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Del the cat:
It's a shame because they don't know what they are missing. The in depth knowledge and explanations you get on here are so much better than the few lines you get on Facebook, which can be a bit confrontational, with no shortage of trolls and 'armchair experts'.
If I have a question, this is where I come.
Del

superdav95:

--- Quote from: Del the cat on December 16, 2023, 07:58:52 am ---It's a shame because they don't know what they are missing. The in depth knowledge and explanations you get on here are so much better than the few lines you get on Facebook, which can be a bit confrontational, with no shortage of trolls and 'armchair experts'.
If I have a question, this is where I come.
Del

--- End quote ---

Good point del. 

Eric Krewson:
I post less than I once did, I call it question answering burn-out, I have been helping people with their questions since 96. There are a few old timers left here that sill answer questions so If I see the question has been answered by one of them, I keep quiet.

I am the same way on the Facebook sites, if there are already 35 comments about a guy's question, I don't bother to read any of them because what I would say has probably already been said. The problem with Facebook sites is you have a bunch of people that don't know squat about bowmaking putting out some really bad advice about how to do this and that. 75% of the advice on the various Facebook bow building sites is bogus.

Another thing I have run into is a flood of questions sent to me by PM on the M/L sites. I have taken pictures of everything I do in my shop, be it making bows or building flintlock rifles. When I post and answer on the M/L sites it is in depth with pictures to illustrate what to do or not do.

For the last 4 or 5 years people have been skipping the search feature and forums and asking me directly how to do stuff by PM. I cater to beginner questions and there is no shortage of guys with little or no experience that wasn't a private tutor.

My normal day would be to start answering questions at 7:00 while eating breakfast and not finishing up until 10:30 or 11:00. It wasn't unusual for a person to send me a PM with 5 or more in depth gunsmithing questions in the same PM.

I finally threw my hands up and posted "enough is enough" on the PM questions, they slowed down but I still got a few. I don't give the in-depth answers anymore and give them a link to where they can find what they are looking for.

I figured out everything in bow and flintlock building by trial and error, lots of errors but I am a crafty guy who likes a challenge.

Aparently others want all the answers handed to them and I am burned out as the answer man.

Zugul:
I'm very slowly making progress on my new little bow, so in the next few days I'll post something  :BB

Muskyman:
I’ve been trying to learn how to flintknap and it’s getting into my bow making time. I thought it was going to be quick enough to learn but, it turns out it’s very difficult to do. I do plan on making another bow this winter. I’ve made a few that never got posted, I think. I have noticed that it seemed a little slower but, I just figured it had to do with the time of year. Lots of experience on here and I’d hate to see it be gone.

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