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Bushbow:
Interesting concept. Do you have a filler in the void inside the wire?

I had thought about using a 14 ga. piece of profile cut sheet metal as you have used your wire fitted in a slotted tapered end. I have not tried it in spite of having access to the sheet metal and a laser to cut out the parts (at work). Mainly because i stopped (for now) with wood arrows, and have been all bamboo, all the time.

Chuck S.

Orkraider:
There's no filler. It's possible that my quick and dirty models don't show it quite right. The depth of the groove is the same as the radius of the wire, i.e. 1/2 the diameter. the wire fills the groove, half the thickness of the wire in the groove, half sticking above the surface of the wood. 
I took these arrows to the range again today, and they all worked great. One arrow hit a metal upright that was supporting a hay bale, and lost about 1/4" of wood off the very tip; even that one continued to shoot well.

Bushbow:
It was not your model that was unclear it was me. I thought the groove was a thru cut slot. NOW I get it the wire sits in the groove, no filler necessary, well that is even better.

Chuck S.

Orkraider:
well, I took these out to the range again yesterday. If I hit the hay bale, dirt, or grass, they're fine; if they hit a metal pole or a tree, there's usually some damage. For the most part, it's just some bending in the wire at the very tip; sometimes, especially if I whack a metal upright dead on, a 1/4" of wood will break off the very tip of the shaft.   
 
 
Still, for me, this is making a huge difference; All the materials I need to make arrows can now be had at Menards that's close to me. My total arrow cost is now 20 cents per shaft, not counting labor.   

having more arrows available is making a huge difference in my accuracy. I simply have more time to shoot now. It's getting more and more fun as time goes on.  I had a zen moment yesterday, shot a stick of 6 arrows from 20 yards, and all of them were within a couple inches of dead center on the target. That rarely happens for me, but as I was shooting, I could feel that everything was just right. A little bit of "Flow", if any of you are familiar with that. 

I just bought another 20 dowel shafts last night. Today I'm going to be testing them for spine (which I haven't done yet), staining them with my homemade stain (tannic acid and iron acetate), and using a homemade scale to check these ghetto wire heads for weight in grains.   
 
Still no usb cable for my cam, but I hope I'll have something soon. 

Now, if only I could find a free local source for feathers, I'd be a happy man.  There's pigeons all over the place here, and they're starting to look pretty tempting..

Bushbow:
Feathers, geese when they molt in June

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