Holy shit... I think I just witnessed the best OCD arrow build on the internet lol. Love that your non bias with your components and in depth with your explanations. Thanks for the vid Josh!
Best arrow building video on youtube. Archers shouldn't be afraid of building their own arrows. Its very satisfying shooting your own hand built arrows. And if you want the best result the attention to detail is important. Thanks for sharing. I hope archers gets inspired by your work. I visited most of the pitfalls before and this information is worth it weight in gold, if you want to avoid most of them.
This is one of the very, very few videos for archery alone that was very easy to follow, informative in depth, and enjoyable to watch. Truly professional content in my opinion.
I appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge with the archery community! Some would call your build OCD but it’s just your standards and a matter of what you want out of your equipment! Everyone should pay attention to your attention for detail! An expert match competition rifle shooter does not buy his loads off of a shelf... he builds his own! It’s truly what one wants from their equipment which ultimately dictates ones level of success! If you enjoy the same ole well... jus keep doing the same ole!🤷🏽
I've actually enjoyed watching this. I like the technical side of this so we can do this for accuracy when you can afford to do things like this. You are so right about fletching all your arrows the same. I've found that this is the best way to straighten out the flight early.
i like the attention to detail and the fact you have the discilpine to do it right, it also shows me that you have respect for the game you hunt because of the effort you go through to make sure you get the best possible accuracy out of your setup, to make that perfect shot, good work mate well done
I thought I was good at building my own arrows...until I watched this. So many things that seem so obvious now that you've pointed them out. This is the best arrow building video out there. Blew my mind. Now I have to start from scratch and rebuild my whole setup.
You gotta watch RANCH FAIRY... He will actually blow your mind with actual engineer/bowhunter research from Dr. Ed ASHBY.. Totally changed my whole view and set up.. Get the ranch fairy test kit from ethics archery.. Or make your own like I did from parts from local pro shop and start gluein'
Josh, I am 62 years old and just now getting back into archery after some 10 years completely out of hunting all together. My bow is ordered, as well as a full complement of gear to get me shooting again. It is an "APA BLACK MAMBA 35". I am Canadian so naturally, I went with the best Canada has to offer and their's only one to order from, APA! It is strictly for 3-D as I became a "vegetable" years ago. Lol. I ordered my Easton arrows uncut as I hope to build my own. This video you put together on building the most accurate arrows ever, is sooo helpful. I only wish I had all the tools you have for cutting, tapering, squaring, weighing etc. Wish you were my neighbor, lol. Anyway, what an awesome instructional video this is. I am a subscriber for life. God bless you and your family.
Thank you for posting such an in depth video of your arrow building process!! The best start to finish resource I've found and I love seeing someone striving for perfection (even if some people say it doesn't matter).
Honestly don't know why this video doesn't have more views than 200k. I'm not a professional but I've been building my own arrows for roughly 4 years and I followed all of these steps this year and I've never had more consistent and more accurate arrows. You're the man Josh! Best bow hunting channel on TH-cam
@@BowmarBowhunting thank you for putting stuff like this out there for people to learn. I'll definitely keep you updated on my kills this season. Got my eye on a few nice bucks. Thanks again for everything you do Josh!
@@BowmarBowhunting Hey I have a question.. does this process eliminate to need to bare shaft tune and knock tune? and what's your thoughts about those ZINGER fletchings? great video btw. I cant wait to start building some arrows.
Josh, that was one of if not the best in depth arrow build videos I have seen. Thank you very much. Good luck to both you and Sarah in South Africa. And congrats on the upcoming baby Bowmar!!!
Started bow hunting a year ago and your videos have helped me a lot. My lil brother is a big bow hunter but since he is stationed no where near me I have used your videos
The fact that you put this effort and time into your arrows just shows the respect you have for archery and the game your pursue. Tim gillinham builds his set ups very similar. It’s our job to be the most ethical archers we can be. Top notch info from a top notch archer. Keep the informative videos coming, pleasure every time I watch a video, btw tell bugler I said hey. Went to hocking college with him back in the day. God bless and best of luck on your next hunt.
