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Giving boo a try. some questions
Greatgoogamooga:
Well...everyone ELSE seems to be trying bamboo, so I gotta do it too...right? :)
I stopped by Home Despot and plunked down a whole five dollars for two bags of the bamboo plant stakes. I'm impressed with how straight I can get it using a small ceramic space heater. So far they look promising and I was able to get 3 shafts from one bag that I think are acceptable for testing purposes. My questions are:
What do I do for target/field points? Because of the taper, the tips are around 1/4".
Do you sand down the bark, or leave it on? I have been reading about people sanding down the nodes, too. If I sand it, do I seal it afterwards, even if I do just the nodes?
Is there a "grain" with which I want to face the nock? Not so much because of splitting but because of the shaft's tendency to bend one way or another.
As it turns out, my neighborhood is lousy with bamboo. Lots of people have planted it and I can harvest a ton of it if I wanted to. Is there a good/bad time to harvest bamboo?
Thanks
Goog
ZanderPommo:
those seem pretty thin, you want the fat end to be the tip end
aero86:
You shoot bamboo backwards, using it as a tapered shaft. You can sand the nodes flat on the tonkin cane(bamboo). If you plan on shooting them a lot I wouldn't worry about sealing as you'll probably break or loose them before they start to go bad at the nodes.
As for the nock, line them up with the shoots at the nodes, because they usually grow 180 degrees apart. Also bamboo does have a stiffer side and that's the side you want against the bow
Greatgoogamooga:
Ooops, I was making them backwards. Sounds like I need larger diameter cane. The point end would need to be 11/32" or larger, if that's the case.
I appreciate the advice on making these arows. Anybody have experience harvesting cane?
Goog
Pat B:
I harvest cane each year. Haven't been able to lately but will as soon as the snow melts.
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