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RyanY:
Thanks Kevin. I've been texting him and it's been great. Honestly thinking about taking a trip down to his place to work on some bows. What do you say Arvin?  :BB

Started some arrows. Use the heads Arvin recommended. Took a while to figure out. I bought some bulk bamboo shafts on Ebay and the majority of them are very light for broadhead use. I also struggled to figure out how to get the weight close to exact. Talked with Alan about adding some filler to the ends of the bamboo which Arvin also recommended. Also used tape to cut out the fletchings which helped. Still need a better way to hold them while cutting but it got them close.

RyanY:
I am working on my issues with perfectionism and avoidance which has definitely come up with the thought of flight shooting. There were a few months between working on this stuff but I finally got a hand full of arrows done. The last few went much faster. If I can figure out how to get shafts close to weight then they would be fairly simple for the broadhead arrows. They ended up a bit light I think because of the humidity. 1-2 grains shy for a couple of them. Hopefully good enough to test.

RyanY:
After getting a few arrows done I am allowing myself to work on more bows.  ;D :BB  I had cut some hickory in April last year. One of the logs was cut quite low to the base where the trunk flares out. I thought I'd use that section to add some deflex at the handle for a deflex recurve bow. This will be for broadhead is the goal. The rings are pretty thick. Same wood as the pyramid bow. MC with the meter is about 10-11% at the wide end and just under 10% at the short end. I have a dehumidifier running in my shop to keep humidity at 40% so hopefully they can get lower and it'll be easier to keep it dry in the winter.

RyanY:
I got a new bandsaw a couple years ago and recently tuned it up. Never been better! I need a new blade but it cut good enough. Did a practice splice and the bow one turned out well. Got the alignment just about perfect. Cut it down a bit to let it dry out more.

RyanY:
Last update for tonight. I also got a bunch of old osage billets from a guy in Ohio. He said someone had cut them off a military base down south and the rings are very consistent. Not many wide ones as he was going to use them for backed bows, possibly even with edge grain. I picked a good looking pair and chased a ring. This will be a deflex recurve flight bow hopefully. I drew out a shape I like for the form. Took inspiration from that Yeoman Flight Bow from the Vintage Projects article.

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