Moving serving

[wingate_52]

On inspecting my equipment I have just noticed that the servings have slipped and moved upwrds. Is this as a result of the hot weather? Must check my sight marks! The string is recently purchased, is this a common problem or just a poorly made string?

[Kae]

it could just be that the string has stretched.

How old is the string, what is it made of?

Cheers, Kae.

[wingate_52]

It is a fastflight, mabe by Stringflex and sold by Bowsports. 16 strand, 68" recurve bow.

[geoffretired]

When you say , slipped and moved upwards, is that the whole serving or the piece that is above the nocking point? Can you see where the serving has separated? There is a tendency for the serving to be pushed up the string by the action of drawing the bow.

[wingate_52]

There was a gap in the serving, some 15mm below the lower nocking point which had exposed the string fibres. When pushed, the entire serving slid down again. I will use my other string tomorrow.

[Jerry Tee]

I have encountered this problem and it was the center serving not put on tight enough. I took the string back and had it reserved on the bow with the string under tension. Don't bother to check you sight marks bear shaft check you nocking point. If you set that up again then your sight marks should be alright.This time mark you nocking point on the bow square. that way you will be able to check if the serving moves again, and put the nocking point back on a new serving if you have to get it redone.

[wingate_52]

Thanks for that. I will mark the bow square. I set the bottom of the nock 6mm above the top of the button. It matches the tiller measurment and the button is a constant.

[SimonW]

I have always made my own strings.

I was shooting an indoor round just after Xmas and half way through the shoot realised that my nocking point was at something like +17mm (it had moved by around 7mm!!).

Then I saw that the serving had parted/moved (as you describe) which was causing the nocking point to move upwards.

I have never had this problem before.

I re-served the string (I always serve the centre serving with the bow strung and the string stretched with about a dozen twists in it) making sure I did a good, tight job.

The same thing happened again.

I changed the serving material (I assumed it was the new material I was using). It happened again.

I asked some advice in one of the archery shops (can't remember which one) and they suggested putting some glue under the serving. So, now I do this and since then I haven't had a problem.

The string material I was using was BCY 452X. This like a lot of the new materials is not very waxed. Maybe this is the cause of the problem.

Anyway, glue works (fletch-tite by Saunders). I don't think it will have a bad effect on the string fibres.

Simon

[greydog]

With mass produced strings it's not uncommon for them to be served untwisted, or with very few twists in...........so when you come to put it on your bow and twist it up to get the right brace height, the serving is disturbed as the twists slowly work their way under.
On compounds it tends to result in a peep sight that takes a long time to settle down.

I've never been a fan of putting glue on bowstrings, not because there's much danger of damaging the string chemically, but because it increases friction among the string fibres during the shot and can lead to the string fuzzing up.

[wingate_52]

I was in a club friendly comp today against a Rochdale club. One archer on my target had the same problem a myself as his home made string had problems with the serving in the same place as mine. It is the fault of the string retainer on our bowstands. I have a Skorten Pod, he has a Petron tube bowstand. A little bit of metal manipulation is called for. Problem solved.