[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: New vids on woodsmanship, etc. #28843

Good catch Ben, I’ll get that fixed for the next one.

Mike, these will all be free on the BHA site and on youtube.

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: New vids on woodsmanship, etc. #28663

Cameron, I’ve got one made of polyester that I use for backpacking. It’s 12X12 and weighs next to nothing. I just cut stakes in the woods.

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: New vids on woodsmanship, etc. #27943

dwcphoto wrote: I’m thinking of trying that with some recycled material they use for billboards out this way.

that stuff is vinal isn’t it? I saw where a guy made a swiming pool from an old billbord add. Recycling at it’s best:D

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: 300 gr. blunts? #40270

handirifle, that’s a find idea pressing a field tip into a drilled out blank. I’m gonna have to make some of those up.

ch

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: Sitka spruce and EFOC, failed experiment #39039

why not use you aluminum footing as shown, but with a screw in adapter. It’d be like you just cut the end off an aluminum arrow and slipped it over your wood shaft. That’d fix any breaking problems between the tip and footing. Seems like I’d seen somewhere that you’d done that in the past.

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: 2013 hunting rigs #38929

I’m a little late jumping into this thread. Been busy whittlin’. I recently finished my 2013 bow. I’d been shooting 62lbs@28 but decided to drop down in weight. This one’s 52@28 but I’m drawing a little farther. It’s probably pulling 54 or so at 29. My 75lb shafts are showing a little stiff even with 260 gr up front. Just ordered some 300 gr. tuffheads and field tips which should fix that. This bow is cut nearly to center in the shelf. shoots sweet with a high foc arrow. In the first pick the bottom limb looks a little weak but it’s just the camera angle. Can’t wait till opener..

ch

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: Making flemish twist strings #43728

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: cracked limb? let's patch it #37714

AlexBugnon wrote: Hi Clay

Have you ever posted a video on exactly how to repair a twisted self bow limb?

I haven’t. Some of my bows have twisted limbs, which started with a twisted stave. If I tried to “fix” it now, after the bow was finished, it would throw everything out of line i.e., the nocks wouldn’t line up with the center of the handle.

I recently started a bow from a stave with a little bit of twist. I may try to take the twist our just for the heck of it. I’ll shoot some footage if i do. But this wouldn’t help with taking the propeller twist out of a finished bow.

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: cracked limb? let's patch it #31660

Steve Graf wrote: I have found that hide is way more stretchable in one direction than the other.

I know what you’re talking about. I think that has more to do with how the hide was dried than anything. You can stretch a hide really wide, which will shorten the length, or the other way around. It it’s dried stretched one way, It’ll stretch more in the other when it’s re-wet. This really becomes apparent when working with buckskin/brain tanning.

good tip on Torges site.

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: Going Trad #30442

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[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: woodies 101 #29374

David Petersen wrote: Clay — I just re-watched your bow-building videos. You are still a young man. How in the world did you acquire such detailed knowledge in building selfbows? Did you have a teacher? Very impressive, amigo.

Well thanks Dave, on all counts. I’ve built my first “real” bow while I was still in high school, nearly 15 years ago. I’d always been interested in it, and tried but failed many times until finding the Traditional Bowyers Bible – Vol1. After that, I just kept on making. Sold my wheeled contraption and never looked back. Aside from that, I’ve always been artsie and mechanicaly inclined, which doesn’t hurt.

BTW, the bow you have isn’t the one from the video series. We did a still photo build along on this forum way back when it first started. That’s your bow…

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: Backyard grizzly attack! #29361

Well, that bear’s gonna figure out where those treats are coming from one day. That dude better stash’em in a safer place or he’s gonna be speakin in a little higher pitch, if ya know what I mean…:shock:

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: Red Cedar Shafts ? #26253

I’ve never used western red cedar. I’ve tried eastern, though it’s not related (different genus) and, as Troy says, it didn’t spine out at all. Very lite. I’d guess WRC is going to be pretty soft and low spine as well.

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: What's your first hunt? #26247

Smithhammer wrote: Elk for me, starting Aug. 30th and going through Sept. 30th.

No, I’m not counting the days or anything…:roll:

Holy crap, I just realized it’s only 3 months away. Elk for me. I won’t make it out till the 3rd week though. 10 days straight after that. I shouldn’t even have opened this thread. Now I’m gonna be thinkin about it. Make the time go slower.:roll:

[Clay Hayes]

in reply to: Question for Clay, et al #25904

I just use poly. It seals everything up nice. The only thing you’ll need to watch is that the edges of the skin are glued down well. snake skin backings tend to lift at the edges if you don’t pay special attention.

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