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bootboy:
i read jim hamms book, went to the forest and homedepot, got some shoots and some dowels and then chinatown for goosefeathers and fake sinew, and messed about till they started to work correctly.

mullet:
 The first book I had was Jim Hamms also. The first arrows I made were bamboo. I just cut it arrow size and stuck some crude glass points and some feathers on and shot them. If they came close I was happy. I didn't know anything about spine, I just shot them. Then I got on here and was exposed to people like Art Butner and learned from a lot of people on this site about arrow building. I'm better at gathering the materials for arrow building and trading people that build beautiful arrows. I have lots of nice arrows. ;D

Pat B:
I've read every archery book out there and from them I started playing with bought shafting(Port Orford Cedar). I learned how to make arrows from them(actually it is more like assembling  ;D ). In the first few editions on PA magazine, Ken Wee wrote a four part series called "Arrow Making 101". Find and read those articles.
  I thought I knew about arrows until I met Art Butner. Art explained to me(and many others) how to really build good shooting arrows. I'm a lot like Mullet. I can and do collect lots on arrow making material and send it to the experts and they send me a few arrows in return. I too have lots of excellent arrows. ;D

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