# Stringmaking help!?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142
**Category:** Custom String Makers
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142 "2020-05-14T02:46:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/1 "2020-05-14T02:46:08Z")
Hey guys I’ve been making my own string for a couple weeks… I like everything about them except the loops that goes around the bearings arent tight against the bearing. Any tips on how to correct this?!
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### Author:  [@MattB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattB)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/2 "2020-05-14T05:53:14Z")
Wind a little tighter on the initial spin, unless of course that ruins the string qualities you like as it is now.
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### Author:  [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/3 "2020-05-14T05:53:41Z")
Okay! I’ll try that thank you!
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### Author:  [@Kyle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/4 "2020-05-14T23:18:43Z")
what are u using to spin the thread? (paperclips make it super tight around the bearing
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### Author:  [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/5 "2020-05-15T14:59:06Z")
Using a dremel for the first wind and a drill for the next. Using small hooks. Gonna keep experimenting!
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### Author:  [@Kyle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/6 "2020-05-15T15:00:49Z")
you could always put it on a paperclip after uve spun it and then tighten the string with ur hand
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### Author:  [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/7 "2020-05-16T03:14:37Z")
True. Just having a hard time deciding how long or far to spin the string on the first and second winds… 🙁
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### Author:  [@MattB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattB)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/8 "2020-05-16T03:20:27Z")
Just worry about the first. You can mess with the second, but one way or another, the second will mostly just end up neutralizing the first.
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### Author:  [@Kyle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/9 "2020-05-19T16:17:17Z")
i reduce mine 15-20%
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### Author:  [@Kyle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/10 "2020-05-19T16:17:33Z")
wut material r u using?
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### Author:  [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/11 "2020-05-20T02:15:44Z")
Polyester!
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### Author:  [@Kyle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kyle)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/12 "2020-05-20T02:20:56Z")
i wud reduce 12-17% try 15%
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### Author:  [@hellathrowed](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hellathrowed)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/stringmaking-help/320142/13 "2020-05-21T02:45:10Z")
Yeah I haven’t done the math but from one hook to another is 10 and a half feet and I’ve been doing 15 inches of reduction