Really makes you appreciate just how much craftsmanship goes into every step of producing a functional set of arrows . In a world where just about everything is mass machine- produced, it is nice to see a return to a time where skill was so essential for most aspects of daily life.
Thank you, Richard! We need people like you keeping the old knowledge alive. We have lost too much of it, and can't afford to lose any more! Keep up the good work!
I seen your video had to make one for myself and it works like magic, incredible. So simple but so effective. thank you so much for passing on your knowledge
This is an incredible idea!!! I have been looking for an economical way to make shafts forever it feels like.. thanks a lot. I will be making a shooting board real soon...
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Beautiful work. I can see how this might not be practical on a lathe. So if ever there's an arrow shortage I can make my own. If I can offer an idea, that would be to place a hinge on that sanding block.
I have a lot of scrap metal so I am gonna make both this shooting board, as well as a drill powered dowel jig and if I don't like the way the drill powered jig makes them I am going to this method, I forge my own arrowheads and was trying to find a way to make shafts. I'm glad I came across this video thank you kindly for your taking the time to make it I am definitely subscribing
I just made an arrow shaft using this technique, and i am very pleased with it. My improvised shooting board is not nearly as good as Richard's but it is serviceable. I used a 1/2 inch wrench as a gauge, and now i need to find .5 bodkin points and i will test next weekend.
Thanks for the video. So far this is the only info I've been able to find on making the shafts from scratch (without a power drill). I've done a few shafts from Douglas Fir boards this way and they've turned out pretty well, though it is a lot harder to get them perfectly round and parallel (which is important if you want to crest them) than if you used a dowel maker. I have to finish them off with a rasp on the high spots and corners and then a ton of coarse sandpaper.
Thank you Richard.I'm a long time archer only now starting to make my own shafting, and experimenting with New Zealand native hard woods.But not wanting to buy the tools, jigs ect ect to do so.
Wonderful! I had totally forgotten what this jig was called. IMO the best way to dowel yourself up some shafts, way better than the pencil sharpener style dowel reducers and vastly superior to buying round dowels.
If you use the Tudor stuff (Dog fish skin) you will also need to fall in with all other Tudor apprentice Fletcher life...I would use the modern stuff and make your life easy.
I have made about two dozen ash arrows using a drill/router shaft jig. It works fairly well, some of the shafts are a bit rough. I think that your blank should be 1/2 " square and not 3/8's as I have done, and this would smooth the shaft a little better. I chuck the shaft into a drill to sand it between two boards and this works very well. Even so, I look at commercial ash shafts and they are a lot smoother than mine. Almost glassy smooth, and I wonder how they do that? Perhaps my router bit is not sharp enough? Is there a jig I can make to do the final smoothing on the routed shaft to get it to 11/32"? If there is I haven't seen it.
@@longbows Yeah, I'm a tech so making jigs is second nature and to make arrows, the jigs are the important factor in keeping everything consistent. The only jig I bought was a fletching jig, because I wanted helical fletches. Come to think of it, I enjoyed making the jigs more than the arrows in some cases. I made my own shoulder quiver too. I shoot a Samick Sage with 40# limbs. One of the things with making ash arrows is that the tapers have to be ground and not cut. The pencil sharpener type taper tools just don't work on ash. It makes for a heavy arrow that will hit very hard. Now, I have to figure out a way of carrying a recurve bow on a mountain bike. I built a trailer for it, so that may be what I have to use. Archery is a hoot!
@@longbows ... thank you , yes watched them both , awesome content , I do wood work at home quite a bit so these are going to fantastic to make , archery supplies are a bit far from me to be buying arrows so being self sufficient in making my own is going to be a big saver . 👍
I'm completely new to the art of the bowyer, but as a carpenter and woodworking enthusiast I was thinking it would be convenient to make a sanding jig that is adjustable or simply make it so it mounts on both sides of a vise; that way you could adjust it perfectly even for friction. Just one of those carpenter thoughts I have.
So, what about putting the same groove into a wandering staff/ quarterstaff. You could be in the middle of the woods more easily walking around, have a great self defence weapon AND be able to make your own arrows. Put a sharp tip on it, boom, spear. All in one stick. Thank you for coming to my sales pitch.
