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in reply to: Please introduce yourselves, I'll start #26038

Hi everyone. I’m an electric utility worker here in SE Ks. Been shooting bows for 44 years. Got into building bows 6 years ago and am addicted.

Dennis

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in reply to: Who Shoots Hickory? #10105

I make and shoot them. Haven’t ever broken one yet.

Dennis

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in reply to: Wood Arrow Build Along "Finished" #55307

I have three spine testers that I use to cross check each agains the other. I use the one I got from Kevin the most and also have an Adams and a dial indicator model that I machined out of aluminum. My homemade one is the most accurate but it is by far the slowest method.

One thing to consider about wood shafts concerning weight. When I was making and selling shafts I took great pains to make sure that I matched the weight within 10 grains in a dozen shafts.

Humidity plays a very big part in the weight of a shaft. A dozen shafts I would make in the summer during high humidity levels (80% or higher) would not weigh the same when I weighed them again in the winter (15% or so humidity) and vise-versa. Since no two shafts are exactly alike they will each react differently with humidity changes. I have had variations of as much as 60 grains on some of my shafts.

Hopefully I will be able to get back into the shaft making business someday. It is a fun endeavor and also very frustrating at times.

Dennis

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in reply to: Arrow Wood Characteristics #46797

Chad, I have some Ipe shafts that make Hickories look like featherweights.:D

Dennis

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in reply to: Full length taper? #46439

Go with Rivercane or Bamboo. They are naturally tapered.:D

Dennis

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in reply to: Most Trouble Free Wood Shaft #46434

If you haven’t had much experience at straightening shafts go with the PO Cedar first. They are the easiest.

I shoot Poplar and Hickory. Poplar is tougher than PO Cedar IMO and just as easy to straighten. Plus, I don’t break as many of them as I do with cedar.

I have no trouble straightening Hickory by hand and I used to curl a Hickory shaft into a coil at my booth when I set up at the 3D shoots. Most people were amazed I could do that with no heat source. They were more amazed when I would straighten it back out.:shock:

I have yet to break a Hickory shaft.

Dennis

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in reply to: Arrow Wood Characteristics #46425

I used Black Walnut hulls to stain traps when I ran a trapline every winter.

That wood description looks kind of familiar(see my website):wink:

Dennis

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in reply to: Texas Hog Hunt Journal #46412

Scott’s camp is just north of Aspermont. That was the first trip I had made there and plan on returning many more times. It is a harsh land that is ruggedly beautiful and the pictures don’t do it justice.

My cousin calls this 200 acres of scrub heaven on earth. If heaven is this hot in the summer I don’t want to see hell.

Dennis

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in reply to: Moving target plans #42909

I have been thinking of setting up a moving target with this system.

http://www.minionsweb.com/axworthy.htm

Dennis

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in reply to: snakeskin backing #26502

http://www.pinehollowlongbows.com/

Contact Mike Yancey. He sells skins and is a fine fellow to deal with.

Dennis

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in reply to: Fred Bear Grizzly #24301

I’ve got a Grizzly that I shoot and like it very much. A friend asked me to see if I could fix a slight twist on one limb. I straightened it, made a new string, and test fired it. When I handed it back to him he said ‘no, it’s yours now’. I was speechless and could barely say thanks.:shock:

Dennis

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in reply to: test #18799

Ya ain’t trickin’ me, it’s a math test. Those are numbers.

Dennis

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in reply to: Wintercamp / Pics #18795

Beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing your camp with us.

Dennis

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in reply to: New Mexico Mulies #49810

Good luck on your hunt. I was fortunate to hunt there with my cousin years ago north of Silver City. Beautiful country.

The bad part was we hunted the Gila National Forest and just a three day season. There were dozens of hunters out and it looked like an army of red ants swarming the canyon walls.:shock:

Dennis

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in reply to: Man I missed you guys(and galls)! #49449

Same to ya, Bud.

Merry Christmas

Dennis

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