On Friday, April 11, 2014 6:11:20 AM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:36:34 -0700 (PDT), stryped

wrote:



Do you mean use a crimp ferule to add a lenth of wire with a new t on it? I thought about that but not sure when pulling the bow string back if thewire gets pulled around the cam or not. I would guess the ferule would not go around the cam if that was the case....



If you were replying to me.... Not necessarily a crimped terminal. It

depends on what the "string" is made of. If steel wire of some sort

then perhaps a spliced eye with a pin through it. If the string is

some sort of plastic - nylon etc. then perhaps a tied or glued splice

with some wrapping of the same material. A cord simply made into an

eye and wrapped tightly with thread, string, etc. is surprisingly

strong.

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Cheers,



John B.

Is is steel covered with some sort of plastic coating. I am sorry not sure what you mean by "sliced eye"?

I wonder if cutting a few inches off and crimping on a few inches of wire with some sort of fitting would work?

I am kind of new to the bow construction thing. Can I do all this and put a new string on it without special bow tools? I know they sell "bow presses" but I am not sure if they are necessary or what they are used for.