[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: A different string #125542

Sounds like a nocking point /brace height issue.  Probably nocking point is set too low.

When I measure nocking point placement, I do it with the bow strung.  Then I use a tape measure and pull from the top limb tip to the nock.  The brace height needs to be set correctly before taking the measurement.

I’d put your old string on the bow, shoot it and make sure the brace height is right. Then measure both brace height and nocking point placement.  Then duplicate what you recorded for the old string on the new string.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Hickory? #125398

Here’s another vote for pignut.  Or maybe black locust if you can find it.  Or better yet….  black locust with a 1/16 veneer of pignut on the back to keep it together 🙂

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #125373

So I have yet again rediscovered another truth that has been known and forgotten…

I’ve been fool’in with 5 1/2 inch fletching on my woodies.  This only makes sense if you fletch your arrows with straight feathers (no helical, no offset).  See earlier in thread for justification of such an “unorthodox” configuration.

You can’t make an arrow so equipped fly bad.  They seem really well behaved.  They also seem to penetrate the target more than arrows with 5 inch fletch.

I heard rumor that Howard Hill used 6 inch fletching…  But I don’t see how.  He’d have to have a good 7 inches brace heigh on his bow to accommodate such a beast.  Still…

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Anyone know what happened to Bamabows? #125372

The website is not just down, the url is for sale.  So I guess that means no more bamabows.

I never owned one, but I know a lot of folks did.  It’s always sad to see a bowyer end his work.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: moisture in wood when shaped into arrow #125267

I’ve doweled a bunch of arrows.  It’s fun!

The best part of the log is the stump end.  This is true, I guess, because that’s the part of the tree that bore the most weight.

If you are going to start with logs, the thing to do is to cut a round from the stump that is several inches longer than you intend to make your arrows.  I like to go about 36 inches long.  Using an mall, or wedges and hammer, split the log into sections 6 or 8 inches thick.

Let these age for a year.

Split those sections into smaller sections.  Let them age for a year.

Split those smaller sections into blanks the size that will fit your router jig.  Let them age a while longer still.

Then go to town making arrows.

You can make arrows from boards too while you are waiting for your wood to cure.

The downside of doweling your own arrows, I have found, is that you end up with a lot of arrows outside your desired spine range.  I’ve had two shafts that were next to each other in the tree spine at 40 lbs and 100 lbs.  There is just no telling.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Book Suggestions #125167

Hey David, good to see you posting again.  Been wondering where you were off to.

I too like the Island Within.  Fantastic book.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Elevated rests #125052

Them’s fight’en words if you is talk’in of rais’en the knuckles on your long finger 🙂

 

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Book Suggestions #125051

That would be the one, thanks.  I bookmarked it.

When my reading inspiration is running low, I can just throw a dart at this post and get a new direction.  Thanks.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Elevated rests #125019

Actually, if you want to look at it that way, a bow was never meant to have a shelf.  An arrow should be shot off your knuckle 🙂

I’ve done it all 3 ways.  I guess that makes me a sinner 😜

Dang, these emoji’s suck.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #125018

My experience is that you have about 5 minutes to edit.   Then that option is gone forever.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #124971

You are a wild man Ralph.

I like yellow feathers, they are even better at passing the critter by…

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #123935

They sure do have some strange looking critters skulking around texas.  I’m glad you took care of that one Ralph.  Looks a might tough though 🙂

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: A hog hunting tale #123906

Good one Preston!

I heard a turkey gobble the other morning while out doing my shooting.  Got me to thinking of the upcoming turkey season.  I’ve never cared much for turkey hunting as the final result is somewhat hard to eat.  If I’m gonna kill a turkey, I’m gonna eat the whole thing, gulp.  I don’t like this idea of breasting such a big bird out.

I wish you better wind next time.  And thanks for sharing 🙂

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: arrow diameter #123785

Pultruded is a word that describes the manufacturing process.  When carbon arrows first came out, they were all small diameter and were manufactured by pulling epoxy coated glass fibers through a die. The nock and point connection points were called “outserts” as the shafts were so small they had to go on the outside of the shaft.

The first carbon arrow shafts were actually re-purposed shafts originally manufactured for tents and kites in France.  Once their popularity increased, shafts were manufactured for the purpose of making arrows.

Then the larger shafts were “invented” and manufactured by weaving or laying the glass fibers around a spindle.  The larger diameter shafts were thought to be nicer because they looked more like arrows and had internal components.

Now we are back to reinventing the smaller diameter shafts again, only this time with small nock and point inserts that go on the inside.

I don’t mean to disparage arrows of any sort.  I’m sorry if I came across that way.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: re back quivers #123652

There are a few leather smiths around that would probably be able to duplicate what you have.

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