Here is a step by step for you guys that might not have a lot of time, therefore just don't want to chug through 2 hours of content. Or, if you're not visual and can determine how to do something based off of word instruction. 1. Determine what game you will be hunting, do you want a super fast arrow that is light or an arrow that is on the heavier side offering more penetration for larger animals. (for those target archers, try to think what you want for 3d, field, indoor or outdoor) 2. Checking the spine tolerances, you can use a tester like the RAM, this is so you don't have a 300 spine in a box of 200s for example. (Cheaper arrows need these steps more than cheaper ones!) 3. Spin the arrows, then you can mark the ends with more wobble and cut those ends to get a straighter shaft(contrary to what he said in the video of arrow companies hating what he is "telling" the audience, Gold Tip already released this information long before this was out). 4. Determine your arrow length. He likes 1/2 to a quarter inch in front of the rest. Be careful if you're shooting a long insert outsert system like a system that Black Eagle offers goes over the arrow. If you're switching lighted nocks to normal nocks and want the right arrow length, save your money for the dozen and go off the 1/2 to a 1/4 inch in front of the rest with the SHORTER throat. This way, when you base your arrow length on the shorter nock, you aren't having your broadheads contacting the rest. If your broadhead blades are also coming back, then you need to add more length to your arrow so that way your blades aren't in contact with the rest. 5. Cut your shafts with an arrow saw (some use a Dremel rotating cutting tool if they want a DIY arrow cutting tool), Josh also recommends in this part to include about an 1/8 of an inch extra or so because squaring your arrow will get rid of some carbon. 6. Square your arrow using a squaring tool or what Josh said is a "deep six tapering tool". The reason you do this is so that your points and inserts are squared and that they aren't at an erratic angle. This is IMPORTANT if you use broadheads!!!!!!! 7. Use that same spine tester to find the stiff side of the shaft, all carbon arrows have a stiff side and a weak side. You could technically do this with nock tuning, but the reason you do this is so that you have consistent reactions among all of your arrows, your odd color vane will be on the stiff side and those using 4 fletch will want the stiff side up. (If you want to skip this step, Victory arrows are spine aligned for you, just give a simple flex up and down and the stiffest will be pretty easy to find compared to not having the mark with using other brands.) 8. Weigh everything...Literally! Take your shafts and group them lightest to heaviest with a grain scale, then do the same to organize vanes and points. When you do this, you are cutting your weight tolerances and are therefore getting more consistent arrows, leading to more accuracy at longer distance (most of these steps with trying to maximize straightness and get everything to tight tolerances are for long distance shots 80 yards and farther) 9. Get your components out, and start putting them together using opposites. For example, use light vanes and light points with a heavy shaft, use heavy vanes and heavy points with light shafts to get an even weight. If you have a medium weight shaft, combine that with a medium weight point and medium weight vanes. 10. BEFORE YOU FLETCH! Clean your shafts with acetone (avoid the nocks and the cresting/label, the acetone will eat through that). If you can't get acetone, denatured alcohol or isopropyl alcohol also work, just keep in mind that both of those still apply to damaging the nocks. Doing this assures that you get a good bond between the shaft and your vanes, try to avoid touching the shaft after doing this to avoid putting the oils on your hands on the shaft. 11. Start fletching! 4 fletch configurations need the stiff side in the middle of the 2 vanes with the stiff side facing up, 3 fletching need the odd color vane (called the cock vane) on that stiff line (recurves, have your cock vanes facing away from the riser, compounds, have your cock vane facing up). 12. Do what's called tipping and tailing, take your fletching glue (if you don't have any use some generic superglue) and put a dab of glue on the tips of the vanes and on the tail ends of the vanes, your vanes won't be flying off anytime soon You're done! Sorry this comment was long, but it should not be taking you 2 hours to read this, I don't know where the heck "25" steps came from, you only really need to do 12 (unless if I combined multiple steps, or if Josh included his gazillion examples). If you still want to watch through the video to hear the examples, then you can do that (I'm not in charge of you ;) ) Thanks for taking the time to read this and hope you found this helpful! Have a wonderful day! (or night/morning/evening...it's almost 3 a.m. as I'm writing this....)
I was literally cracking up during the video. I'm also in the ocd club of arrow building. All the similarities between what I do and this video had me laughin. My buddies think I'm crazy. Good to know I'm not alone. Also learned a couple tips I hadn't thought about. Thanks.
There is so much to all of this and you do a great job of explaining! Well worth my time. I’m shooting 76lbs @ 32” Draw length. I have noticed every little bit helps.
@@BowmarBowhunting you guys are wonderful I’ve learned a bunch from you and your wife you two are an amazing team! Good luck with the little one! God bless you guys! And thanks again for sharing your knowledge!
That was the most specific and informative tuning video I've ever seen. I hope you start doing more tuning and education videos now that you are not bound by any sponsors. Great video good luck on your vision for the future!
Best arrow building video I've seen (and seen a few). Thanks for this video, it's really valuable information for anyone into archery. I finished a setup with some Easton Axis 5mm today and they are within 0.4 grains tolerance, just amazing! I wasn't expecting the axis to be that consistent to be honest
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, I just started bowhunting, hunting in general, and shooting a bow last year, last time i picked up any bow was in high school age and im 33 now. This video is truly aligning with how i feel about building arrows, and it has helped me immensely. I even went as far as taking apart my broadheads (Zeus) and weighing each component from them, and assembling them as close to all the same as possible. With this, ive been able to get my arrows all within about 1 to just under 2 grains apart.
Absolutely the best arrow build I've seen to date. I've actually watched it about a dozen times and reference it when I'm building my arrows. I suffer from the same level of OCD you do, but you made it easy and provided the fast track road map instead of taking years of mistakes to learn. I'm also going to steal the layout for your basement dungeon man cave bow shop! Freaking awesome! Next house will have something similar.
The attention to detail seemed unnecessary in the beginning, but watching the video all the way to the end blew me away that your arrows are so close to being identical. Very cool video.
It doesn’t really make a difference if they are within 10 grains.. just fyi. I watched the whole video and experimented all week. Basically shoot identical out to 80 yards
Would be nice if someone made a rig for an experiment - bolt the bow into a solid fixture and shoot indoor - probably 70yards. See to what extent it becomes true
Ordered custom cut arrows from Lancaster archery, under a 1.5 grain difference between the 12 arrows ordered. This info is amazing, but you don’t have to go this in depth for arrows to weigh damn near identical
Josh, I saw one of your older videos a couple years ago that I can’t find now about bareshaft tuning where you shot through your house like 20 yards and it impacted perfectly. My bareshaft through paper is perfect, but at 20 yards it impacts the target at an angle, not straight on. I am pretty far along in my bow/arrow tuning Jedi training, but need more from you Jedi master. Bow tuning, and bareshaft arrow tuning videos man - my two requests!
I know how mad I get when I break a factory fletched arrow that I slapped a field tip on. I can't imagine how mad you get after breaking an arrow you put all this work into. Bravo for being a master of your craft.
