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Traxx:
Ok Pat,i think i may understand where we are conflicting here.Are you saying,that a cane,or shoot shaft has 1 side stiffer than the other,when oriented with the grain?And that only 1 side can be shot against the bow,even after the nock is established?

riarcher:

--- Quote from: Traxx on February 10, 2010, 02:43:29 pm ---Im a bit confused by the question as well as the replies.On wood shafts,you need to cut the nock across the ring lines for safety.So...That will orientate the stiff side to the bow,automatically.Also,with a 2 fletch arrow,there is no need for an indexer,as you can nock them either way.

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Just recieved a batch of 500 Boos and noticed there is definately only one stiff(er) side. Much more so than what I found on POC, or most other woods.
Once made up I want that stiff side to the window (not away from it) so with a 2 flecth without a mark I could get it bassakwards? I'd rather mark it somehow so I can feel / see it.

Traxx:
Gotcha!!!!

Pat B:
And you were correct, Traxx, about the spline being cut with the grain and not across it.  ;D That way the grain runs against the bow. Because of runoffs in the grain you don't always necessarily have the stiffer side against the bow but If possible that is the ideal way to situate it.
  Generally there is a stiffer side with shoots and probably because of environmental conditions. With cane, like with dowel shafts, there are two possibilities and those are the sides where the small shoots come off the nodes. They alternate from one side to the other along the cane but one side is generally stiffer than the other.
  A shoot and cane arrow will shoot at almost any orientation in most cases but one side will shoot better than the others and that is the stiffer side and it goes against the bow.
Now, I'm getting confused!  ???  ::)

riarcher:
 ;D ;D ;)

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