Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Crogacht on May 05, 2014, 05:40:31 am
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Could anyone tell me what serving I should be using for Dacron B50.
Seems like there is one kind of B50, but about a dozen kinds of serving, and I have no idea which I need.
Do I get .018? ie. the same size as the B50
Thanks, Ben
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You can use anything you want. I prefer natural fiber myself and vary the diameter of the serving according to the number of strands I am making the string and the nock size of the arrows so that I get a good fit.
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I use the zebra looking fast flight serving material on all my strings, B-50 and DF-97. The reason I use this material is it is absolutely bullet proof, you can't wear it out and it will never come unraveled at the ends like braded nylon serving.
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While we are on the subject, can someone suggest a good serving jig? I got a cheap plastic one from bohning or something, some crap made in china, and it is horrible, and I have another one I made from a metal thing from home depot. It kinda sucks too. Also, I buy brownell nylon #4, but it aggravates me how they put that plastic on the end. Because it effects the turning in the jig. I once bought some serving off of ebay, which was advertized as nylon #4, but it didn't have the paper, it has nothing but little bumps on each end of the spool, which worked great!. But I don't remember what seller it was, and I don't know what serving it actually was. Or if I just bought something I thought was nylon #4 on accident. But it worked great, I wish I knew what serving it was...
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I've always used the cheap nylon stuff and never had a problem.
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I use a regular nylon serving and a "little spinner" serving tool.
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While we are on the subject, can someone suggest a good serving jig? I got a cheap plastic one from bohning or something, some crap made in china, and it is horrible, and I have another one I made from a metal thing from home depot. It kinda sucks too. Also, I buy brownell nylon #4, but it aggravates me how they put that plastic on the end. Because it effects the turning in the jig. I once bought some serving off of ebay, which was advertized as nylon #4, but it didn't have the paper, it has nothing but little bumps on each end of the spool, which worked great!. But I don't remember what seller it was, and I don't know what serving it actually was. Or if I just bought something I thought was nylon #4 on accident. But it worked great, I wish I knew what serving it was...
I made this one. It only took a few minutes and seems to work great.
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I have tried several including the Bohning and I find the Cajun archery serving jig works best for me. Easy to fine tune the tension and unlike some of the other models, it stays were you adjust it to.
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Awesome, thanks everyone. I was looking at a serving jig too, so good to know all around :)
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Don C, you need to paten that thing and sell them. Looks like it ought to work good.
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I have the red plastic serving jig. I think it might be bohning. I swapped the wing nut out for a lock nut and that made a big improvement. I can take a wrench and fine tune it and it stays in place. I use all kinds of different serving. I just loaded up on a bunch of Halo serving at the Classic for $1-$2 a spool.
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Nice little rig you made there Don. 8)
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there is a 3riversvideo on the serving jig i use. and it takes less than a minute to serve the string.
is it alright if i post a link for the youtube video?
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Don C, you need to paten that thing and sell them. Looks like it ought to work good.
Not my idea, I found it on the net somewhere. Just did a Google search for "serving bowstrings"
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Nice, Don.
Ben, diameter of serving is only an issue for plastic nocks, as you probably know.
My self nocks get fitted specially to the string and serving so a light tap will remove them.
Jawge
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I have the red plastic serving jig. I think it might be bohning. I swapped the wing nut out for a lock nut and that made a big improvement. I can take a wrench and fine tune it and it stays in place. I use all kinds of different serving. I just loaded up on a bunch of Halo serving at the Classic for $1-$2 a spool.
Did not even think of doing that, thanks! I got the same one, and the wing nut comes loose halfway through and serving and ruins the entire serving.
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The wing nut got me every time to. Try to find a lock nut with the nylon insert inside. Once you get it fine tuned see if that makes a difference.
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a thin strip of duct tape workes perfectly.
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I have the red plastic serving jig. I think it might be bohning. I swapped the wing nut out for a lock nut and that made a big improvement. I can take a wrench and fine tune it and it stays in place. I use all kinds of different serving. I just loaded up on a bunch of Halo serving at the Classic for $1-$2 a spool.
You loaded up too did you Clint! Great deals are hard to pass up!
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Yes I did Cody. I have enough string and serving to last 20 years I think ;D