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RE: twists in cable and string
 

Are you sure it's not twisting (to shorten) string = lower poundage/shorten drawlength and twisting (to shorten) cables = higher poundage/longer drawlength? As the bowstring stretches it increases in weight and as the cables stretch it decreases in weight.

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RE: twists in cable and string
 

chdeerbio, you might want to mark your limb bolts. My guess would be that your limb bolts backed out. I have never heard of a bow losing poundage with age. Buss cables have very little loaded tension in comparison with your main string. If you lost poundage, I would bet on the limb bolts backing out.

RE: twists in cable and string
 

Siskyou, you had me wondering and I had to look it up to make sure, I also did this and it was to a moderator (sorry PA) and got myself set straight by Tribalscream. Oh well.
Chdeerbio, about the only way to know for sure is to measure them up to see if they have stretched. Only problem is you will need to know what length they actually were and not what the sticker says. I've seen fastflight stretch quite a bit but twisting the cable up may get you back to where you need to be. Big Country may be right about the limb bolts loosening. I've had them turn out too.

RE: twists in cable and string
 

I've heard that with the technological advances in the last ten years to strings and cables, we shouldn't be twisting them because they wear out faster. I was also told the proper way to adjust your bow was to loosen or tighten your limb bolts.
My bow was set at 64 lbs. at the factory and I'm up to 72 now, and I tightened my limb bolts to do it. Didn't have to take my string off or anything, just put a wrench on it and turned both bolts the same amount, then drew the string back and made sure both cams stopped at the same time.
It was easy!

RE: twists in cable and string
 

I think the adjusting weight by the limb bolts is different then what was being asked, but I could be wrong. Last I've seen the companies and string manufacturers are telling you to have twists in your string. I believe it is something like one twist per two inches length. Prolongs the string life by making it stronger, lessens the amount of string twist and allows adjustability for putting cams in time.

Edited by - IroquoisArcher on 01/29/2002 07:46:47

RE: twists in cable and string
 

Hey guys,
If you shorten the string, you get a shorter draw and lighter poundage. If you lengthen your string, yopu get more draw length and more poundage.
If you shorten your cables, you get slightly more draw and more poundage and vice versa.

Edited by - 3D4PSE on 01/29/2002 08:26:56

RE: twists in cable and string
 

Thundermug-

I would have to disagree with what you were told about twisting strings. Twisting a string or cable helps more evenly distribute the force applied more evenly throughout the string. If there were no twists, the outer and inner strands get most of the abuse shot after shot.

By twisting, the force is distributed to more strands more evenly. Some string makers have mentioned that you can go up to 1 twist per inch of string- that is if you have a 50" string you can put up to 50 twists in it with no trouble.

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