You have opened my eyes on arrows been shooting since I was 6 compound since I was 10. Never gave arrows so much thought always have had a good shot group but as I get older Im not as good as I once was or its my current bow. Thank you.
This video has actually made me go out and start getting stuff to build my own arrows..I was already interested in it but I'm a perfectionist and want it all perfect
Awesome video! Built my 1st set of arrow thanks to this guide. What an amazing guy to take the time to create this arrow building masterpiece. My 12 arrows are within 1 grain. I bareshaft tuned 1 unfleched arrow with another fleched from the new batch. Now i have to shave the fletching and refletch because i shot threw the vanes twice at 20 yds. Thanks brother
I can’t get enough of your videos. I just recently started building my own arrows and it wasn’t till I watched this video that o realized that I have a long way to go and a lot to learn about building em right. Love your videos and can’t wait to see the next tips
Wow ! I don't really shoot anymore, but i am still fascinated with archery, and i must say i have never seen anyone pay so much attention to detail and perfection of their arrows. Your arrows are works of art man, and i admire your dedication to producing the very best in the industry.
Wow. I learned so much in this one video! Thanks for that! I really appreciate that you’ve explained it f I’m all points view so different types of archers in any budget range can see the value if the content and apply it to their own unique application. Biggest take away for me (being on a “dad budget” with an additional young archer in the house) was that our middle of that road and budget minded equipment requires much more scrutiny of this kind due to its inherent high variables. So even though you’re discussing your own high end components as examples, you’ve done a great job of explaining why this practice is even more important for the average archer to adopt into their routine to achieve maximum accuracy control. I’d have to admit that my eyes are open to arrows like never before. Thanks for sharing!
Have a love hate relationship with these types of videos. I love em cause they’re awesome and super informative, but hate em cause they sometimes tell me my setup is a little off and it itches me until I finally cave in and spend ridiculous amounts of money😂😂. Arrows arent cheap people😳😳💰💰
I have hand loaded all of my own ammo for a long time now and just recently started bow hunting last year. Watching this entire process of making calculations and actually building these arrows has definitely got me wanting to dive deeper into this sport. Great video and information. Time to invest in some tools now!
Great video .The dremel groove in the BOTTOM edge not the side of the fletching clamp trick is great , ill be doing the same .Thankyou for being OCD , you are not alone .
the more technical you got the more you convince me to get into this sport I'm busy with my riser at the momentand expect to trip over a lot of problems.
This video is longer than most movies and yet and no point was I bored or not enjoying myself so informative and entertaining great job as always keep it up !!!
This was very helpful as I dig into my first build. One thing I would like to see is you explain more about tuning between regular nocks and lighted nocks. Not everyone can incorporate them into every arrow so understanding how you practice with one and then ensure you’re ready for hunting with the lighted nocks would be great.
This is a great video, probably the best on arrow building. Wow. This is one of the keys to Josh's long shots. When people see someone make an 80 - 90 or longer shot they think it is poor hunting because they 1, don't train for it themselves and 2 don't take this time to make certain all the specs of their entire set up is right on. Great content.
No, it’s still bad “hunting.” You can’t build wind at range, nor animal reaction over time when talking slow projectiles, etc., etc., etc. Hunt or play video games, they aren’t the same thing.
I didn't say but I love your channel. I wish my wife was into shooting bows like yours, your a lucky man treat her like gold there hard to find. Good luck in all your hunts be safe
Holy Crap Josh! That’s a lot of info!!! I love that you are willing to show more info than I will probably ever use. Maybe someday... great work! Could you do a video explaining how to insert and adjust knocks for a 3 vane? I have learned a ton!
Great video learned a lot about building arrows that I never knew. Great instructor on subject teaches how to blue print you arrows like in engineering. Instructor puts in a lot of effort into video to cover subject correctly, knows how to interact with audience to make great video.
Nahhh, this guy has never heard of the RANCH FAIRY obviously... He revolutionized arrow building with DR. ED ASHBY'S research on higher grain weight and 18%+ FOC... Everything is better about them, more dead in the hand.. Quieter and proper broadhead flight.. Get the RANCH FAIRY test kit from ethic's archery..
@@Skelstoolbox Ranch fairy is one of the worst things to happen to the hunting industry IMO the guy is off his rocker and so many of his theories are joke and Dr. Ashby is not the end all be all of Arrows. I have pass throughs with 351Gr arrows and 430gr arrows....
@@NortheastWoodsman I'll give you that he's eccentric, no doubt but he backs up everything he's saying with evidence. I have since switched from 380 grain "twizzlers" to 550 grain and 15% FOC and I'm more accurate, quieter shooting bow, more dead in the hand and I have more shots that just cooperate. Plus with a single bevel, cut on contact broadhead, no other system can compare with penetration and broadhead flight. Good luck getting your broadheads to group the same spot as your field points with a 350 grain, 400 spine arrow. Also, I never had as good results bare shaft paper tuning as when I followed Ashby's method more so than light weight arrows.. SO......
@@NortheastWoodsman I find it interesting to think that bowhunting follows concepts that you must use the lightest weights possible because it's speed that matters. If the diameter of the cutting surface is the same, why is it wrong to use heavy FOC arrows to provide an ethical clean kill. This is what you call the worst thing to happen to bowhunting. It seems like taking a 55 grain .223 bullet and loading it for a .308.
@@briansaeger5580 no you find the best overall arrow for your setup which is a happy medium not a ranch fairy tomahawk. Your comparison makes no sense. The real comparison would be using a 150gr in a .30-06 or a 180gr... both will get the job done... your clean ethical kill comes from shot placement and nothing else.
