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dmassphoto:
Just made myself some wood arrows out of 5/16 Poplar dowels from Lowes, and although they aren't very pretty, they fly great.  I have a question, though.  The aluminum arrows I'm also using that I talked about in the original post, is it dangerous for the bow to shoot arrows that are over spined?  I can see where a weak arrow could be bad, but I've never been sure about stronger ones. 

Pappy:
No they just don't fly very well,as far as I know it won't hurt anything. :)
   Pappy

recurve shooter:
lol know the feeling. my first longbow with over spined carbon arrows and those tiny little one inch compound fletches. nightmare lol.

Postman:
I started out shooting wood bows the same way - after busting the points/inserts, I JB welded  3" bolts in the tube (or anything that fits)  and stumped away!  Destroying 32''  aluminum shafts is fun. Break, re-point, repeat. ;D when I got wood arrows, I really appreciated how much better they flew.

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