There is this old French fort close to where I live and they hold events most seasons where people camp out and live as they did in the 17th century... I always wonder what I could do. I'm wondering if this is something I could do! Thanks!
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The hardest part for me was finding a suitable board with favorable grain. This video took most the mystery out of it. I ripped 11/32"x11/32" shafts on a table saw with a push stick. How did the medieval pros do it i wonder? 🤔
Seems that this puts a lot less stress on the grain than spinning them through a doweller at high speed, and grain density disparities wont steer the wood around like it does through a doweller either. Much better finish too. Much prefer this over hardware store bird perches.
Can you recommend arrow thickness and woods for 30-50lb bows, is there a site with ideal splines using wood/weight draw length, normally I shoot carbon arrows and asiatic bows, but do fancy getting a Longbow in near future, just trying to find a suitable piece of land just now.
What degree are all those blocks angled at or where can i buy some of those this is exactly what iv been looking for and also i subscribed good job i look forward to many many many more videos like this
To make your own simply get a piece of wood and attach two pieces of wood on top along the length of the first piece to make a sort of raised gap to sit a shaft in, glue a stop at one end.
Love the films, just finished an 80in yew longbow, 30 in draw, 85lb weight, now to make some arrows! Could I ask what diameter of square shaft did you start with? And length of arrow shaft to make for such a draw length ? Thank you Stephen
You will no doubt need safety of 2 or 3 inches more than your draw length for the length of arrow. For that weight you will need at leats 3/8 shafts, so you will need to start with square shafts slightly larger than 3/8.
Is there a poundage limit for the bongbow with this type of arrow, or a formula of arrow diammeter vs draw weight? Would arrows of this type be strong enough for a recurve? Thansk, love your video!
Love the video. Despise sandpaper though! It is everything wrong with modern crafting (throwaway culture). Is there a way to do this with a curved plane that gets you to the precise diameter?
I don't know of any, but you could have a custom iron made - or make it yourself if you have the skills. It would require two shooting boards. The first would be used until half was finished, then the other board with a semi-circular groove would be used for the other side of the arrow.
No problem, thanks for the sub, a shooting board can be made in a few ways, you will either need to route out a channel in a long piece of wood or use 2 bits of wood glued together with the corners cut off like in the video, you will then need a stop at the end.
what was the medieval equivalent of sandpaper? i'm thinking they used rocks? maybe real flat rocks. kind of like flint-knapping techniques to sharpen rock edges? what are your thoughts Richard?
As deep as you need it to be depending on the diameter of shafts you intend making, we are just about to make a video about how to make a shooting board and we will be going through those choices and details.
@@longbows Looking forward to it! I have made dozens of dozens of arrow over the years, but I used premade shafts (I have had to reduce their diameter from time to time, and even barrelled a few sets). So after 50 years in archery I think it's about time I tried making some from square stock.
Terrific! I wonder what they used before "sand paper" was invented. Leather with fine graded sand? I have about 30 board feet of lovely straight grained, clear Douglas Fir I have been storing for about 30 years. I think I will try this out on some of this old material. Any advice? Thanks, R
@@longbows That would be great! I've seen mechanical shaft makers but I've been wanting to make them the old fashioned way for a long time. Thanks for your reply and keep up the good work on your videos.
@@longbows yes I just watched it the other day. I think I heard you mention it but I wanted to make sure I was hearing correctly. I have found what I need now thank you so much
good video, just doesn't seem ideal to me when I can find shafts in the wild or order dowells without having to skim them. The square rods are roughly the same price.
Hi, this is a video about making your own shaft, so length and diameter will be up to you. The ones in the video are approx 33" long and 3/8"-1/2", they are not arrows yet, only shafts.
Sorry, I dont understand, the board will make any diameter you want really, the more wood you remove the smaller the diameter, for Medieval arrows they tend to be around 3/8 up to 1/2"
I seen another comment where you had mentioned that this depth of groove will make 3/8"-1/2" shafts I'm just wanting to reaffirm that before constructing this awesome method by the way, the ancients were true geniuses of the time
as long as the groove doesent swallow up the size of shaft you are tryng to make then it doesent matter, the groove is to hold the shaft staright and the stop at the end prevents the shaft from flying off the end, it doesent need to be any more complicated than that.
