SELF BOW BUILDING 101 - Bow Making Tools

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In this self bow making video I'm going over ALL the bow building tools I typically use to make wood bows, including self bows, bamboo backed bows, or bow's backed with sinew or rawhide. I discuss my draw knife, bow building rasps, clamps, saws, recurve forms, card scrapers, heat gun, moisture meter, drawing compass, calipers, and a few other things. You'll also see examples of how I use those tools to build high performance self bows. For making board bows, the only tool I'd add is a small hand plane which isn't covered here. Everything in my bow building kit are hand tools aside from the heat gun which I use for bending bow staves into alignment and bending the bow tips into recurve and reflex.
Tools
Alvin 508 Universal 6" Bow Compass - amzn.to/3Kn2p21
PORTER-CABLE Heat Gun - amzn.to/3Kot3rl
Heller Black Master RASP - amzn.to/3klQ0Rc
Nicholson #49 Rasp - amzn.to/3xSu08G
Crown Card Scraper Set - amzn.to/39bjP4C
DEWALT Bar Clamp - amzn.to/3OKOPbZ
SUIZAN Japanese Pull Saw - amzn.to/3LrRw00
Stainless Steel Caliper - amzn.to/3KuAPjy
Carbide Grit Rod Saw (Blade Only) - amzn.to/3rVqOFE
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Пікірлер: 75

@HistoricalWeapons 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent collection! Thanks for this video

@OsborneExploration 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the demo of the tools you use. Appreciate it. 👍👍

@jdmcginnis15 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. As the weather warms up, I'm looking forward to getting back to the bow building.

@Soviless99 Жыл бұрын

so awesome to see all these tricks to bow making you share with everyone. its so appreciated :)

@islandmanbows3746 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a helpful video. Even though I have been making bows a few years and pretty sure I watched most of your bow building videos, I still learned something. Thank you for putting this one out.

@a.wilson1979 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent instructional videos. Thank you very much !

@outdoorsman9384 2 жыл бұрын

Clay your a real gift for the traditional community, thanks for what you do, and give👍

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks much

@diy-hyrum9842 2 жыл бұрын

So, I made a homemade "draw-knife" when I first started. I took a 3"×3" scraper blade that you can find at any hardware store for under $5. I cut 2 1×2 blocks, put a notch/slit in both blocks just big enough to fit the scraper blade, and then put a little epoxy to hold the blade snug. It actually works great and I still use it even after I got a real draw-knife. The 2 other favorite tools I'd say would be a shinto rasp and a chisel. I use the side edge of the chisel instead of a cabinet scraper. Works like a charm!

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@georgehaydukeiii6396 2 жыл бұрын

this is a super helpful video. Thanks a bunch clay. I bought your book years ago when I started harvesting local Pacific yew. This video, along with your book is all I need to get started on my first yew self bow. Thanks again for a really detailed but concise instructional video!

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Have fun George

@TheDAP8576 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clay! I'm just about to build a back set jig and was wondering how to make the curve.

@seanbyham7838 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same question.

@TheDAP8576 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanbyham7838 he answered it in the video. Use something flexible like a pvc pipe and push it against pegs or something similar on either end, then trace the curve. I used two screws and a piece of composite trim on the side of a 2 x 6. For the screws/pegs, measure down on both ends how much reflex you want.

@lancedevooght5027 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@abrasivepaste 2 жыл бұрын

There's so much useful information in this video. Thanks Clay!

@devindevore5857 2 жыл бұрын

Found your channel from watching Alone. I just saw the ending. Mad respect! You knowing to eat rabbit eyes was actually a credit to your knowledge imo. They're so lean, humans need fats eyes and brains, great source. And tbh, brains pretty tasty. Not going for shock. Definitely cook well! Cuz of parasites, but mainly diseases.

@williamjhunter5714 Жыл бұрын

My first longbow of Yew was built by me using only a Swisschamp knife by Victornox, flat file and sandpaper. The knife has a saw and a screwdriver on it. I carefully cut into the stave every half inch to a controlled depth and then snapped out the chocks. Whittled it down and used the side of the knife as a scraper. As a softwood, with Yew, only this knife was possible. Instead of calipers I had sketched out width templates for every six inches and cut them out with the Swisschamp scissors.

@NOTMYCIRCUSNOTMYMONKEY 5 ай бұрын

I purchased your book on AMAZON and it is much useful

@handrubbingmerchant1927 2 жыл бұрын

Hoping to get my first deer with a self bow this fall. Always enjoy this vids.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

good luck and have fun

@robshipley7543 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video

@cryptidoutlaw8707 2 жыл бұрын

I hope some day you will start selling some bows, I would love to have a bow made by you. Great video again lots of info

@fulcrum789 2 жыл бұрын

Ill be visiting 3 Rivers for the cabnet scraped set. I have been using utility blades cause that is what I had. Ill have to finish the jig I started and then got sidetracked with the Osage saplings I have growing. But after the weekend, taking the Family camping.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

have fun!