This is awesome! I always obsess over my arrow set up and always wonder how to make them better, this video definitely answered so many questions i had!
Great video, you do great work sir! Just starting out with building my own areas after moving and not being close to a pro shop anymore--plus I like working on my own set ups. Just the advice of building a single arrow and tuning fully probably saved me a couple hundred bucks easy--and now I can justify buying the nose button! Excited to try it out!
Awesome tutorial along with techy info for the guys who like to be technical 👍🏻I’ve been wondering about switching to using hot melt myself and now I know I’m gonna do it. Too many of my arrows get thrown away because the outsert gets a wobble to it and there’s no repair that can be done. Thanks again!!
Great video. I just got into archery. I just recently fletched my own arrows. I wish I watched this sooner so I could have a little better arrow out of my cheep shafts.
I also think this is good for those target shooters, just ignore everything on broadheads and target shooters will be fine! Thanks for making this, you have made a great resource for arrows for the community!
@@BowmarBowhunting only thing is length of video....for those trying to memorize the steps it can be a little annoying to watch a 2 hour marathon over and over again but that's just me
Absolutely fantastic! I only wish bow shops would take this initiative. But guess what, as long as we continue to get weekend warriors that don't comment to the sport we well all suffer from the continued loss of local bow shops and suffer the incompetent clowns at Sportmens Ware house. Bravo to you Sir for enlightening all of us who DIY.
@bowmarbowhunting could you please list all the tools you use for arrow building, and are you the man behind bowmar nutrition who got my man @lunkerstv in tip top chiseledry?
I'm glad I watched this video because I had no clue what went into building the perfect arrow. Awesome video. I need to know more about helical and how much to use and left or right.
Bowmar Bowhunting I’ve got a question for ya, is the reason you cut your arrow so close to your rest is to help with the wind? I’ve gotta 30” draw and everywhere I’ve been cut my arrows 31” one inch longer than my draw. I think it’s a safety factor to make sure the broad head don’t cut my finger on accident. Is there a big dis advantage to longer arrows for hunting?
Just noticed the surface of your workbench is made of the same type of luxury vinyl we are installing in our home. Great idea... I hope I have enough left to do the same to my work bench. Or I maybe heading to home depot's clearance display to make it happen.. :)> Great informative videos. Have enjoyed all that I have seen so far.. Thanx for sharing your Archery knowledge.
Great video, I shot target and 3D in the 1990s and did well. I’ve never hunted but love your videos to bring back good memories. I think you, John Dudley and Joe Rogan should do a 3D shot video!
Holy shit... I think I just witnessed the best OCD arrow build on the internet lol. Love that your non bias with your components and in depth with your explanations. Thanks for the vid Josh!
Probably the most in depth explanation for everything. I actually feel like I learned something now want to go build some arrows!
Best arrow building video on youtube. Archers shouldn't be afraid of building their own arrows. Its very satisfying shooting your own hand built arrows. And if you want the best result the attention to detail is important. Thanks for sharing. I hope archers gets inspired by your work.
I visited most of the pitfalls before and this information is worth it weight in gold, if you want to avoid most of them.
Thanks for taking the time to watch this video! Really appreciate the support!
This is one of the very, very few videos for archery alone that was very easy to follow, informative in depth, and enjoyable to watch. Truly professional content in my opinion.
Thank you! I appreciate the heck out of this comment
I appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge with the archery community! Some would call your build OCD but it’s just your standards and a matter of what you want out of your equipment! Everyone should pay attention to your attention for detail! An expert match competition rifle shooter does not buy his loads off of a shelf... he builds his own! It’s truly what one wants from their equipment which ultimately dictates ones level of success! If you enjoy the same ole well... jus keep doing the same ole!🤷🏽
Wayne Stevenson well said my man!!!
I absolutely loved this video! Thank you and the cameraman for your time and effort
Awsome thanks for spending the time to put out sunch an in depth vid. Love nerding out on this stuff.😅
Finally! Someone that explains what it takes to make the best arrow, as it should be.
I've actually enjoyed watching this.
I like the technical side of this so we can do this for accuracy when you can afford to do things like this.
You are so right about fletching all your arrows the same.
I've found that this is the best way to straighten out the flight early.
i like the attention to detail and the fact you have the discilpine to do it right, it also shows me that you have respect for the game you hunt because of the effort you go through to make sure you get the best possible accuracy out of your setup, to make that perfect shot, good work mate well done
Thanks man! Really appreciate it!!
I used this video to help me build my arrows this year. They fly amazing! Ready for elk season now! Thanks Josh!
I thought I was good at building my own arrows...until I watched this. So many things that seem so obvious now that you've pointed them out. This is the best arrow building video out there. Blew my mind. Now I have to start from scratch and rebuild my whole setup.
That means a lot man thanks for watching
I'm new to bowhunting and this video blew my mind and the hole i've gotten myself into has gotten much deeper lol
You gotta watch RANCH FAIRY... He will actually blow your mind with actual engineer/bowhunter research from Dr. Ed ASHBY.. Totally changed my whole view and set up.. Get the ranch fairy test kit from ethics archery.. Or make your own like I did from parts from local pro shop and start gluein'
Where are you in the hole now 😂
Josh, I am 62 years old and just now getting back into archery after some 10 years completely out of hunting all together.
My bow is ordered, as well as a full complement of gear to get me shooting again. It is an "APA BLACK MAMBA 35". I am Canadian so naturally, I went with the best Canada has to offer and their's only one to order from, APA! It is strictly for 3-D as I became a "vegetable" years ago. Lol.