I've never seen an actual buyable shooting board, literally anywhere, it baffles me. The entire internet is how to make your own or shooting board takes you to archery targets or fletching jigs.
sorry to hear that, we did sell some but found it hard to sell at a reasonable price, also they are so long they are very expensive to send in the post, so we stopped as people didn't buy them. they are very easy to make, I have made a video on how to make one, if you struggle to make a shooting board then you are going to struggle to ake your own arrows
Can you think of a way to make a 2 piece wooden take down arrow? I would be extremely interested if you had any brainstorm concept ideas on how to join two halves. Thank you.
I mention how its made at the very beginning of the video, I may do a video on making one in the future. Please subscribe if you want to encourage me to make more videos of this type.
Ok I have found Yellow Pine and fairly tight grain it is almost quarter sawn. It has about 10 rings per inch give or take thats the best I could find and it seems strong enough. I also tried Western Red Cedar. It was very tight grained but very light spined the Yellow Pine is one of our stronger Pines here. I will next try spruce. The Cherokees here used almost exclusively river canes and they are very tough shaft dont break like wood but they will split if they hit something hard. So they would use a forshaft of wood that was glued into the cane.
Thanks, glad you found us! We have quite a few videos on making arrows, check out the arrow making page on our new website. www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk shout if you need any help or supplies
Well, goes back about 1,000 years before the period you're talking about.Having said that your video was good and informative. I was just stating a fact.
So to make an arrow you need to have the tools to make a shooting board hit it this man isn’t the guy to teach you he paid for tool not the ability to make them him self from a tree good to go
thanks for watching and commenting. we have a video showing how to make a shooting board, this is how Medieval style arrows in the UK were and are made, arrow made without using a board straight from a tree is a different style and from a different part of the world, we show how to make them in that way also.
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Really makes you appreciate just how much craftsmanship goes into every step of producing a functional set of arrows . In a world where just about everything is mass machine- produced, it is nice to see a return to a time where skill was so essential for most aspects of daily life.
I am glad you approve of our approach, thanks again for the kind words, such a rare thing on TH-cam!
Which is why usually they are steps broken up. One person was a fletcher who made the fletching and the arrow and the blacksmith made the heads.
Thank you, Richard! We need people like you keeping the old knowledge alive. We have lost too much of it, and can't afford to lose any more! Keep up the good work!
Thanks
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Its' amazing how they ancient techniques still being si effective and making ítems of they Best Quality !! Excelent Job Mr.
Thanks
Almost everything was before is a lot better than products now
I seen your video had to make one for myself and it works like magic, incredible. So simple but so effective. thank you so much for passing on your knowledge
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This is an incredible idea!!! I have been looking for an economical way to make shafts forever it feels like.. thanks a lot. I will be making a shooting board real soon...
Thanks.
ı vill make it thank u :)
That was touching ! For battle !
Very nice way to make those shafts sir !
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Beautiful work. I can see how this might not be practical on a lathe. So if ever there's an arrow shortage I can make my own. If I can offer an idea, that would be to place a hinge on that sanding block.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the info. I've started making my first long bow and soon will attempt making my own arrows if I'm successful in my bow.
Go for it! Let me know how you get on, have you seen the website www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk
@@longbows wow that's some great resources!!! Thanks m8!
I have a lot of scrap metal so I am gonna make both this shooting board, as well as a drill powered dowel jig and if I don't like the way the drill powered jig makes them I am going to this method, I forge my own arrowheads and was trying to find a way to make shafts. I'm glad I came across this video thank you kindly for your taking the time to make it I am definitely subscribing
I am glad you found us, thanks for the sub. Maybe you will like my bow and arrow making website. www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk
I just made an arrow shaft using this technique, and i am very pleased with it. My improvised shooting board is not nearly as good as Richard's but it is serviceable. I used a 1/2 inch wrench as a gauge, and now i need to find .5 bodkin points and i will test next weekend.
Great, glad it worked out, we sell lots of half inch heads.
wow I have been trying to find a good way to make dowels you have just solved one of the biggest problems I faced with making my own arrows
Great, glad in came in handy.
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Thank you for great knowledge I will be putting it to use straight away
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FINALLY I found this video, have looked for years for this information. Subscribed and many thanks!
