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California Indian Style Archery Set Build-a-long
JackCrafty:
Final shaping and sharpening of the arrowhead....
OK, now that the first one is done, I use it as a pattern for the others.
Final shaping.....
JackCrafty:
I'll post more tomorrow. ;D
El Destructo:
Nice Job....Can't wait for More....this is My Style of Bow and Arrows....gottta Love them West Coast Bows!!
cracker:
Very cool thread.Ron
JackCrafty:
Today I'm going to work on the arrows.
Here's my setup: spine tester, grain scale, shafts, etc.
Before I start work on the arrows, I need to make some decisions concerning the bow.
I've decided to make the final weight 25# @ 20 inches of draw.
Here are some current stats on the bow:
Technically, in order to have arrows that spine at 25#, the deflection needs to be .8" or a little more than three quarters of an inch.
I checked my batch of river cane and found that they were all way too stiff.
I tried scraping the cane a bit more and checked the spine again.
It worked, but I was not even close to the amount of deflection I needed.
I was going to give up on the river cane idea (and choose another shaft material) but I decided to stay with the cane.
I chose a dozen of the weakest canes (out of about 85) and scraped them until they were all deflecting at about .35"-.37".
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