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port orford cedar???
Shooter_G22:
What is port orford cedar??? i went to lowes yesterday to pick a few dowels to make arrows and i went and looked at the cedar boards soo that when i order a dowel cutter i wanted to check on the cedar to get an idea of what some cedar stock would run me to get some cedar shafts done... but all i saw was some 2x4 cedar planks and maybe some 2x6 cedar boards but i didnt see anything that said port orford cedar and actually the boards thy have there is like a red color cedar.. this is not the same stuff right... and it was kind of high about 7 buck a 2x4... well i guess thats not to bad but considering i never pay for 2x4's or 2x6's i always just grab some fromthe job site if i need a couple for home projects they allways have plenty laying around and a buch left over or in scrap piles... but im sure all the job site wood is pine... never really paid much attention to what kind of wood goes into my small home projects..
i also saw some fencing that i think was cedar and smelt like it, but also red maybe about 1" or 3/4" thick by about 5-6" s wide by 6' long but it also looked red... could shafts be made from this... well im sure they could but it isnt the port orford right...
soo what is port orford cedar and why does everybody cliam it to be the best shaft material avialiable??
Pat B:
Port Orford Cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) is a large evergreen tree that grows only in southern Oregon and isolated parts of northern California. It is a traditional arrow material because it is straight, remains straight and is relatively light making it a good candidate for arrow wood.
The cedar you are seeing at lowe's is Western Red Cedar. I don't have the botanical name for it but you can make good arrows with it...I have heard.
You probably won't find Port Orford Cedar at Lowe's. It is hard for shaft and arrow makers to get good POC any more. Pat
Kegan:
Port Orford cedar also seems to be one of the best arrow woods, but almost any cedar works well. I used incense cedar when I made my first board-dowel arrows. At 5/16" they held up from a 60# bow fine (despite all the abuse I gave them ;)).
mullet:
Port Orford Cedar arrows are made from old growth, dead trees.
Shooter_G22:
ok well here is another few questions??? isnt pine and cedar very close to being the same???? and if soo would it be safe to say that pine would make an ok substitute for cedar arrows??? and if that is true, why are there not alot more pine made arrows if its alot easier to come by????
just brain storming here trying to figure out a good game plane... i was thinking of useing pine anyway...but i sure do like the way the port offord cedar smell... i opened up a box of PO arrows at a store here in north texas called Bass Pro shop... they sell a little bit of archery stuff and had some PO arrows made by the Martin Co i wasnt real impressed with the arrows i saw, but as soon as i open the box i was sudduced by the wonderful smell of a batch of cedar arrows... lol... i know its not the smell that counts but then it hit me that the PO is aclaimed to be the best arrow material also... and was wondering why and how hard would it be for me to produce some...
but then again smell verses a free board stock substitue like plenty of 2x6's from the job site?? and i begain to wonder how much more performance would cedar have over pine???
i dont have a set up yet but looking into getting one soon hopefully...
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