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Nice! I've made a few pegs (trunnels) that way but hadn't thought to extend it to arrows.
Cool.
Thanks for the video. So far this is the only info I've been able to find on making the shafts from scratch (without a power drill). I've done a few shafts from Douglas Fir boards this way and they've turned out pretty well, though it is a lot harder to get them perfectly round and parallel (which is important if you want to crest them) than if you used a dowel maker. I have to finish them off with a rasp on the high spots and corners and then a ton of coarse sandpaper.
Hi, really glad you have found the channel, glad the video was of help, thanks for subscribing and sharing our vids.
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Scrapers can made from hand saw blades even if the hand saw is damaged
Thank you Richard.I'm a long time archer only now starting to make my own shafting, and experimenting with New Zealand native hard woods.But not wanting to buy the tools, jigs ect ect to do so.
Wonderful! I had totally forgotten what this jig was called. IMO the best way to dowel yourself up some shafts, way better than the pencil sharpener style dowel reducers and vastly superior to buying round dowels.
Glad you found the video useful, I hope you subscribe to see more.
Do I need to use traditional Tudor era sandpaper, or will the modern stuff do?
If you use the Tudor stuff (Dog fish skin) you will also need to fall in with all other Tudor apprentice Fletcher life...I would use the modern stuff and make your life easy.
I have made about two dozen ash arrows using a drill/router shaft jig. It works fairly well, some of the shafts are a bit rough. I think that your blank should be 1/2 " square and not 3/8's as I have done, and this would smooth the shaft a little better. I chuck the shaft into a drill to sand it between two boards and this works very well. Even so, I look at commercial ash shafts and they are a lot smoother than mine. Almost glassy smooth, and I wonder how they do that? Perhaps my router bit is not sharp enough? Is there a jig I can make to do the final smoothing on the routed shaft to get it to 11/32"? If there is I haven't seen it.
sounds like you have been having fun making shafts. the commercial manufacturers have some great machinery to get that smooth finish
@@longbows Yeah, I'm a tech so making jigs is second nature and to make arrows, the jigs are the important factor in keeping everything consistent. The only jig I bought was a fletching jig, because I wanted helical fletches. Come to think of it, I enjoyed making the jigs more than the arrows in some cases. I made my own shoulder quiver too. I shoot a Samick Sage with 40# limbs. One of the things with making ash arrows is that the tapers have to be ground and not cut. The pencil sharpener type taper tools just don't work on ash. It makes for a heavy arrow that will hit very hard. Now, I have to figure out a way of carrying a recurve bow on a mountain bike. I built a trailer for it, so that may be what I have to use. Archery is a hoot!
Thank s is just what I been looking for , awesome video , now making arrows is going to a lot easier for me , thanks. 👍 liked and subscribed.
No problem 👍 Thanks for the sub, have you watched the video on how to make shooting board?
@@longbows ... thank you , yes watched them both , awesome content , I do wood work at home quite a bit so these are going to fantastic to make , archery supplies are a bit far from me to be buying arrows so being self sufficient in making my own is going to be a big saver . 👍
Glad we could help, anything you can do for you channel in return will be much appreciated, let me know how you get on.
Man I could do that. Thanks great video an advice
You can do it! Let me know how you get on.
I'm completely new to the art of the bowyer, but as a carpenter and woodworking enthusiast I was thinking it would be convenient to make a sanding jig that is adjustable or simply make it so it mounts on both sides of a vise; that way you could adjust it perfectly even for friction. Just one of those carpenter thoughts I have.
Yes, we use that ver item for making modern shafts, particularly tapered.
I love it so much! I'm going to try it
Please do! Have you seen the video series I did on making a Medieval arrow?
@@longbows No, I'll watch that too
great tips on making shafts! thank you.
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Great video, gave me some good ideas, thank you.
No problem, glad to have inspired you, thanks for subscribing.
So, what about putting the same groove into a wandering staff/ quarterstaff. You could be in the middle of the woods more easily walking around, have a great self defence weapon AND be able to make your own arrows. Put a sharp tip on it, boom, spear. All in one stick. Thank you for coming to my sales pitch.
