Not exactly sure what you're wanting to know but I'll take a stab at it.

The best thing to do when considering the string strand count is to trust your builder and what they recommend for the material you've chosen. Fury, being the smallest diameter material on the market, will require a higher strand count to maintain the same bundle diameter. The most common setups for Fury are 28 strands on the string and 32 on the cables. Of course you can fudge those numbers a little and add or reduce as you want but those are kind of the "standards" as of now.

Using the correct strand count is important so that the finished served diameter of your string fits the cam track of your bow. If you get too many strands, or too few, you'll have to either adjust the serving diameter or live with the consequences. Smaller diameter strings will ride lower in the cam track and can make the bow draw slightly harder and have slightly more letoff. A string that's too large will ride higher in the cam track and can cause the draw to feel slightly smoother and have less letoff. These changes are very small and would be very difficult to actually feel a difference. If your string is too large for the cam tracks, you'll likely get premature serving separation which of course is a bad thing.

Materials that allow for higher strand counts without increasing the bundle diameter usually will yield a more stable string/cable than larger diameter materials. Just like a steel cable, the more wires, the stronger the whole cable will be. That's why materials like 8190F and Fury have been performing so well even though they are non-blended materials. The extra strands offer the same if not more stability than what adding very creep resistant materials like Vectran to the fibers will give. That's not to say that blended materials are some how inferior. Blended materials like 452x and X make great strings but they don't allow quite the flexibility in strand counts that the smaller diameter materials offer.

 

Thank you, that's what I was looking for.

 

strand count and stability, a higher count, will certainly produce a more stable string,......given that lay up tension is relatively held fairly even across all the strands. as the count goes up, the potential for uneven lay up tension also rises.

 

This is what I'm finding too as I'm teaching myself how to make strings for my compound bows. I'm currently working with BCY X which is somewhat thinner than the 8125G I've been using to make my recurve strings. With 12 wraps around the posts of even a superbly constructed jig (mine is from Butch Baker), I need to spend some time making absolutely sure the strands are as equal in tension as I can possibly make them. It's usually the lower strands that go ever so slightly slack no matter how careful I am laying out the material. So it's some care and work before I tie it off and cut it free from the spool......

But on my recurve strings, which are just 12 strands, I pull on the bundle a couple times after laying it out and it's ready to go.

Going to fewer strands so far I've found only to affect the speed, fewer is slightly faster. If I go too low with a stretchier material, though, I'll start getting some peep rotation no matter how carefully I make the string.

I'm intrigued by the 8190F material, particularly for my recurve bows. Nothing wrong with 8125G, but I wouldn't mind taking a whack at it.....

DM

 

I would use 28 strands for the string and 30 for the cables for that bow and Fury.