[Ralph]

in reply to: Beginning Arrow Construction #38136

A postscript to the above, remember no two pieces of wood ever bend the same during archers paradox and no matter what inventions or methods used to match wood arrows, man learned a long, long time ago that there is a sound reasoning for feathers on an arrow.

Like the tail on an airplane and a rotor on a chopper, the fins on a rocket there be a reason, stability.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Beginning Arrow Construction #38123

I’ve been building wood arrows for a long time, not the beautiful show kind that some build, but the kind for use but still nice. When I started I had an old archery book written by Cheri Elliot, I had no idea who she was but it was like today’s Archer’s Bible to me.

Over the years I’ve bought a lot of gadgets for building arrows, some worked out great some not so great. I’ve never had use for a cut off saw, a miter box and a hacksaw with a fairly fine blade works great. Doesn’t take long to cut a dozen woodies. I have 2-3 kinds of taper tools including an electric one (kind?, not a woodchuck)that I never use anymore. I might though if I were doing more than a dz. arrows at a time. I have no idea the brand name of my favorite hand held type but it’s two ended, one for points and the other for nocks and it has adapters for 5/16″, 11/32″ and 23/64″ shafts.

I’ve had good luck with Braveheart Archery and his Surewood shafts with those shafts being relatively matched. Without the use of a spine tester and just learning, I’d give them a try. I enjoy having and using my spine tester. I make arrows for friends sometimes and they have different spine requirements as I do as I shoot all kinds of different weights and different bows. Like I said earlier, long time. I have 20 bows and there’s no sense in any of them getting rusty :D.

I have an electric cresting tool I use at times. I’ve been mostly burning cresting with my torch here lately but I do get a wild hair and paint them at times.

Anyway to make my long story shorter. You can start with basics, build a set that are, not knowing your draw length, 28″, and 5#’s higher than your bow. The more you’re around archery you’ll see that a true 28″ draw is not common at all. It’s just the standard figure in the formula. Most people draw shorter.

The old standard for wood arrows and longbows with some cutout on the shelf is +5#s for bow weight. For selfbows, -5#s. You can get by with stiffer with a recurve normally.

Check out straightening methods. I use heat, a shaft tamer and the shank of a round bladed screwdriver. Whatever is needed or handy.

Take your time, enjoy the plethora of info available and enjoy. Ralph

[Ralph]

in reply to: poll on release #36894

‘Piller’ talk too.:lol:

[Ralph]

in reply to: Signs of Spring? #36866

Elm trees started budding here but now it’s some snow/ice (just enough snow to slick things up)and about 5*. Spring not springing yet. Still dry here but y’all up to your ying yangs in snow. Strange things happening this year.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Out of Place Critters #35497

Mom, Dad and I were sitting outside enjoying the evening at their place a couple miles west of Mesa, Co when the dogs started raising Cain.

Their place was about a 1/4 mile down a lane from the road. We looked up there was a big bull buffalo coming straight at us. Their lane was vehicle wide with barbed wire fence on both sides. Narrow space, dogs wanting some buffalo butt and a buff wanting no part of those dogs, things were getting a little harry. But believe it or not, the little part bat, part rat 😀 dog of theirs got right in that ol’buffs face. Mr. Buff couldn’t figure that little bundle of noise and huff and puff so he turned around and lit out.

There was a guy a few miles away that was raising a few head of buffalo and this one had gotten, “free”, loose.

If that buffalo would have kept coming and if he’d been pissed at the dogs, we could have had a real situation.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Wolves and Rivers Video #35089

“For me the issue boils down to my belief that we don’t have a right to determine what animals get to live, and which don’t. This hubris will be our undoing.”

I think that’s well put Steve.

We attempt to rid ourselves of the “chicken eaters” so that our “chickens” will multiply for our benefit, not theirs, and suddenly we have too many “chickens” and the problems that go with that.

We do what? We bring back the same old “chicken eaters”, or sometimes a substitute that ends up in a worse scourge, protect them and alas now we have more than before and what now? All was balanced in nature before we brought our “chickens”, and ourselves, into the picture. But we, as the smart ones of all the chicken eaters……

So what do we do? We, and others, enjoy our chickens as does Steve, replenish when necessary and quit jacking with Mother Nature.

She is so much smarter than we are.

When we’re messing with Mother Nature, it’s not a matter of survival of the fittest, it’s a matter of survival.

[Ralph]

in reply to: I gotta plan! #33759

I bought the camo brand. Hard to see ain’t it!:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: New ideas from old sources for BHA? #33211

ausjim wrote: This is pure diversion but I came across set of rules regarding the use of automobiles on country roads suggested by the pre-world war 1 Farmers Anti Automobile Society of Pennsylvania. Here are my favourite two:

*If the driver of an automobile sees a team of horses approaching, he is to stop, pulling over to one side of the road, and cover his machine with a blanket or dust cover which is painted or colored to blend into the scenery, and thus render the machine less noticeable.

*In case a horse is unwilling to pass an automobile on the road, the driver of the car must take the machine apart as rapidly as possible and conceal the parts in the bushes.

:shock::lol::D

So Doc, have ran into any of this? :lol::lol:

[Ralph]

in reply to: I gotta plan! #31883

Yep! Had some of y’all in mind. :D:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: I gotta plan! #31798

Is potty training deer same as baiting?:?

[Ralph]

in reply to: Wolves and Rivers Video #31623

Sorry, elk it grass and not trees so much. Beggin’ ur pardon.:lol: Confusing ain’t it.:roll:

[Ralph]

in reply to: Wolves and Rivers Video #31609

Many elk left to enjoy the new abundance of river water?

[Ralph]

in reply to: Accuracy and heavy heads #30980

My way of thinking is if you have a perfect flying arrow a heavier weight is just going to make hit lower. Accuracy with tuned equipment is the shooters responsibility. A perfect flying arrow is a perfect flying arrow no matter what it weighs.

Like you ???????:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: What's in your daypack? #29688

Pardon me, my monocular is 10×36 not 10×32. I just looked and I don’t see any tripod mounting inset. There is a tactical model that may have though.

I’ll let y’all know my thoughts after I get out next. The last week I’ve been painting and prepping for carpet layers and today babysitting said folk. Tomorrow too and the weather is going south again so it’ll be a few days.

A friend, now a dealer for Vortex, fell in love with their glass. He ordered $32K for his store. That’s a lotta love!:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: Side quivers with arrow grippers #29622

Jim, camo tape makes it faux trad. 😀 My wrinkles make me real trad. Ancient?:wink:

Trad dude sounds better than old far…..:D

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