not normal, but quite common. It's not nice to say but the old cliche "you get what you pay for" might fit right here. Also there doesn't appear to be many twists in them ( alittle hard to tell). Good strings will have about 1 twist for each 1 1/2" of string.
My advice would be to write it off to experience and start looking at decent aftermarket strings. These usually cost a little more, in some cases a lot more. Right here on this board there's a guy with the user name of Gibblet. If you order from him you can be assured of quality, prestretched strings. You get to pick the color and material you'd like (BCY 8125 or 452X). They are prestretched and twisted, then served under tension. The end result is no peep rotation and certainly no serving separation such as you are seeing. If there is ever a problem you can call John and he'll take care of it.
Another advantage of good strings is that they will initially creep (stretch) about 1/8" to 1/4" during the first 50 shots and then never change until you decide to replace them. This means once your bow is set up and tuned it will stay that way.
Depending on which string maker you choose, expect to pay about $55 to $100 (Winner's Choice) per set. Most all good makers will guarantee no serving separation for at least a year.
Sorry to sound so blunt, but I get a little miffed at some of the garbage pushed on consumers.
12-07-2007, 10:31 AM
#6
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
Posts: 26,274
RE: Is this serving wear normal for a new string? w/pics
Just seperation. If you can, put your bow in a press and reserve it. Or simply slid it back up and tighten it. Ive found some cams do this worse than others. The redline cam will do this to any string. But i agree, that doenst look like a high quality string.
12-28-2007, 06:14 PM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas
Posts: 119
RE: Is this serving wear normal for a new string? w/pics
i would definatly go to an aftermarket string. had a pse bow do the same thing, put a zebra string on it and had no problems since. never tried the bcy strings but hear they are top notch right along with winners chioce strings.
12-29-2007, 04:17 AM
#9
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Morgantown, WV
Posts: 1,512
RE: Is this serving wear normal for a new string? w/pics
good gravy, you've got me right here,c r a c k e r sright here, and you put that on your bow - we're here for you - so this doesn't happen to you - use us.
12-29-2007, 05:01 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: TN
Posts: 2,089
RE: Is this serving wear normal for a new string? w/pics
ORIGINAL: ash2042
There you go. Time to get a quality set of strings and cables. I can guarantee that won't happen with bucknasty strings and if for some reason it would I have a feeling Gibblet would take care of the problem.
good gravy, you've got me right here,c r a c k e r sright here, and you put that on your bow - we're here for you - so this doesn't happen to you - use us.