@wildhoser 2 жыл бұрын

And now I know how to straighten my alder stave, thanks

@michaelmartin9335 2 жыл бұрын

I have built several wooden and fiberglass laminated bows over the past ten years. I would like to try the self now. So I have been watching several other bow builds thanks for sharing your Kraft

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@clintonroberts7215 6 ай бұрын

Hey Clay, great content! You have inspired me to make my first traditional bow. I was wondering, what is your favorite source to purchase Osage staves?

@clayhayeshunter 6 ай бұрын

I’ve never had to buy it. Just always cut my own.

@cmoore7780 Жыл бұрын

As long as I've been hunting trad I've never come up on your channel. Actually @Kashtuk sent me here!

@mr10pink 2 ай бұрын

Hey Cley, what are you using to get your drawknife sharp again? Awesome content!

@wolverinekut 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir

@ndubstar 2 жыл бұрын

Which is better heat gun or steaming? Or is there a difference benefit or not? I am thinking heat gun is more like heating over a fire such as straightening arrows. Maybe heat gun adds a bit of heat tempering. Maybe steaming really gives a lot of flexibility to the wood to bend it. I know heating does too maybe from jellying the resins stuff in the wood.

@connierodulfo5716 2 жыл бұрын

Master teacher sir Clay . Thanks

@shannondavis1106 2 жыл бұрын

Should be able to find most of the tools at Hall's hardware

@mikenorris6769 Жыл бұрын

The only other thing I would suggest is a wooden mallet, you can make one yourself! I make mine from either manuka or kanuka, called me old fashioned but I was taught to use a wooden mallet for chisel work as a steel hammer head can damage your chisel handle..

@Perry969 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clay for a very informative video. I’m not having much luck on eBay Australia.I was just wondering what length blade is on your draw knife? I hope you, or someone can help me with this question. Thanks for the awesome content on all your selfbow videos, have a great day, and happy hunting 👍🏼

@caseysmith544 2 жыл бұрын

3 Rivers in USA has a high quality draw knife or two, as some people want a smaller less aggressive knife as well.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

My blade length is 10”

@guerraartes 2 жыл бұрын

Gostaria de ter um arco igual o seu!!!

@anthonybartolomeo8928 Жыл бұрын

What kind of vise do you use to hold the bow in while working on it? I’ve seen the one fro. Stave master but I don’t have that type of money. Would a regular bench vise work? Thanks

@clayhayeshunter Жыл бұрын

Any old 6” bench vice will work.

@tyrellrutledge52 2 жыл бұрын

You are rocking out content bud. I got my wife to watch your season of alone and now we both enjoy seeing you getting out with your kids and such.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tyrell, we’re getting ready for another trip right now!

@ericomfg 2 жыл бұрын

Kinda crazy you only have 147k subs...!

@vladimirpoutine4140 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Clay, I live in Canada and I'm wondering if I can make solid-wood bows from the following wood species: •Birch. •Cedar. •Pine. •maple. •poplar. •oak. •elm. If not solid wood, which of these could I laminate with fiberglass cloth and epoxy to make a somewhat durable bow?

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

The harder maples species will make a bow. Elm, if fire hardened, will make a good bow. Oak as well. I'm not sure about birch. The others, not so much.

@dr.mhusain2605 Жыл бұрын

Does drawknife need have a curve? (In either of the 2 planes?)

@clayhayeshunter Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily

@OsborneExploration 2 жыл бұрын

Hey folks, I didn't understand what Clay was explaining about the leather thing he made from an old glove.?.? Is it for the tillering rack? Sorry, I'm an enthusiast/novice at best.. I understood all the other tools and their uses, but didn't seem to get that one thing... He probably has a video on the very subject already, but I'd be lost looking for it.. Thanks for any help and God bless!👍👍

@TheDAP8576 2 жыл бұрын

It's a tillering string that's made similar to a bow stringer.

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@egaiko 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh thank you a lot, pretty help me build my bow, especially in Indonesia hard to find a proper bow stave, Cheers 🍻🐾

@claybush9143 2 жыл бұрын

Do you sell bows by any chance??

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Not at this time

@OsborneExploration 2 жыл бұрын

He should though right!?

@ADVENTUREKM 2 жыл бұрын

Would you ever sell one of your bows? I am interested.

@yeraycatalangaspar195 2 жыл бұрын

Awww yeah this interest me.

@chattahoocheeoutdoorsman4865 2 жыл бұрын

Watching your videos throughout the years has inspired me to build a selfbow. I've just finished a fire hardened hickory selfbow a couple weeks ago. Been shooting it like crazy. Hoping to take a whitetail with it this fall!

@clayhayeshunter 2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah!