Least favored task

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Making strings. Absolutely no doubt. Hate it. 

[Jacob Parnell]

Waiting

YES 

[JackCrafty]

JW, I understand the shooting thing.  I don't like target practice.  And I hate it when I lose and arrow.  Breaking an arrow is fine... I can tolerate that. But losing one drives me nuts.

However, I thoroughly enjoy shooting at living, moving critters.   

[JW_Halverson]

With a bad case of tendonitis in my right arm, I have a ready made excuse to not shoot the bow this year.  However, last nite I ran across my archery buck tag and immediately remembered the $35 it cost me.  Maybe I need to go down to a lighter bow and get SOME shooting done.  *sigh*

[seminolewind]

Without a doubt... Makin strings sux!... Brian

x2

X3

[Joec123able]

Waiting for wood to dry is absolutely the worst in my opinion I also hate everything about making arrows there not fun like making a bow is

[kiltedcelt]

I'm surprised at how many folks hate making strings and arrows. Heck, if you guys want your strings and arrows, send me the materials and I'll make em up for ya. I'll do Flemish twist strings in whatever color combo you want (with serving), and I'll make your arrows for you with whatever fletching, crown, and/or cresting you want. Just send some quality staves my way!    I enjoy almost all aspects of making a bow and producing the various archery tackle. I find making strings to be kinda relaxing because it's this repetitive thing I'm just doing with my hands. Arrows I enjoy for much the same reason. It's a process, and I enjoy going through the different stages. If there's one thing I could say I don't enjoy - it would probably be tillering, mostly because I seem to always start out heavy and so it takes a long time to get a bow tillered well and at the weight I want. For me, I've always obsessed about  the various designs and different woods, so I think I've always been impatient to try new things. I'd barely finish one bow before I was planning the next grandiose adventure.

[Japbow]

      @outlaw:
      I never tried a ferrier's rasp. Have you tried a Shinto?
      I'd love to upgrade to whatever will do the job the
      quickest. Then again, I don't even have a proper
      draw knife yet...

      Japbow.

[tallpine]

My least favorite part of bow making is the lumberjack part, cutting trees and dragging them out of the woods. I'm surprised at how many don't like the finish work. That's the best part, that means it's a bow and all that's left is to pretty it up.

[vinemaplebows]

Strings, and looking at wood I can't cut...because I don't have permission.

[Don Case]

I just got permission to cut on 320 acres of little swamp after little swamp, each one with lots of Pacific Crab. 

[Olanigw (Pekane)]

Splitting elm

[Thesquirrelslinger]

Roughing out a stave before tillering. If floor tillered blanks grew on trees I would be one happy guy.

Jon

+1
and def cleaning up and prepping staves... and drying and waiting and bark removal!!!!

[Marks]

Its not a task but I'm not enjoying my lack of experience. My first bow broke as soon as I got it done and before I could put an arrow thru it and now I'm paranoid about my second one. My paranoia is making it hard for me to work on the bow. I will go out and tiller for a little while and then lose confidence, go back in the house, and not touch it again for a few weeks sometimes. Right now I'm at 45#@24" but my last one blew soon after full draw and I can't bring my self to finish it. I keep telling myself I'm going to go see Eric Krewson and let him look it over and make sure everything looks good but its hard to make the time. So I guess my least favored task is each new task I come to at the moment because I don't know what I'm doing. I haven't even thought about arrows yet but from what I read on here the worst may be yet to come. haha

[paoliguy]

x3 on the strings. I turn into a fumble fingered clutz everytime...