How a string gets built
There's no secret to it. It's the same handful of steps every time, done carefully, and not rushed because there's a stack of orders behind yours.
A short clip, even 30 seconds off your phone, of you serving a string or twisting one up on the jig. This is the single most convincing thing we can put on the site. No talking required. If you'd rather host it on YouTube and we embed it, that works too.
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Get the numbers
Every compound bow has a sticker on the inside of a limb with the string and cable lengths. You send me those along with the make and model. If the sticker's gone or unreadable, tell me the bow and I'll look it up.
Single cam bows take a string and one cable. Dual and hybrid cam bows take a string and two cables. That's the difference between "string only" and "full set."
Skyler: photoA limb sticker, close up, so people know what we mean. Any bow works.
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Lay up the strands
The string gets laid up on the jig strand by strand in Bloodline VEC99. If you picked two colors, they go up as separate bundles so they twist into a clean spiral instead of mushing together.
Skyler: photoStrands on the jig before twisting. Two colors in separate bundles would be ideal.
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Twist and tension
Then it gets twisted to length and held under tension. This is where the stretch gets taken out, so it's not happening later on your bow while your peep slowly rotates out of line.
Skyler: photo, plus a numberString under tension on the jig. If your tensioner has a gauge on it, get that in frame. And tell me how many pounds and for how long, because that's the number a shooter who's read a forum is looking for.
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Serve it
End loops and center serving go on in BOA, black or clear, wrapped tight by hand. Tight serving is what keeps your D-loop from walking and keeps the string from fraying where your release rides.
Skyler: photoServing in progress, or a finished center serving close enough to see the wraps.
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Check it and ship it
Lengths get checked against your numbers one more time, then it goes in the mail. Or if you're local, we figure out a handoff.
Skyler: shipping detailsHow it ships (USPS flat rate?), whether local pickup is a thing, and whether you put anything in the box like a card or wax.
Skyler: photoA finished set coiled up and ready to go, or packed in the box.
Recent builds
As strings go out the door, they land here.
Six slots to start. Every finished string you photograph before it ships can go here, and the colors sell themselves.