Center serving

[Lyle]

I have just done my first center serving. Quite proud that I did it too.
Question is: The arrow nock snaps over the string but then is loose and can easily move on the string. I can dangle the arrow vertically on the string and it stays on until I give the string a light tap and it falls off. I used 0.018 diamond back serving and served reasonably tight. To keep the arrow in place I tied in two nocks, keeping a little distance between them to stop them pinching the arrow. Does my method sound OK?

[wareagle]

Maybe you should try .022 or .026, I mainly use .026.

[apexrob]

I have just done my first center serving. Quite proud that I did it too.
Question is: The arrow nock snaps over the string but then is loose and can easily move on the string. I can dangle the arrow vertically on the string and it stays on until I give the string a light tap and it falls off. I used 0.018 diamond back serving and served reasonably tight. To keep the arrow in place I tied in two nocks, keeping a little distance between them to stop them pinching the arrow. Does my method sound OK?

Lyle , that's fine, mine does the same. You want the arrow to just snap on, then slide neatly up and down . When tying 2 nocking points leave around 2mm gap for the arrow to float into position and not pinch !

[Archangel]

Depends on the nock - G nocks for example have a fairly gentle clip, so you can get them gripping the serving more tightly than pin nocks. I find if my pin nocks are clipping nicely they slide up and down the serving without too much force; but to stop that makes them far tighter to get on and off than I'd like.

I find .018 Diamondback works pretty well for me on an 18 strand (fastflight-ish denier) string with small groove pin nocks. Depends on your setup I guess - .026 is way too big for my taste.

[Sandy Hancock]

The arrow nock snaps over the string but then is loose and can easily move on the string. I can dangle the arrow vertically on the string and it stays on until I give the string a light tap and it falls off.

That's exactly how it should be.
Good job :)

[Leighton]

Sounds like its the way its supposed to be. For target archery anyway. If your hunting, you might want the extra thickness to be sure the arrow doesn't fall off until you absolutely want it too. But I digress.

The nock should snap on and fall off the string with a good tap on the string.