That's is a stellar idea. Mine was to make a modified plane with a gouge to make them more roundish
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Nice. Could you please make a vid on how to make a shooting board? Thanks
OK, is there any other videos you would like to see us make?
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Nice thanks for the info
no worries, we have also made a video on how to make your own shooting board, have you seen that one?
@@longbows not yet
There is this old French fort close to where I live and they hold events most seasons where people camp out and live as they did in the 17th century... I always wonder what I could do. I'm wondering if this is something I could do! Thanks!
That would be great, good luck, let me know how you get on.
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
cool vid IL try that jig looks easy to do
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The hardest part for me was finding a suitable board with favorable grain. This video took most the mystery out of it. I ripped 11/32"x11/32" shafts on a table saw with a push stick. How did the medieval pros do it i wonder? 🤔
They used to cut proper length shafts straight from a suitable tree and they would straighten it over time as the wood dried out.
Thank you, sir!
No problem
great video. I would try doing the sanding on a lathe.
Thanks, glad you like it. I dont have a lathe, do you?
@@longbows I have access to a lathe. but not during the quarantine. I will try it
Awesome Thanks
Glad you like it.
"How did they make arrows in pre-industrial times?" was a weird nagging question at the back of my mind since I was kid, and now I know.
Glad I could help
Great video, thank you for sharing this easy method. How do you make the shooting board?
Thanks, we are actually going to do a video on this and sell some on our site. www.richardheadlongbows.com
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Awesome video! Subbed! Would love to see a "How to:" video on making one of these!
Brilliant, thanks for the sub, have you seen my making website?
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@@longbows wicked! Will definitely look out for it. Thank you, very much!
Congratulations!!! Thanks a lot. What is the plane number?
Thanks. No idea, sorry.
Seems that this puts a lot less stress on the grain than spinning them through a doweller at high speed, and grain density disparities wont steer the wood around like it does through a doweller either. Much better finish too. Much prefer this over hardware store bird perches.
Thanks, glad you found it useful
Great video! But you didn’t say what of a wood suets best? Thank you!
Hi, we use Ash in the video, Poplar is also a good one.
Thank you Sir, Englishmen should be making lots of these just now
That's the plan!
Can you recommend arrow thickness and woods for 30-50lb bows, is there a site with ideal splines using wood/weight draw length, normally I shoot carbon arrows and asiatic bows, but do fancy getting a Longbow in near future, just trying to find a suitable piece of land just now.
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Just asking Do You have any dimensions for the Shooting Board ?
They are not critical, as long as the V groove is uniform and the board is longer than your arrow shaft blank.
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What degree are all those blocks angled at or where can i buy some of those this is exactly what iv been looking for and also i subscribed good job i look forward to many many many more videos like this
To make your own simply get a piece of wood and attach two pieces of wood on top along the length of the first piece to make a sort of raised gap to sit a shaft in, glue a stop at one end.
Or get a friend with a router to make one for you.
nice
Love the films, just finished an 80in yew longbow, 30 in draw, 85lb weight,
now to make some arrows! Could I ask what diameter of square shaft did you start with? And length of arrow shaft to make for such a draw length ? Thank you Stephen
You will no doubt need safety of 2 or 3 inches more than your draw length for the length of arrow. For that weight you will need at leats 3/8 shafts, so you will need to start with square shafts slightly larger than 3/8.
Richard Head Longbows thank you👍😁🙏
Is there a poundage limit for the bongbow with this type of arrow, or a formula of arrow diammeter vs draw weight? Would arrows of this type be strong enough for a recurve? Thansk, love your video!
The fuormula is called `spine` have you looked at our videos about spine?
Nice. Going to try that that. 👍
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Love the video. Despise sandpaper though! It is everything wrong with modern crafting (throwaway culture). Is there a way to do this with a curved plane that gets you to the precise diameter?
I don't know of any, but you could have a custom iron made - or make it yourself if you have the skills.
It would require two shooting boards. The first would be used until half was finished, then the other board with a semi-circular groove would be used for the other side of the arrow.
awesome video
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thank you for this video !how do I make a shooting board
No problem, thanks for the sub, a shooting board can be made in a few ways, you will either need to route out a channel in a long piece of wood or use 2 bits of wood glued together with the corners cut off like in the video, you will then need a stop at the end.