I ordered my Easton arrows uncut as I hope to build my own. This video you put together on building the most accurate arrows ever, is sooo helpful. I only wish I had all the tools you have for cutting, tapering, squaring, weighing etc. Wish you were my neighbor, lol.
Anyway, what an awesome instructional video this is. I am a subscriber for life.
God bless you and your family.
Thank you for posting such an in depth video of your arrow building process!! The best start to finish resource I've found and I love seeing someone striving for perfection (even if some people say it doesn't matter).
Wow thank you!! Really appreciate the support
This is my third time watching it and I finally have arrows to work with. I’m so glad you have uploaded this video.
Honestly don't know why this video doesn't have more views than 200k. I'm not a professional but I've been building my own arrows for roughly 4 years and I followed all of these steps this year and I've never had more consistent and more accurate arrows. You're the man Josh! Best bow hunting channel on TH-cam
Wow thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words. Hopefully you’ll kill something big with those new arrows. You’ll have to let me know
@@BowmarBowhunting thank you for putting stuff like this out there for people to learn. I'll definitely keep you updated on my kills this season. Got my eye on a few nice bucks. Thanks again for everything you do Josh!
@@BowmarBowhunting Hey I have a question.. does this process eliminate to need to bare shaft tune and knock tune? and what's your thoughts about those ZINGER fletchings? great video btw. I cant wait to start building some arrows.
Josh, that was one of if not the best in depth arrow build videos I have seen. Thank you very much. Good luck to both you and Sarah in South Africa. And congrats on the upcoming baby Bowmar!!!
Wow thank you so much! We really appreciate it!
Started bow hunting a year ago and your videos have helped me a lot. My lil brother is a big bow hunter but since he is stationed no where near me I have used your videos
The fact that you put this effort and time into your arrows just shows the respect you have for archery and the game your pursue. Tim gillinham builds his set ups very similar. It’s our job to be the most ethical archers we can be. Top notch info from a top notch archer. Keep the informative videos coming, pleasure every time I watch a video, btw tell bugler I said hey. Went to hocking college with him back in the day. God bless and best of luck on your next hunt.
Here is a step by step for you guys that might not have a lot of time, therefore just don't want to chug through 2 hours of content. Or, if you're not visual and can determine how to do something based off of word instruction.
1. Determine what game you will be hunting, do you want a super fast arrow that is light or an arrow that is on the heavier side offering more penetration for larger animals. (for those target archers, try to think what you want for 3d, field, indoor or outdoor)
2. Checking the spine tolerances, you can use a tester like the RAM, this is so you don't have a 300 spine in a box of 200s for example. (Cheaper arrows need these steps more than cheaper ones!)
3. Spin the arrows, then you can mark the ends with more wobble and cut those ends to get a straighter shaft(contrary to what he said in the video of arrow companies hating what he is "telling" the audience, Gold Tip already released this information long before this was out).
4. Determine your arrow length. He likes 1/2 to a quarter inch in front of the rest. Be careful if you're shooting a long insert outsert system like a system that Black Eagle offers goes over the arrow. If you're switching lighted nocks to normal nocks and want the right arrow length, save your money for the dozen and go off the 1/2 to a 1/4 inch in front of the rest with the SHORTER throat. This way, when you base your arrow length on the shorter nock, you aren't having your broadheads contacting the rest. If your broadhead blades are also coming back, then you need to add more length to your arrow so that way your blades aren't in contact with the rest.
5. Cut your shafts with an arrow saw (some use a Dremel rotating cutting tool if they want a DIY arrow cutting tool), Josh also recommends in this part to include about an 1/8 of an inch extra or so because squaring your arrow will get rid of some carbon.
6. Square your arrow using a squaring tool or what Josh said is a "deep six tapering tool". The reason you do this is so that your points and inserts are squared and that they aren't at an erratic angle. This is IMPORTANT if you use broadheads!!!!!!!
7. Use that same spine tester to find the stiff side of the shaft, all carbon arrows have a stiff side and a weak side. You could technically do this with nock tuning, but the reason you do this is so that you have consistent reactions among all of your arrows, your odd color vane will be on the stiff side and those using 4 fletch will want the stiff side up. (If you want to skip this step, Victory arrows are spine aligned for you, just give a simple flex up and down and the stiffest will be pretty easy to find compared to not having the mark with using other brands.)
8. Weigh everything...Literally! Take your shafts and group them lightest to heaviest with a grain scale, then do the same to organize vanes and points. When you do this, you are cutting your weight tolerances and are therefore getting more consistent arrows, leading to more accuracy at longer distance (most of these steps with trying to maximize straightness and get everything to tight tolerances are for long distance shots 80 yards and farther)
9. Get your components out, and start putting them together using opposites. For example, use light vanes and light points with a heavy shaft, use heavy vanes and heavy points with light shafts to get an even weight. If you have a medium weight shaft, combine that with a medium weight point and medium weight vanes.
10. BEFORE YOU FLETCH! Clean your shafts with acetone (avoid the nocks and the cresting/label, the acetone will eat through that). If you can't get acetone, denatured alcohol or isopropyl alcohol also work, just keep in mind that both of those still apply to damaging the nocks. Doing this assures that you get a good bond between the shaft and your vanes, try to avoid touching the shaft after doing this to avoid putting the oils on your hands on the shaft.
11. Start fletching! 4 fletch configurations need the stiff side in the middle of the 2 vanes with the stiff side facing up, 3 fletching need the odd color vane (called the cock vane) on that stiff line (recurves, have your cock vanes facing away from the riser, compounds, have your cock vane facing up).
