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Now it's finished!

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Next on the to-do list are the walls. But that is another story...

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Here's the second part, going over the harder part.


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Just a bit about the floor I made for my cabin retreat!

Here's part one:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-Y532JH7k

I used 2x6s for the primary and secondary joists. Insulated the hell...

Well, I've had this footage in the dusty depth of my hard-drive for too long, time to get it out there:

I bought the M44 back in 2014, paid about $200 ish at a LGS. The barrel is good, hardly any...

Finishing touches.

Adding fancy decals and ‘ring’ patterns are what some do.
I don’t bother with faffy things like that though, I prefer to ‘proof’ test my arrows with a clout-shoot and target...

Fletchings

You’ll need a fletchers jig to easily fletch the arrow shaft.
Or you can mark 3 x 120 degree points on it and glue it manually. In days of yore they’d bind arrow-fletchings onto the...

Nocks


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggk7gl-0bCE

Next step is making the nock, where you notch an arrow.
You can do this the fancy, easy way, or the old-fashioned way.
The former is where...

This is the MAIN arrow making video on YT. It's quite long but goes through most parts of the process.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO1Vx7smk-M

It's pretty clear but I don't yet have the...

Once I'd done that it was a case of getting a new arrowpass mounted. Now arrowpasses aren't essential, but if you don't want your longbow to just be a wall-hanger you'll end up with the shooting of...

With the sanding done it was time to work on the replacement arrowpass.

Before I could do that though I wanted to repair some slight wear and tear of the bow, this was quite easy. I just got the...

This is a longbow I've owned for several years now. It's served me well and not let me down. Yet shooting hundreds of arrows on it, especially without an arrowpass, means it's time for some TLC to...

When you're making arrows, unless you want to 'cheat' and use plastic nocks you'll have to reinforce them with stout thread and even horn inserts if you are going for warbow arrows. While plastic...

This is just a little bit about how even a bit of engrained dirt can unbalance your arrows.
Also about the fletching issues too.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npVS5Gcvf3k

I had a batch of arrows to look at making too, so I gave them a look over and a quick inspection. Sometimes, if they are in storage for a long time, they may warp or bend slightly.

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It's important to look after your arrows, especially after you've been shooting them for a while.

Recently I went on a trip to Eire, there was some wear and tear and when I got back, it soon...

That's the one! :)

Mike, the owner, dug this out from 1995 to 1997 by hand with no mechanized equipment to help him. This was at 10,000 feet elevation with short summer seasons. The most expensive consideration was...

I had a batch of arrows to look at making too, so I gave them a look over and a quick inspection. Sometimes, if they are in storage for a long time, they may warp or bend slightly.

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It's important to look after your arrows, especially after you've been shooting them for a while.

Recently I went on a trip to Eire, there was some wear and tear and when I got back, it soon...

Here's the Snowy Range in panoramic viewscape:


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This how much stuff we crammed into the White Wolf getting up to the Mountain-Retreat:

Rammed


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To

You ain't seen nothing yet Mr Tokwan.

Idaho Falls Video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLIVci6kapw

Old Faithful in action!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjo7MpTyMQ

Without the blue skies it was faded grey plumes of geyserish waters upon an icy white background, nevertheless it was a...