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Genius!
Thanks
How do you make the shooting board? Are there any blueprints?
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what was the medieval equivalent of sandpaper? i'm thinking they used rocks? maybe real flat rocks. kind of like flint-knapping techniques to sharpen rock edges? what are your thoughts Richard?
Dog-fish skin.
Very cool!
Thanks!
I seems it has a slight taper but I'm not sure could you provide a bit more insight thanks for your time in advance
Which do you mean, the board or the shaft?
Do you know if you can make one with Australian Buloke wood
Hi, sorry mate, I have no idea about that material. More info and tips on my bow making website www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk
Well done. Thx.
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Can you please do a video on how to make the shooting board. Hopefully in a way that does not require a table saw. Thanks.
Sure
@@longbows Thank you I've really been struggling. I only have access to a circular saw but I'm unsure how I would make a long angled bevel cut.
@@longbows any update ?
No
@@longbows possibly just some tips then ? I've tried to make out measurements through other comments you've answered but its been vague.
Do you find that you need different shooting boards thickness?
No
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Hi, how deep is the groove on the shooting board? Thanks.
As deep as you need it to be depending on the diameter of shafts you intend making, we are just about to make a video about how to make a shooting board and we will be going through those choices and details.
@@longbows Looking forward to it! I have made dozens of dozens of arrow over the years, but I used premade shafts (I have had to reduce their diameter from time to time, and even barrelled a few sets). So after 50 years in archery I think it's about time I tried making some from square stock.
How did they start with the shaft blank? Just saw it out from a block of milled wood?
Probably, it's hard to know exactly what was done hundreds of years ago
@@longbows Quite possibly just split out of straight grained billets of wood.
Terrific!
I wonder what they used before "sand paper" was invented. Leather with fine graded sand?
I have about 30 board feet of lovely straight grained, clear Douglas Fir I have been storing for about 30 years.
I think I will try this out on some of this old material. Any advice?
Thanks,
R
They used Dogfish skin as sandpaper.
Wow, shark skin as sandpaper. Amazing.
That is amazing, I didn't know that. Now I have to go try to make some dogfish sandpaper!
@@longbows I expect they also used abrasive stones like sandstone as well as leather with grit on it.
@@longbows that's what Jack London said in "South Sea Tales"
Did you make that shooting board yourself, or did you buy it? I am very interested in one like that for myself if you have any information about it.
Hi, yes, we will be doing a video on how to make one as soon as we get out of lockdown, had one thought out for a while.
@@longbows That would be great! I've seen mechanical shaft makers but I've been wanting to make them the old fashioned way for a long time. Thanks for your reply and keep up the good work on your videos.
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Lovely..... thanks
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What do you mean by "ancient". I´m from Sweden where we don´t use a similar expression. My concern is how "ancient" / How old is this method?
Was tapering just done by eye back in the day?
Possibly. It can also be done using a modification of the shooting board.
What is that tool called you're using to take the corners off?
A plane. Have you seen the video about making a shooting board?
@@longbows yes I just watched it the other day. I think I heard you mention it but I wanted to make sure I was hearing correctly. I have found what I need now thank you so much
No worries, let me know how you get on.
good video, just doesn't seem ideal to me when I can find shafts in the wild or order dowells without having to skim them. The square rods are roughly the same price.
the point is that you can get larger boards for a hell of a lot less money and with a table saw or band saw you can make a lot of them very cheaply
Hardware store dowels will likely have grain runoff resulting in split arrows
Hi, I would like to know the length and diameter of the arrow.
Hi, this is a video about making your own shaft, so length and diameter will be up to you. The ones in the video are approx 33" long and 3/8"-1/2", they are not arrows yet, only shafts.
Hello! please tell me what should be the diameter of the arrow? I saw that they wrote 5-8.5 mm. It's true?
The diamter of what arrow?
@@longbows yes
Sorry, I dont understand, the board will make any diameter you want really, the more wood you remove the smaller the diameter, for Medieval arrows they tend to be around 3/8 up to 1/2"
@@longbows maybe you do not understand since I communicate through google translator. I found my diameter, don’t worry
where can you get a shootingboard
Your best bet is to make one
Question: how deep is the grove of your shooting board ?
