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Poplar Board to Arrow Shafts
nugget:
Very easy to straighten. Mine liked to warp easily, but that may have been a sealing problem. Very durable arrow material.
adb:
I've used poplar to make 3/8" and 1/2" warbow arrows. Poplar was historicaly used during medieval times, and many poplar shafts were recovered from aboard the Mary Rose. It's good wood for arows.
zeNBowyer:
Wondering how much total arrow weight these poplar arrows are coming out to
Bushbow:
They seem to come out about 20% heavier than POC. If a typical 50 lb spine POC is around 275 to 350 grains, an equal poplar is 325 to 375 grains.
The Gopher:
my bread and butter arrow shafts are poplar dowels from Menards, i have to sort through about 200 shafts and i'll walk away with maybe 20 useable ones, but its worth it at 18 cents a piece.
They are durable, easy to work with, take stains well, and stay pretty straight.
The stiffest 5/16" will give about a 45lb spine, great if i can get enough, but usually i get 3/8" and plane them down to my desired spine. its not uncommon to find nearly perfect poplar dowels, none or maybe 1 grain run-off in a 36" length.
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