91
Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on February 08, 2026, 06:44:57 pm »Handles fitted and glued up. Shawn and Tracy working on splitting billets. 
Pappy
Pappy
Recent Posts
92
Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on February 08, 2026, 06:42:51 pm »Of course some good cooking, venison brats and back strap. Got my blades tempered and cleaned up then working of fitting the handles before glue up.
Pappy
Pappy
93
Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on February 08, 2026, 06:40:22 pm »Hope that is how this goes BJ. Had a good weekend, limped around a lot but no falls and got some stuff done in the shop, lots of friends over so a good time around the fire also. Spent most of my time working on knives, Shawn was working on a hide and some Osage billets.Got my 2 blades ready to heat treat and temper.
Pappy
Pappy
94
Flight Bows / Re: First flight arrow.
« Last post by willie on February 08, 2026, 06:38:52 pm ». Right now the flexion of the shaft measures .525” on my little home made spine tester which put it’s around 50lbs.
that deflection is with a 2 lb weight?
where does the 50 come from?
95
Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by willie on February 08, 2026, 06:34:57 pm »Anyone have any tips for keeping the shaft nice and parallel? I'm going to try without the belt grinder. Any tips are greatly appreciated!
Are you planning to taper the ends?
the longer the taper jig the less you would have to worry about the middle third, but that jig in the bottom pic is certianly an improvement ovet the narrow belt
96
Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by bjrogg on February 08, 2026, 06:04:52 pm »I wish knoll would pop in here. He made nice shafts.
Bjrogg
Bjrogg
97
Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by RyanY on February 08, 2026, 05:27:56 pm »Anyone have any tips for keeping the shaft nice and parallel? I'm going to try without the belt grinder. Any tips are greatly appreciated!
98
Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by RyanY on February 08, 2026, 05:26:42 pm »Got to work on some arrows today. I have some doug fir shafts from Surewood that I am planning on using but I need to taper them to lose some mass and figured I'd practice on some big box poplar. I've never made arrows so I had to make myself a shooting board. Got the planes sharp and went to town. I used my belt grinder to smooth them but but they got pretty "Lumpy" if that makes sense? I only did a hand full of the shaft blanks so I'll probably try and hand sand the rest. Also made a sanding jig but not sure how useful it will be. My shop is in a detached garage and I'm learning I really need heat and a bathroom in there. 
99
Bows / Re: Hold my hand when I sinew my first bow
« Last post by jameswoodmot on February 08, 2026, 05:11:52 pm »Thanks guys!
Averaging about 6-7” long, tearing it up now.
I’ve found if I shred it too much it starts to turn into a curly mess so I’ve left it slightly coarser.
Going to use commercial hide glue bought as dried granules.
I was thinking about tbb with the diagram of the brick pattern. Are two layers ok for this or would three thinner layers be better? I’m thinking also that because of the crown that perhaps applying slightly more to the centre of the crown and less to the outsides.
Averaging about 6-7” long, tearing it up now.
I’ve found if I shred it too much it starts to turn into a curly mess so I’ve left it slightly coarser.
Going to use commercial hide glue bought as dried granules.
I was thinking about tbb with the diagram of the brick pattern. Are two layers ok for this or would three thinner layers be better? I’m thinking also that because of the crown that perhaps applying slightly more to the centre of the crown and less to the outsides.
100
Bows / Re: PNW Elderberry Bow
« Last post by Doug509 on February 08, 2026, 04:55:14 pm »Bjrogg my first time with Elderberry. Supposed to be decent bow wood. This stuff is easy to dry. Easy to rasp. Doesnt really like my cabinet scrapers. Feels low density like balsa wood. Will see how this goes.