you dont quite pull the serving from the middle. usually there is more serving below your tab than there is above (its the serving that protects the string from your armguard). the effect of twisting is predominant on the top end of your serving (closer), so the string should be served such that the release action tightens the top end. ie. anticlockwise from the top for RHI'm not sure it would make a difference. A string is twisted from one end when its made but when you draw up you are twisting it from the middle so wouldn't it tighten one end and loosen the other? I don't know perhaps I'm just confused
yep, this is important. also to prevent string creep, the string should be twisted the same-wise as the twist of each individual strand of the string, so ultimately, the direction of your twist and therefore of your serving may be decided by the string material you are usingThe important thing is that the direction in which the centre serving is wound is the same as the direction of the twists in the string.
That should help, but first check that this is in fact the problem! There's still a risk that the serving may have become frayed or worn while it was loose, especially if it's braided nylon serving, so you should get someone to re-do the centre serving as soon as poss.would twisting the string in the other direction allow the serving to become lock back into the string and avoid be wreaking it further?
The conventional wisdom in rope working is to serve against the lay of the ropeThe important thing is that the direction in which the centre serving is wound is the same as the direction of the twists in the string. The actual direction doesn't matter (though anti-clockwise is the sort-of standard), as long as it's the same for both.
When I put on a centre serving, I do so with only half the required twists in the string. So when the full number of twists is put in the string, the serving is tightened further.
Umm...if you care to try that on a bow string, you'll find it doesn't apply.The conventional wisdom in rope working is to serve against the lay of the rope
'worm and parcel with the lay
turn and serve the other way!'
In this way as the rope tries to un-twist it tightens the serving.
So the string doesn't roll the other way in your fingers during the draw then?Ive been told this:
It all do to with how youre fingers "roll" off the string on release if youre serving is wound for right handed then it will slowly undo itself, the same would happen if you but a lefty string on a RH bow.