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Well I made a couple of strings recently.(Thanks Nuthatch and Mr. Barbee).
I made a 16 strand 2 bundle flemish from 8125 and a 12 strand 2 bundle with the loops padded to 16 strands.
I put them them through the chrony from 6 feet today after they have had about 200 shots through each of them. The limbs were left at the same settings for all three strings.
My benchmark string to test them against was a 16 strand endless that D.Merrill had made and Stevelong had sent me.
The D_Merrill string shot at 199fps (average of 20 shots)
The 16 strand femish was at 194fps. This string was around 25gr heavier than the endless.
The 12 strand shot at 198fps and sounded the quietest of them all, but not by much.
Clearly there is an art to making a string that performs, just not sure what it is.
The numbers may not suggest much difference but I read somewhere that 1# of draw weight equals about 2fps. This adds up as I had to wind in the limbs about 1 1/2 turns to get the 16 strand flemish to tune to the arrows.
I made a 16 strand 2 bundle flemish from 8125 and a 12 strand 2 bundle with the loops padded to 16 strands.
I put them them through the chrony from 6 feet today after they have had about 200 shots through each of them. The limbs were left at the same settings for all three strings.
My benchmark string to test them against was a 16 strand endless that D.Merrill had made and Stevelong had sent me.
The D_Merrill string shot at 199fps (average of 20 shots)
The 16 strand femish was at 194fps. This string was around 25gr heavier than the endless.
The 12 strand shot at 198fps and sounded the quietest of them all, but not by much.
Clearly there is an art to making a string that performs, just not sure what it is.
The numbers may not suggest much difference but I read somewhere that 1# of draw weight equals about 2fps. This adds up as I had to wind in the limbs about 1 1/2 turns to get the 16 strand flemish to tune to the arrows.