12. Do what's called tipping and tailing, take your fletching glue (if you don't have any use some generic superglue) and put a dab of glue on the tips of the vanes and on the tail ends of the vanes, your vanes won't be flying off anytime soon
You're done! Sorry this comment was long, but it should not be taking you 2 hours to read this, I don't know where the heck "25" steps came from, you only really need to do 12 (unless if I combined multiple steps, or if Josh included his gazillion examples). If you still want to watch through the video to hear the examples, then you can do that (I'm not in charge of you ;) )
Thanks for taking the time to read this and hope you found this helpful! Have a wonderful day! (or night/morning/evening...it's almost 3 a.m. as I'm writing this....)
Best arrow into I’ve come across yet!!!
Appreciate the detail.
I was literally cracking up during the video. I'm also in the ocd club of arrow building. All the similarities between what I do and this video had me laughin. My buddies think I'm crazy. Good to know I'm not alone. Also learned a couple tips I hadn't thought about. Thanks.
There is so much to all of this and you do a great job of explaining! Well worth my time. I’m shooting 76lbs @ 32” Draw length. I have noticed every little bit helps.
please make a complete tuning video as in depth as this one also!! very informational its nice to finally see an arrow Nazi like myself!!! Great work!
I’ll work on it!
@@BowmarBowhunting you guys are wonderful I’ve learned a bunch from you and your wife you two are an amazing team! Good luck with the little one! God bless you guys! And thanks again for sharing your knowledge!
That was the most specific and informative tuning video I've ever seen. I hope you start doing more tuning and education videos now that you are not bound by any sponsors. Great video good luck on your vision for the future!
Thank you so much!!
Dang dude. That is a wildly accurate approach to arrow building. Appreciate the insights.
Great video !!! With as much detail that you put into arrow, I would love to see a bow tuning video!
I second this!!
Nice to have this all in one video. A few new tricks that I haven’t tried yet! Thx!!
Best arrow building video I've seen (and seen a few). Thanks for this video, it's really valuable information for anyone into archery. I finished a setup with some Easton Axis 5mm today and they are within 0.4 grains tolerance, just amazing! I wasn't expecting the axis to be that consistent to be honest
Glad you enjoyed it!
So much fantastic information. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Us adult onset hunters need all the help we can get!
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your insights and taking the time explain your process. Videos like this are rare and priceless.
Watching with my Dad and we're loving all the knowledge! Thank you!
Great to hear! Thank you for watching!!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, I just started bowhunting, hunting in general, and shooting a bow last year, last time i picked up any bow was in high school age and im 33 now.
This video is truly aligning with how i feel about building arrows, and it has helped me immensely. I even went as far as taking apart my broadheads (Zeus) and weighing each component from them, and assembling them as close to all the same as possible. With this, ive been able to get my arrows all within about 1 to just under 2 grains apart.
None of this matters to anyone except the author
Nonsense just Nonsense
@@nocturnal1one definitely not nonsense.
I like what you are doing. I try to do the same thing with my arrows & Bolts. Very Good & very educational. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Absolutely the best arrow build I've seen to date. I've actually watched it about a dozen times and reference it when I'm building my arrows. I suffer from the same level of OCD you do, but you made it easy and provided the fast track road map instead of taking years of mistakes to learn. I'm also going to steal the layout for your basement dungeon man cave bow shop! Freaking awesome! Next house will have something similar.
Glad you enjoyed it man! We appreciate the love and support!
I know this vid is older but this is BY FAR the BEST MOST EXPLAINED how to arrow build vid on youtube. Only from the best!!!!
The attention to detail seemed unnecessary in the beginning, but watching the video all the way to the end blew me away that your arrows are so close to being identical. Very cool video.
Attention to detail is never unnecessary.
It doesn’t really make a difference if they are within 10 grains.. just fyi. I watched the whole video and experimented all week. Basically shoot identical out to 80 yards
Would be nice if someone made a rig for an experiment - bolt the bow into a solid fixture and shoot indoor - probably 70yards. See to what extent it becomes true
Ordered custom cut arrows from Lancaster archery, under a 1.5 grain difference between the 12 arrows ordered. This info is amazing, but you don’t have to go this in depth for arrows to weigh damn near identical
Josh, I saw one of your older videos a couple years ago that I can’t find now about bareshaft tuning where you shot through your house like 20 yards and it impacted perfectly. My bareshaft through paper is perfect, but at 20 yards it impacts the target at an angle, not straight on. I am pretty far along in my bow/arrow tuning Jedi training, but need more from you Jedi master. Bow tuning, and bareshaft arrow tuning videos man - my two requests!
As a first time hunter this year, And a fabricator, i thank you for this video. Im so detailed and i am always meticulous about everything.
Never went so into depth with building my arrows😮 Really helpful video. Thanks Josh and keep the tips coming please!
I know how mad I get when I break a factory fletched arrow that I slapped a field tip on. I can't imagine how mad you get after breaking an arrow you put all this work into. Bravo for being a master of your craft.
When you spend the time and money on them, you break fewer arrows.
It’s worst trust me hahaha
You have opened my eyes on arrows been shooting since I was 6 compound since I was 10. Never gave arrows so much thought always have had a good shot group but as I get older Im not as good as I once was or its my current bow. Thank you.
