Great video Chris, a masterclass in producing a amazing looking natty, you've really brightened a miserable, damp Sunday morning, enjoy your channel immensely... Thanks for posting! 👍
Hello, I living in São José dos Campos, São Paulo , and see yours vídeos.!!!! Very good vídeos. Very good ideas.!!! Beautiful natural fork.!!! Divulgando sempre.!!! Like com CERTEZA.!!!!👏👏👏👍👍👍🎣🎣🇧🇷. Brasil.
Buddy that is an awesome natty you made right there. I taper my heavy bands like that too. I do it alot with .8 great white. I love the draw with those bands. Still may be overpowered with 8mm ammo but I still get decent life out of them.
Nice, mate. If anyone is struggling to shape the cup, pack of tools etc, I came up with a simple and easy method. You can use hole saws of various sizes with sandpaper or emery cloth taped on and wrapped in a spiral. If you put loads on you can tear off the used bits to reveal fresh layers. Just a quick tip if anyone is struggling for gear. Chris, another great video mate. Looking forward to getting into my first live Q&A with you, sir. Please let us know bro. 👍
Brilliant video on catty making, I've got a few bought metal ones ( BUT) I've collected about fifteen very nice naturals, Hazel, ash, & black thorn, can't wait to get stuck in, got to get some dried out first. Alan 👍
These are always the best ones I love carving them to fit my hand out of Green wood like oak or beech but do get cracking sometimes especially with the oak..although generally only small ones great video cheers
@@CatapultCarnage if i try drying them out over a radiator after i have worked on them yes ..But when i just leave them outside or just under cover they are generally perfectly ok ..its the fast drying im sure
@@jimmyrustler8983 They used to use Ash for Canal lock Gates because its one of the few woods that doesn't rot in water as quickly as other timers And yes i do use Ash and Rowan sometimes as its a very common tree here up North cheers
@@danielgreen3715 Yup, Ash was used in so much stuff back in the day. Axe handles, bow staves, etc., It also looks amazing when hand finished. It also absorbs drying oils like Linseed really nicely. 👍
Hi Chris I'm half way through making a couple of natural myself with my two sons and I was showing them a few of your videos and they loved them so keep up the good work mate you do give really good tips thanks 👍🎯😃
A good way to get good contours on wood with hand tools, are riffler rasps. I do a little bit of woodcarving (Lovespoons and stuff), and they're invaluable for awkward areas or curves and contours. Sanding sticks from modelling shops are good too. 👍
@@CatapultCarnage sound mate ita a pleasure to watch u work u do seriously inspire me mate hands down ..that's why I always find time to watch anything u make and do bro !!! And like I say that 4 me is the best 1 you've created 👍👍💥🎯I've posted a few I've done ..least week I'm well pleased with my work 🎯🎯🎯cheers cris 👍🔥
Adorable frame Chris 🎯👌✨ As you do not activate the subtitles, in many videos they are in others like this one and they are not of great help to those of us who are not English speakers. Greetings from Spain 👋👍✨
Outstanding instructional video! Beautiful work! Thank you for your teachings. I have the .8 mm GZK Green and found the best results with the smaller width bands too. That catapult was sick! The way you made the forks tips fitting so low between your support finger and thumb, looked perfect from here!
Another beautiful Y mate 👍🏻 You should try black dye, I've had some nice results with it. Keep the visd coming mate, the dowel thing👍🏻 ...obvious but I hadn't thought of it. Lol. Be well😉
I have a question that I can't get anyone to answer. I shoot butterfly style and I really would like to start hunting, but I need to know what taper would be best for 10mm lead for optimum power
Heya ill answer that in my opinion probably 0.75 if you shoot butterfly style like a 25/20 I shoot face ancor and with 10mm lead I use 1mm bands 25/15 I hope that helps
Beautiful bub! Have you tried a boat varnish on the catapults before? I paint and do finishes for a living. Varnish would be insane. If you decide to Ill tell you how anytime. Thanks for the video. Your a true master bub.
It is possible but harder to do and harder to get a suitable fork, it also wouldn't be just as strong as ott but still plenty strong enough 💪 I'll do ttf in the next video
Nice one lad......regarding wood absorbing finish ......you do NOT use anything above 180-200 grit ...why????.....because the extremely fine powder generated by finer grits actually seals the grain .....so your finish only sits on top and isn’t absorbed......so when your finish is on...then you can “finish the finish” with super fine grit
@@CatapultCarnage mmmm....I think you’d lose the bet lad.....buffing is polishing off a “finished finish”...it’s not a Hoover .....I know it sounds complex)...not lecturing you.....but here’s the sequence for finishing..... 1) sand with the grain up to 180--200 (u can actually at this stage get a glimpse of what the frame will be like after top coat and finishing by simply wiping it with white spirit/terps....this process acts like a magnified glass to highlight the remaining scratches ....you don’t want a scratched frame????then keep sanding till you’re happy(180-200) 2) then you colour the frame (which is only a colour....NOT a finish)++++ a few coats if required ( reduce colour if u need by a wipe of the relevant solvent) 3) now ....the TOP coat(finish)....it can be lacquer....(single/2 pack) varnish diamond coat..or whatever.... At this point I’m tired...if you’re interested to know the rest then let me know
I live in Turkey and I can't find nice slings like you do in Turkey. It will be very expensive if I try to buy it from you. If you can, could you send me a template over the internet to make a wooden slingshot?