Swaging questions

[Brion Toss]

Hello,
If, as Bob said, the old gang fits well when tuned, then you can duplicate the lengths. But in our shop, we also deduct for the constructional stretch of new wires. This won't be much ó maybe an eighth of an inch for your longest pieces ó but you might want to as well. See the "Apprentice" for details.
Next, if you measure the wires off the boat, there's no problem, as they will immediatel shrink to their unstressed length. But if you measure in place, from tang to chainplate, then you will also need to deduct for tuning stretch for the new pieces. Does this make sense?
Fair leads,
Brion Toss