I made something sort of like a serving jig out of cardboard. It might be enough, I guess, though I can't just spin it by shaking the bowstring.
Someone in a forum told me I was wrapping my serving in the wrong direction. What the hell? There's a right direction to wrap the serving?
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(It wasn't even the finishing part, either)
I just don't like how expensive bowstring materials are. 3rivers was selling a spool of _nylon_ "serving material" for $70. Ridiculous. I guess some might be reasonably priced, but meh. I thought the $7 for the spool of braided/threaded/whatever nylon thread from the hardware store I got was expensive. But then I guess that works well enough.
Apparently thin fishing line, monofilament, is pretty durable
Might give this a try www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ZwjSDd4j8
or just shell out the $20 or so on a serving jig. But I guess I don't need huge servings so doing it by hand should be fine as long as it's tight.