how many.

[butch]

how many strands of linen waxed cord from wallmart to make a string for 68" -60# hickory ,..    thanks, couldnt do this without the team.  butch

[Mike_A]

Hi Butch. That would depend on the tensile strength of the linen cord. I use 6 strand 38lbs linen. I also make my strings with enough strands to equal 4 times the draw weight give or take a little. So for 60 lbs it would be about 6 lengths of linen cord. This may be a bit excessive, but I don't make high performance bows yet anyway. Just want to make sure I keep my bows safe. Hope this helps. Mike.

[Minuteman]

You gotta test the breaking strength of the material you have.
 Wrap it around the hook of a hanging scale with a timber hitch and pull down til it breaks recording the weight when it does. Do this with a 2 foot piece ,3 ft, 4 ft ,and 5 ft then average the breaking weights and thats the average tensile strength.
 I used to make linen strings only and theres a wide range of tensile strengths even in the same size linen cord from the same company. Don't bonk yer head wih the scale.

[butch]

thanks... information is valuable..    butch

[Badger]

I use the 7 ply and use around 10 strands, I like 6 times bow weight, Steve

[jamie]

like minuteman said dont ever go by what they tell ya for breaking strength. always test it yourself. its always 5-10 lbs weaker than what its rated . peace