This video has actually made me go out and start getting stuff to build my own arrows..I was already interested in it but I'm a perfectionist and want it all perfect
Awesome video! Built my 1st set of arrow thanks to this guide. What an amazing guy to take the time to create this arrow building masterpiece. My 12 arrows are within 1 grain. I bareshaft tuned 1 unfleched arrow with another fleched from the new batch. Now i have to shave the fletching and refletch because i shot threw the vanes twice at 20 yds. Thanks brother
I can’t get enough of your videos. I just recently started building my own arrows and it wasn’t till I watched this video that o realized that I have a long way to go and a lot to learn about building em right. Love your videos and can’t wait to see the next tips
Great to hear! thanks man
Wow ! I don't really shoot anymore, but i am still fascinated with archery, and i must say i have never seen anyone pay so much attention to detail and perfection of their arrows. Your arrows are works of art man, and i admire your dedication to producing the very best in the industry.
Wow thank you so much!! I really appreciate the support!
Wow. I learned so much in this one video! Thanks for that! I really appreciate that you’ve explained it f I’m all points view so different types of archers in any budget range can see the value if the content and apply it to their own unique application. Biggest take away for me (being on a “dad budget” with an additional young archer in the house) was that our middle of that road and budget minded equipment requires much more scrutiny of this kind due to its inherent high variables. So even though you’re discussing your own high end components as examples, you’ve done a great job of explaining why this practice is even more important for the average archer to adopt into their routine to achieve maximum accuracy control. I’d have to admit that my eyes are open to arrows like never before. Thanks for sharing!
Have a love hate relationship with these types of videos. I love em cause they’re awesome and super informative, but hate em cause they sometimes tell me my setup is a little off and it itches me until I finally cave in and spend ridiculous amounts of money😂😂. Arrows arent cheap people😳😳💰💰
Awesome video!! The perfect video for people fletching their arrows! Thank you for going into details on every step!!!
Thank you for watching! Appreciate the love and support!
I have hand loaded all of my own ammo for a long time now and just recently started bow hunting last year. Watching this entire process of making calculations and actually building these arrows has definitely got me wanting to dive deeper into this sport. Great video and information. Time to invest in some tools now!
Wow man thank you so much! Good luck to ya!
Thanks for making this video it’s the best arrow marking video out there hands down. I refer back to this all the time when building my arrows.
Glad it's been helpful for youl!
Very cool josh, I'm a pretty detailed bloke so pleased to see I'm not the only one, thanks for the lessons
Great video .The dremel groove in the BOTTOM edge not the side of the fletching clamp trick is great , ill be doing the same .Thankyou for being OCD , you are not alone .
the more technical you got the more you convince me to get into this sport I'm busy with my riser at the momentand expect to trip over a lot of problems.
I have been looking for a video that’s this thorough. Thanks for posting it.
Awesome break down! I learned so much. This takes me to the next step that I was needing
This video is longer than most movies and yet and no point was I bored or not enjoying myself so informative and entertaining great job as always keep it up !!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved it cant wait for the next one
Dude, master of your craft. I'm pumped to build my own for winter bow! Thanks for all the great info!
Good luck building it man I’m excited for you!
This was very helpful as I dig into my first build. One thing I would like to see is you explain more about tuning between regular nocks and lighted nocks. Not everyone can incorporate them into every arrow so understanding how you practice with one and then ensure you’re ready for hunting with the lighted nocks would be great.
You are gonna be the man that inspires me to build my own arrows! One Heck of a video! Keep up the good work!
Thanks man! I appreciate it!
This is a great video, probably the best on arrow building. Wow. This is one of the keys to Josh's long shots. When people see someone make an 80 - 90 or longer shot they think it is poor hunting because they 1, don't train for it themselves and 2 don't take this time to make certain all the specs of their entire set up is right on. Great content.
No, it’s still bad “hunting.” You can’t build wind at range, nor animal reaction over time when talking slow projectiles, etc., etc., etc. Hunt or play video games, they aren’t the same thing.
I’m glad I’m not the only one cutting a few an inch short! 😄
I didn't say but I love your channel. I wish my wife was into shooting bows like yours, your a lucky man treat her like gold there hard to find. Good luck in all your hunts be safe
Holy Crap Josh! That’s a lot of info!!! I love that you are willing to show more info than I will probably ever use. Maybe someday... great work! Could you do a video explaining how to insert and adjust knocks for a 3 vane? I have learned a ton!
Great video learned a lot about building arrows that I never knew. Great instructor on subject teaches how to blue print you arrows like in engineering. Instructor puts in a lot of effort into video to cover subject correctly, knows how to interact with audience to make great video.
How’s it possible that there are 35 dislikes on this video. This guy knows more about arrow building than anyone I’ve ever seen.
Ranch fairy has alot of good vids about arrows also.
This is the best arrow build video ever made! Most likely because im just as OCD lol
Nahhh, this guy has never heard of the RANCH FAIRY obviously... He revolutionized arrow building with DR. ED ASHBY'S research on higher grain weight and 18%+ FOC... Everything is better about them, more dead in the hand.. Quieter and proper broadhead flight.. Get the RANCH FAIRY test kit from ethic's archery..
@@Skelstoolbox Ranch fairy is one of the worst things to happen to the hunting industry IMO the guy is off his rocker and so many of his theories are joke and Dr. Ashby is not the end all be all of Arrows. I have pass throughs with 351Gr arrows and 430gr arrows....
@@NortheastWoodsman I'll give you that he's eccentric, no doubt but he backs up everything he's saying with evidence. I have since switched from 380 grain "twizzlers" to 550 grain and 15% FOC and I'm more accurate, quieter shooting bow, more dead in the hand and I have more shots that just cooperate. Plus with a single bevel, cut on contact broadhead, no other system can compare with penetration and broadhead flight. Good luck getting your broadheads to group the same spot as your field points with a 350 grain, 400 spine arrow. Also, I never had as good results bare shaft paper tuning as when I followed Ashby's method more so than light weight arrows.. SO......
