MrBill

I am in the process of building a string jig , i'm going to give string making a try..
I have most of the demensions that i need "I believe" but one .
I need to know the length of the main beam , how long should it be ?
Currently the string and buss for my Bow's are 98.5" and 41.5".
Thanks for the help any other input would be appreciated..
Bill

gibblet

wow, 98.5". jeeze louise! my main beam is 108" long. its a yellowstone. some jigs do things differently, but if you want to end up making yourself a tensioner to put the string under a lot of tension when serving, i'm not sure how to do it without a straight run. 200# of it will pull the string right off the posts if its a wrap aound, not to mention it will bend the crud out of the skinny rotating parts on top of the post. you may need to go a little longer than 108" if you want to really tension them.

MrBill

Thanks for the info gibblet .
Once i get my vidio and more info on building strings i should be on my way. I can make the main beam as long as I need as long as it's less than 20' just don't have the room
I should not have a problem with the posts I machined them from Tool steel going to be hard to wreck them.
Thanks a lot
Bill

gibblet

hey bill, once you get a few sets made the way in the video and start getting the hang of it, you'll start having questions about ' well how does Winners Choice do this,' or how does 'vapor trail' do that. i'm not going to admit that i reverse engineered these strings and a couple other companies, to learn the tricks, but what i am admitting is that it would be a very good idea if you want to learn how they do things.

or maybe when you get going we can get on the phone for a while.