About SSL Certificates
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What is Needed:
You will need a serving jig or tool (Item# STR2115104 Letter A in Picture is a good one)
to replace a center serving on your bowstring. Of course to go with serving tool we need the center serving, one of our best sellers is the BCY #62 Braided Serving in .021 diameter (Item# STR1343502 Letter B in the Picture).
Another tool available that makes
this operation easier if you are reserving a compound bow is a
Cable Separator (Item# STA2312005 Letter C in Picture). It makes enough room between your string and cables for the server
to easily be spun around your bowstring.
Note: Do this exercise a few times on a “free” area of your bowstring until you are confident with the
techniques. Once you have learned how to do this properly, you will be able to replace the center serving of your bowstring
or “serve-in” anything on your bowstring.
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Step 1:
Start off with a serving tool loaded with serving material. Pull-out about 8 or so inches of serving material to begin and place about
two inches of it along the bow string were you want to start your center serving.
Then hand-wrap (holding the serving jig or tool) the serving around the bowstring and the two inches of serving you laid on the bowstring,
do this five or six times wrapping the serving down the bow string towards the bottom limb.
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Step 2:
Then hand-wrap (holding the serving jig or tool) the serving around the bowstring and the two inches
of serving you laid on the bowstring, do this five or six times wrapping the serving down the bow string towards the bottom limb.
Now using the serving jig or tool (not hand-wrapping) wind the serving back tight into the serving jig or
tool till it is tight to the bow string and continue wrapping the serving around the bow string, the serving tool
will keep the serving tight and wrapped at the same tension. Once you have wrapped the serving down the bowstring as
far as you would like your center serving to be
(most manufacturers will serve the center serving on their bow strings between 5-1/2” to 7-1/2”) you can now “end” the serving.
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Step 3:
Ending the serving is achieved by holding the serving wraps you have just completed tight and pulling about
9 extra inches or so of serving out of the serving jig or tool and then cut the serving were it comes out of the jig
or tool (you can now lay down the serving jig or tool – you should now be holding the serving you have completed keeping
it tight and have a 9” or so “tail” of serving remaining.) Keeping all the serving you have already completed tight start
about 2 inches down the string away from the already completed serving, leave a large “drop” of serving, wrap the loose
end of the serving “tail” around the bow string back towards the already wrapped serving, keeping your windings inside
the “drop” of serving going in the same clockwise or counter-clockwise direction that you have been wrapping the serving.
When you have wound the serving 5 or 6 times, hold the loose end of serving material firm over the already served area.
Then begin winding the large “drop” of serving around the bow string and the loose end you have been holding firm, you will
continue to wrap the serving while unwrapping the far end. When you unwrap all that can be unwrapped, pull the
loose-end you have been holding firm until all slack is pulled out, pull it pretty hard but not so hard as to break
the serving, this will tighten the end of your serving on the bow string, cut off the excess serving that is left and
then either put a dab of glue over the spot or burn-off the end creating a “burn-ball” that will hold the serving tight
and in-place.
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