Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: michbowguy on October 11, 2007, 10:31:00 pm

Title: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: michbowguy on October 11, 2007, 10:31:00 pm: ok.
i started out with six maple and dogwood shoots.
cut dried and they were almost all the way scraped...
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0988.jpg)
next i had to heat straighten them...

(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0987.jpg)

(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0990.jpg)

now the shafts are ready to be cut all to the same length,and i made sure that the nock and the point end were very close to matching sizes...

then i marked my starting points for my self nocks, here i used a hacksaw blade with tape to score and a tile blade to finish the cut...
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0991.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0992.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0993.jpg)
now i sand the inside a little...and dress it up...
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0994.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0995.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0996.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0997.jpg)
i previously cut and stripped right wing turkey feathers the night before....
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0989.jpg)
stripped and chewed a little of last years deer backstrap sinew..
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0999.jpg)
fletched them up and added wraps at the fore and aft of feather, and also rienforced the nock...
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_0998.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_1000.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_1001.jpg)
and now for the buisness end. i just marka common distance...from end of my finger to first joint, then i draw a circle in the center of the shoot so i do NOT REMOVE THIS AREA!
and start removing wood.
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_1008.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_1009.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_1010.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x74/michbowguy/100_1011.jpg)
and thats what im working on now.whew.
jamie
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: michbowguy on October 11, 2007, 10:34:01 pm: man i give up...here ya go.
dont get mad for me postin the link.
cut n paste up top.
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: huntertrapper on October 11, 2007, 11:14:19 pm: new tech. can be a pain nice tryin though good luck in the future
trapper
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: wolfsire on October 12, 2007, 12:20:54 am: very nice looking arrows
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: Justin Snyder on October 12, 2007, 12:55:02 am: I fixed it for you. ;) Niced arrows. Justin
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: George Tsoukalas on October 12, 2007, 10:43:24 am: Super looking arrows. Jawge
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: Hillbilly on October 12, 2007, 11:21:08 am: Good job.
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: John K on October 12, 2007, 01:59:55 pm: Wow :o Very nice looking arrows there !
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: huntertrapper on October 12, 2007, 05:12:56 pm: cool arras
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: D. Tiller on October 13, 2007, 07:49:31 pm: More!More!More!More!More!More!More!More!More! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: how i make prim. arras...lots o pics. finally!
Post by: DBernier on October 15, 2007, 09:46:48 pm: Jamie, nice job. You are doing some cool work. Your napping is looking real good. Hey, got about 400+ shots thru that bow I got from you.

Dick