Its 6mm, though this will depend on the diameter of shaft you intend to make.
I seen another comment where you had mentioned that this depth of groove will make 3/8"-1/2" shafts I'm just wanting to reaffirm that before constructing this awesome method by the way, the ancients were true geniuses of the time
as long as the groove doesent swallow up the size of shaft you are tryng to make then it doesent matter, the groove is to hold the shaft staright and the stop at the end prevents the shaft from flying off the end, it doesent need to be any more complicated than that.
@@longbows You should put this information in the summary. Great video. Thank you for sharing.
@@ianroskam5131 New video on how to make a shooting board up this weekend.
How do you know what spine they are?
have you watched our videos about spine and spine testers?
Where can I find a shooting board, may I ask?
We are going to do a video on how to make one, we also plan on selling them.
@@longbows do you have a online store?
www.richardheadlongbows.com
@@longbows Thank you!
I've never seen an actual buyable shooting board, literally anywhere, it baffles me. The entire internet is how to make your own or shooting board takes you to archery targets or fletching jigs.
sorry to hear that, we did sell some but found it hard to sell at a reasonable price, also they are so long they are very expensive to send in the post, so we stopped as people didn't buy them. they are very easy to make, I have made a video on how to make one, if you struggle to make a shooting board then you are going to struggle to ake your own arrows
What’s wood is it?
Which?
Can you think of a way to make a 2 piece wooden take down arrow? I would be extremely interested if you had any brainstorm concept ideas on how to join two halves. Thank you.
I really wouldent suggest it.
One suspects the balance and aero dynamics would suffer
How do you make that shooting board?
I mention how its made at the very beginning of the video, I may do a video on making one in the future. Please subscribe if you want to encourage me to make more videos of this type.
Why are they always round does square not work.
Do you mean the finished shaft?
What about wood choice
What do you mean.
What I am asking is. Can you just use any ash board? Or do we need a particular grain or saw a certain way?
I see, no, you will need straight grained wood, free from knots etc, maybe this video will help... th-cam.com/video/_4kNat1b42U/w-d-xo.html
Ok I have found Yellow Pine and fairly tight grain
it is almost quarter sawn. It has about 10 rings per inch give or take thats the best I could find and it seems strong enough. I also tried Western Red Cedar. It was very tight grained but very light spined the Yellow Pine is one of our stronger Pines here. I will next try spruce. The Cherokees here used almost exclusively river canes and they are very tough shaft dont break like wood but they will split if they hit something hard. So they would use a forshaft of wood that was glued into the cane.
Great, let me know how you get on.
The arrow shaft
You can make them taper, yes, by removing more wood at one end.
Great channel!! Just came here from #woodworkinguk page on Facebook. I've just got into archery as well, if love to make some arrows!!
Thanks, glad you found us! We have quite a few videos on making arrows, check out the arrow making page on our new website. www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk
shout if you need any help or supplies
Looks like he can supply all his neighbors with kindling/shavings
Nah, I use it all myself, lol. Thanks for commenting and supporting the channel.
@@longbows the shavings look excellent for camp fires or fireplaces. My go-to tree is sycamore for a fire.
Indeed, the are going to come in handy this winter.
Sean Connery?
Yesh
Wow here i am overthinking it lol
Yes, that is often the way.
Спасибо это самый простой и действенный способ.
Thanks
I only use bamboo, already round.!
I see, what period is that for?
Well, goes back about 1,000 years before the period you're talking about.Having said that your video was good and informative. I was just stating a fact.
No, I meant what period are you making the arrows to represent?
11th century Korea. Sorry.
I see, excellent! Where can I see them?
Is it just me or does he look like Sean Connery?
Yursh
But, but, TH-cam, and the like, say I need to go out and spend hundreds of dollars for new tools.
If you have the money.
pretty sure that the indians didnt have one of those
lol
So to make an arrow you need to have the tools to make a shooting board hit it this man isn’t the guy to teach you he paid for tool not the ability to make them him self from a tree good to go
thanks for watching and commenting. we have a video showing how to make a shooting board, this is how Medieval style arrows in the UK were and are made, arrow made without using a board straight from a tree is a different style and from a different part of the world, we show how to make them in that way also.
Great video
Thanks