How to Break a Bow 2: Tips for Avoiding Failure in Bow Making
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Testing bows to failure, and discussing the most common reasons they break.
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Your picture representation and your narration sets you apart from all other Bowers out there!
thank you Hari!
@@DanSantanaBows hope you hit 100k sub soon man 🤙
im a beginner in making bows and have made only one that lasted a few days. made it from green wood without any bow making knowledge. it broke due to me not tillering it at all. im going to my cottage this summer and will make a better bow with these tips that have helped me understand why my last bow broke. i have gained a good enough understanding through your videos to make a better bow! Great teacher indeed.
Good luck and enjoy! Let me know if you have any issues
Another awesome video, clear and concise beginner advice along with good presentation.
thanks David!
You have come a long way since the first How to Break a Bow! This was some great advice that will really help the community
Really appreciate it! I was using my microphone backwards in that video…there was lots to improve
Watching that bow bend all the way to failure was incredible and sad at the same time! Would have been fun to have a second camera watching you as you pulled it all the way down. Thank you for another great video about bows for the community
Filming bows on the tiller is one of the hardest shots, as you definitely know. Any camera placement that looks right is just in the way and I’m lucky to film anything on the tiller where i’m not bumping into the camera
Wow, dramatic ending with all of the breaks. Nicely explained, as always.
Thanks Erica! I’m glad I took your advice for the video title, but the drawn title was already done at that point
I love your choice of titles for each of the five reasons to break a bow. Very smart! Great vid as always Dan!
Thanks again Aurora!
Gracias maestro por tu sabiduría y buena disposición para compartirla con todos los que amamos el ancestral arte de la arqueria,un abrazo.🤗🏹🙏
Thanks Dan....as always great content
Thanks Seth, let’s get together soon and work on some bows!
Got say man I love the content this is what we need for other bowyers ! I made my first bow out of dogwood it’s 63 inches the red dog wood is hard to find at this length but I have two staves !
Thank ya! Hope ya link this on Board Bow group.
great video
thank you!
Damn dan! How far were you planning on pulling that bow in the beginning 😂. Excellent video, exactly what i was looking for. What was the length of the bow in the beginning?
I think the bow was 72” long but i’m not sure. I tillered to 28” but i was snap shooting around 20-22”
Just excellent,
thanks Bowman!
Thanks for sharing! fantastic content as always! is that spoke shave newer or older? I want another. the one I have is old and even if sharp doesn't work that great. thanks!
that one’s the veritas spokeshave. It’s pricey but I really like it. Feel free to try out when you visit
Also dogwood is super good but hard to get. A stave worth making a bow if your interested I have a few
Yes, very well regarded wood. I have a couple dogwood projects on the bench
@@DanSantanaBows I have just finished my first 61inches dogwood bow from living green to bow in one week. I also made my own arrows with turkey feathers and dogwood shafts. To be honest I’m about to start a sweet gum bow about the same length 63inches had it drying for a month almost ready
Great video and very informative. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Crepe myrtle is my fav wood to make bows with
😎👍🏼👏🏼
Awesome video! I hastily bought a maple board from the hardware store, which had a wavy grain pattern. During the rough out I saw islands throughout and knew I was in trouble. I had never tried to recurve a bow before and when I went to recurve the tips, the tips snapped (by the second tip, I was just practicing my heating method).
Been there done that, and know the feeling!
I made recurve black locust short bow out of heartwood. Now, I wuld like to put sinew on it, but I am afraid to make scratches on bowback in ordr to weakining it. On the other hand I am afreit to put sinew witout making scraches beacause of possibilites of ungluing and falling of sinew layer. Wuld You please give me your`s oppinion?
I don’t think you need to scratch it, but I’m not the most experienced with sinew. Almost all my bows are self bows
Sand the back lightly with 80 or 120 grit. Use acetone or dawn soap and scrub the back good to strip any oils. And use REAL powdered hide glue to apply the sinew. Size the back with a thin layer of hide glue, wait 15-20 minutes, them start laying your sinew. No need to rough up the back. Check out the bowyers Bible for more details. I've never had any sinew de-laminations since I switch to real high quality powder hide glue. Before I used titebond liquid hide glue (phony, stay away) and powder gelatin and they did not work as good.
By not drawing to 36"! Lol!
The into hurt me.
Why was he drawing it so much I’d never go shooting with anyone who pulls like that hell no!
Can’t really trust other people when they tell you their draw length. That’s why I don’t let anyone shoot my personal bows
Anyway, I cant tell if you’re joking but the point of the video was a torture test to failure. Simply to show that bad woods are useable with some extra design considerations
@@DanSantanaBows totally messing with you as a bowyer man love the content