Author Topic: 2021 what did you do today? (Read 150451 times)

Pat B · « **Reply #1980 on:** July 16, 2021, 02:18:56 PM »

Nice arc of a circle bend, Roy. How's she shoot?

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #1981 on:** July 16, 2021, 02:23:14 PM »

Thanks Pat..

Shoots pretty darn good.

Buemaker · « **Reply #1982 on:** July 16, 2021, 03:01:54 PM »

Bending good Roy.

kennym · « **Reply #1983 on:** July 16, 2021, 05:49:19 PM »

Bow looks good hippie ... er Roy!!

Crooked Stic · « **Reply #1984 on:** July 16, 2021, 10:50:07 PM »

If you have a drum sander run the blank thru it after you get the big boggers off it. Take down to width. then move your square in or out untill you find the center by swapping sides and the line cover each other. the mark the tips a riser then string it most times it will be good..

onetone · « **Reply #1985 on:** July 17, 2021, 09:39:36 PM »

Nice bow Roy. Sweet sweep to it at full draw.

A friend went to some trouble to bring some turkey feathers in the hope I could use them for arrows. I have always bought my fletches precut, but my friend is one of the good guys so I decided to have a go at making my own fletches. Liked the idea of burning rather than die cutting, because the fletches on each arrow would closely match each other. Used an old door hinge for a grinding clamp. Beveled the edges thinner to make grinding the quill easier. Got an old 40 watt Lionel train transformer (WWII vintage) to heat up the nichrome burning wire. Made a wire shaping jig out of masonite to form the wire. Had a couple of raven feathers around, so I used those for cock feathers on two of the arrows. The experiment worked out ok. Some pix below show the setup and outcome.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #1986 on:** July 18, 2021, 04:37:15 AM »

Thanks guys.

Nice job on those feathers, Joel.

Longcruise · « **Reply #1987 on:** July 18, 2021, 11:16:30 AM »

Good looking arrows.

Met this one on the bike path this morning. Looks like it just ate a family of mice.

Bvas · « **Reply #1988 on:** July 18, 2021, 06:24:10 PM »

Did ya grab him up Mike? Shoulda been plenty slow enough

Got the riser roughed out for my three piece.

Flem · « **Reply #1989 on:** July 19, 2021, 07:57:12 AM »

Roy, you must be growing your hair out for the Rainbow Gathering this year?
If you take that bow, you could help feed the tribe

Mad Max · « **Reply #1990 on:** July 19, 2021, 08:23:30 AM »

Lookin good Bvas

Buemaker · « **Reply #1991 on:** July 20, 2021, 04:31:36 AM »

Fletching wood arrows today.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #1992 on:** July 20, 2021, 06:36:37 AM »

Nice Brad and Bue..

LOL Flem, I'm a little past due for a hair cut...

Crooked Stic · « **Reply #1993 on:** July 20, 2021, 07:46:15 AM »

Looking good everybody. Like that riser Bvas.
How about a pic of that drill jig. Is it mounted on the corian or marble ??

kennym · « **Reply #1994 on:** July 20, 2021, 07:47:17 AM »

Looking good guys!

Longcruise · « **Reply #1995 on:** July 20, 2021, 03:23:46 PM »

Using the Thorne method of eliminating limb twist. It is making the twist worse!

Longcruise · « **Reply #1996 on:** July 20, 2021, 03:30:03 PM »

Filing the nock deeper on the side with the X.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #1997 on:** July 20, 2021, 03:45:14 PM »

I dunno Mike, looks like it has a long way to go?

Longcruise · « **Reply #1998 on:** July 20, 2021, 03:52:55 PM »

Thorne says file the X side but it seems to b getting worse 🤔

Maybe some needs to be taken off the limb sides?

Shredd · « **Reply #1999 on:** July 20, 2021, 04:31:12 PM »

Before you do any more filing I would double, triple check your limb alignment... Making sure your limb profiles are centered...

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