Ok people I am freaking flabbergasted, what the crap is going on here?

[toomanyknots]

My bow is about exactly 75" from nock to nock. My bow string is exactly 72" from nock to nock. The bow is a straight profile english longbow. When I string the bow, with the string that is exactly 3" shorter than the bow, the brace height is like 10". I am stumped. The only thing I can think of is because the bow has about 2" reflex in it, the back stretches out when bent and strung essentially making a longer bow, equally a shorter brace height. I have no clue. The string is a fast flight endless loop string, I haven't put any twist in it yet. 

Either way I am off to go make my third string, this time about an inch shorter,... 

[Blaflair2]

Make it longer and twist It down

[Josh B]

Either way I am off to go make my third string, this time about an inch shorter,... 

Lol!  That's funny!  Sort of like "I cut it off three times and its still too short!"   Josh

[Badger]

  I do stuff like that all the time, you are screwing up somewhere on your measurement LOL. Arithmetic don't lie!

[Blaflair2]

Well if u make it shorted your brace will get bigger

[Josh B]

Well if u make it shorted your brace will get bigger

Toomany knows that, man.  That last bit was meant as a joke.  Josh

[toomanyknots]

LOL, . I swear though, I measured probably at least 25 times in a row, no idea. I just made a 73" string and gave it a couple twists.

[bow101]

I think that 2" of reflex doubles to make 4" and 3" short should make up for a total of 7" if that makes any sense. And maybe add another 3" for the circumference difference. .......lol.........   just guessing

[Badger]

   I measure the length of the actual wood, I think you did that also? Didn't you?

[Pat B]

Cut your string strands 10" longer than the t/t bow length, twist an eye in one end and make a bowyers knot in the other end. If it is too long or too short just retie the bowyers knot to the correct length. 

[Del the cat]

Yeah, that gave me a good laugh ...
I'm sure we've all done it tho' not everyone will admit to it.
Del

[mikekeswick]

Try a flemish twist double looper....what a pain 

[wapiti1997]

I may have been doing this wrong, I measure the bow on the belly side from nock to nock and make a string 3" shorter, not the air distance between the nocks when dealing with reflex..

[artcher1]

You make a Dacron string 3" shorter because it'll stretch down 1". FF won't stretch so it'll only be 2" shorter..........Art

[SLIMBOB]

TMK...Funny you bring this up.  Earlier this summer I had a few bow making friends over for a few days.  Sat down in the living room on a rainy afternoon to make a string for a bow I had just finished....4 tries and four strings later I got one to work.  My friends laughed louder each time the latest string was too short by the same length as the one I just finished cussin'.  Still cant figure out why that particular spool of FastFlite had such shrinkage issues.