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welch2:
I take a finished arrow with me ,so I get in ballpark .Otherwise I cut them way big . :)   And I always cut them about 40 or 50 inches long. Then as I dry and straighten them , I sort them in groups of stiffness ranges like Steve said . But I have a long peice to cut my shaft out of either end or middle ,to get a spine I want .Or even make it a different spine group to work around a bad nasty bend or whatever . I cut a lot of canes though.

Ralph

Bill Skinner:
When I cut cane, I take an open end 3/8 wrench and a 5/16 wrench.  If the 3/8 fits and the 5/16 doesn't, I cut it.  It save a lot of wastage.  If you have more than one bow with very different draw weights, you can go up on the larger, it is hard to make a self nock with anything smaller than 5/16.

recurve shooter:
somebody told me to use a half inch wrench. i shoot a 55 lb recurve for now. would that work?

Pat B:
A 3/8" diameter(at the big end) cane can easily spine 80# or so. You don't have to have 1/2" cane to get high spine weight.

Sleep Junkie:
recurve shooter - Awhile back in a post I mentioned using a 7/16" or 1/2" open end wrench when selecting shafts, but I was referring to the collection of multiflora rose shafts.  From what I hear, they really shrink up.  When it comes to cane, I have no idea what would be the best wrench size for gauging which shafts to cut because I have never worked with it.  It may have a much higher spine to diameter ratio.

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