Bad news, John...the Home Depots here are the same way. Sigh. Thanks for the great info., on picking out a board for a bow.
@johnjriggsarchery2457
Ай бұрын
@@estelpereira5011 Remember when there was courtesy and people talked to each other in person?
@estelpereira5011
Ай бұрын
@@johnjriggsarchery2457 Yes, I also remember when gas was 35 cents a gallon. I make it a point to seek out a Home Despot employee and treat them really really nice. Don't know why, guess Sh*& flows down hill and I think they treat us like they are treated by management. Hopefully, my actions make them think twice. But, I also enjoy tilting at windmills.
@grumpygrumpgrump136
Ай бұрын
You don't have to hide it in your truck, but every time you get one she has to get one also. It is twice as expensive.
@johnjriggsarchery2457
Ай бұрын
@@grumpygrumpgrump136 Larry, I'd give you a better reply but the tequila just hit me
@jamieduke5659
Ай бұрын
Made a comment a few days ago on you video explaining how you feel about using cherry wood and i said im new and just breaking a bunch of sticks. You took the words right from my comment and i feel like you just gave me direct advise! Lifetime viewer here, as i also appreciate when someone will vs wont go out of their way to help. Id love to master the craft of authentic wood bow making and seeing what you can do and hearing what you can say im definitely gonna pay attention to you. Thank you ❤.
@johnjriggsarchery2457
Ай бұрын
@@jamieduke5659 I do my best. I hope I've helped and yep, I really like cherry as a bow wood. Most of those trees in that family make good bow wood.
@jamieduke5659
Ай бұрын
@@johnjriggsarchery2457 so of I were to go to the big box near me and get a 1x2 of red oak with up and down parallel grains all the way down the "back"... Well I've heard that formula before but I'm using VERY minimal tools as I only have a draw knife that I've make shifted myself and a rasp. And I large knife for scraping. When I tried the last red oak board it felt like it was too unyielding for my low budget hand tools. Any advice here?
@johnjriggsarchery2457
Ай бұрын
@@jamieduke5659 I get it. A draw knife is definitely a must have bow tool, but, starting from a 1x2 means you don't have a lot of wood to remove. I would use a ferriers rasp which is also a must have which Farm and Fleet or Tractor Supply should have and use that along with a sanding block with 80 grit. It would give you more control and still remove wood fast.
@jamieduke5659
Ай бұрын
@@johnjriggsarchery2457 thank you! I have a small rasp but I've heard ferriers rasp a few times so I will get myself one. So if I can ask an in depth question here, what dimensions roughly would you want to get to before the idea of tillering comes in? I really need a few in person lesson 😮💨 but I live in a small town barely interested in hunting much less bow hunting and even less bare primitive bow hunting so no one here can teach me how to craft one, despite being close to tribal territory in Oklahoma.
@ChandlerLaurens
Ай бұрын
Hey John, I'm going to be up in near Alpena this week for vacation. I'd like to meet up and just chat about bow making or at the very least give you a couple short osage bow staves.
@johnjriggsarchery2457
Ай бұрын
@@ChandlerLaurens Nice! Email me so I can send my address and contact info.
@johnjriggsarchery2457
Ай бұрын
@@ChandlerLaurens I have this weekend off. I'm in the red brick house with field stone along the bottom on S 4th Street two houses from Orchard and S 4th.
@user-mb4se6km5p
Ай бұрын
Would you steam or heat reflex dry floor tiller black walnut? That's a lot of work you got there
@danielspain7231
Ай бұрын
Have you got a test piece available?
@user-mb4se6km5p
Ай бұрын
@@danielspain7231 I don't only one stave.
@johnjriggsarchery2457
Ай бұрын
@@user-mb4se6km5p The safest way to bend walnut is to steam it, but I doubt that it would hold a reflex over time. I personally would use dry heat because it would modify the bellies hardness.
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