@@NortheastWoodsman I find it interesting to think that bowhunting follows concepts that you must use the lightest weights possible because it's speed that matters. If the diameter of the cutting surface is the same, why is it wrong to use heavy FOC arrows to provide an ethical clean kill. This is what you call the worst thing to happen to bowhunting.
It seems like taking a 55 grain .223 bullet and loading it for a .308.
@@briansaeger5580 no you find the best overall arrow for your setup which is a happy medium not a ranch fairy tomahawk. Your comparison makes no sense. The real comparison would be using a 150gr in a .30-06 or a 180gr... both will get the job done... your clean ethical kill comes from shot placement and nothing else.
This is awesome! I always obsess over my arrow set up and always wonder how to make them better, this video definitely answered so many questions i had!
Thanks for watching man!!
Damn!!! theres no way that I don't build my own arrows from now on!! Super interesting. keep on the good work!!!!!
Great video, you do great work sir! Just starting out with building my own areas after moving and not being close to a pro shop anymore--plus I like working on my own set ups. Just the advice of building a single arrow and tuning fully probably saved me a couple hundred bucks easy--and now I can justify buying the nose button! Excited to try it out!
Awesome tutorial along with techy info for the guys who like to be technical 👍🏻I’ve been wondering about switching to using hot melt myself and now I know I’m gonna do it. Too many of my arrows get thrown away because the outsert gets a wobble to it and there’s no repair that can be done. Thanks again!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great video. I just got into archery. I just recently fletched my own arrows. I wish I watched this sooner so I could have a little better arrow out of my cheep shafts.
I sort / match them all the same. Takes time but they all are within a half grain or less. Great video!
Thanks man!!
I also think this is good for those target shooters, just ignore everything on broadheads and target shooters will be fine! Thanks for making this, you have made a great resource for arrows for the community!
I appreciate the feedback bro thanks for watching
@@BowmarBowhunting only thing is length of video....for those trying to memorize the steps it can be a little annoying to watch a 2 hour marathon over and over again but that's just me
Great Video! I’m a detail person so this was perfect!!
Great video Josh. Love your attention to detail.
Thank you!!
@@BowmarBowhunting Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Will be applying as much as I can to next arrow builds!
Dude. This video was fantastic! I'm now a new subscriber. Keep this type of quality info coming! Loved it!
Awesome! Thank you so much!!
Thank you for doing this! Great info and great timing because I am about to start building my own arrows. Thank you sir!
Thank you for watching- we really appreciate the support!
Really helpful tips. I’ve been wanting to convert to a 4 fletch on all my arrows and this was very helpful
Thanks for watching man
Absolutely fantastic! I only wish bow shops would take this initiative. But guess what, as long as we continue to get weekend warriors that don't comment to the sport we well all suffer from the continued loss of local bow shops and suffer the incompetent clowns at Sportmens Ware house. Bravo to you Sir for enlightening all of us who DIY.
Thank you man,I'll be coming back to view again once i get my grain scale.Deep South Archery - New Zealand.
Truly learned a lot from this video! Thanks man!!
This video inspired me to build my own for next season! Cant wait to come back to this video for guidance during that time! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Hi Josh, could you add a list of the equipment you used to your description? Great video!!
Awesome video, so much insight on what someone could easily overlook. Thanks for all the tips, keep the great content coming! Congrats on the baby!
@bowmarbowhunting could you please list all the tools you use for arrow building, and are you the man behind bowmar nutrition who got my man @lunkerstv in tip top chiseledry?
This is gold!!! Thank you so much for taking the time!
Thank you for watching!!
I wasnt expecting to be so entertained by this! Very well done sir.
Thank you!
I'm glad I watched this video because I had no clue what went into building the perfect arrow. Awesome video. I need to know more about helical and how much to use and left or right.
Great Video Josh!! Its cool you share your techniques and experiences. Also cool to see your passion in your craft.
Wow this is a wealth of knowledge to build an accurate Arrow
dang.. I wanted to give a thumb up when you asked to do so.. But I already had... So.. I suscribed. Cheers from France.
Awesome information, I have been looking for this info so i can shoot to the best of my ability. I am new to the bow hunting crowd.
Well done my friend! Tons of information, but I’m an analytical guy who likes to know everything about everything! Thanks for making this video.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!!
Bowmar Bowhunting I’ve got a question for ya, is the reason you cut your arrow so close to your rest is to help with the wind? I’ve gotta 30” draw and everywhere I’ve been cut my arrows 31” one inch longer than my draw. I think it’s a safety factor to make sure the broad head don’t cut my finger on accident. Is there a big dis advantage to longer arrows for hunting?
Great guide and info! Thank You for taking the time to make an in depth video :)
Just noticed the surface of your workbench is made of the same type of luxury vinyl we are installing in our home. Great idea... I hope I have enough left to do the same to my work bench. Or I maybe heading to home depot's clearance display to make it happen.. :)> Great informative videos. Have enjoyed all that I have seen so far.. Thanx for sharing your Archery knowledge.
Sounds great!
So much great info. I appreciate the precision of your process man. Exactly what I was looking for before dropping money on my DIY 👍👍
Great video, I shot target and 3D in the 1990s and did well. I’ve never hunted but love your videos to bring back good memories. I think you, John Dudley and Joe Rogan should do a 3D shot video!
Time to start building my own arrows, great video!!!!
I love this video man I’m super happy you share the secrets
Thanks man!