Hope everyone had a great weekend! Just wondering how long it takes for a Flemish string to stop creeping? First time putting one on about a month ago. Since then I've fired it quite a bit, and adjusted it every time afterwards to where I want it. This morning I noticed it streched some more. Can anyone tell me how long this generally continues? Thanks very much.
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Flemish String Creep
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Flemish String Creep
Last edited by tman74 on Mon May 24, 2010 5:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Flemish String Strech
Dacron takes much longer than Dynaflight. It is more correctly called creep. The material used, the amount of wax in the strands (what the material manufacturer puts in), the amount of wax put on the strands (by the string maker) and how it is made determines how long it takes to stop creeping. Dacron never stops creeping it just slows down.
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Re: Flemish String Strech
LOLBoo wrote:Dacron takes much longer than Dynaflight. It is more correctly called creep. The material used, the amount of wax in the strands (what the material manufacturer puts in), the amount of wax put on the strands (by the string maker) and how it is made determines how long it takes to stop creeping. Dacron never stops creeping it just slows down.
Weren't we just talking about how this same thing happened to me today? I guess that today's scorcher here in southern Ontario made for some "creepy" strings.____________________________________
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Re: Flemish String Creep
as said, it never really stops.. just give it 1-2 twists and good as new
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Re: Flemish String Creep
When you guys say this, you mean to take the string off and twist the end a couple of times? That will move the string back towards the first line on the stock?crazyfarmer wrote:as said, it never really stops.. just give it 1-2 twists and good as new
Shot my bow last Friday and quickly got the sights lined up and the string already started moving forward by a noticeable amount.
This is a standard factory string that came with the bow.
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Re: Flemish String Creep
yes Mike, just give it a few twists to shorten it up a bit.
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Re: Flemish String Creep
"When you guys say this, you mean to take the string off and twist the end a couple of times? That will move the string back towards the first line on the stock?"
Twist one end in the same direction as the rest of the coils. It will settle down eventually. I have one on one of my bows as we speak and it hasn't stretched a bit since April
Twist one end in the same direction as the rest of the coils. It will settle down eventually. I have one on one of my bows as we speak and it hasn't stretched a bit since April
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