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Home Depot Garden Stake Bamboo Arrow Build-A-Long (Pic Heavy)

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SA:
i would have never though to use garden stakes, very detailed thanks for posting.

tenbrook:

--- Quote from: bubby on October 26, 2011, 09:29:07 pm ---well I got one arrow done 'cept the point, thinking about puting a stone one on it
thank's for the build-a-long, helped alot, Bub

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Sweet.......That looks great!

Glad you liked the buildalong and your welcome.

Tenbrook

tenbrook:

--- Quote from: Diligence on October 26, 2011, 12:45:32 am ---Great post!

I do almost the exactly same thing with my arrows, but I don't seal them (for no particular good reason).

One thing that I do that is a bit different is that I actually weigh all the shafts, select those that are in the ballpark for grains/inch (for my final shaft length), straighten them, rough spine them, cut them to the length that I want, then weigh each shaft (and mark with a piece of tape)-----then create my point on the duplex nails, then figure out how much to cut off each nail so that the total shaft + shortened nail = my desired arrow weight.

It's pretty easy to allocate a certain number of grains per 1/4" of nail (depending on your nails), and then you can just cut off 1/2", 1/4", etc...or more to create arrows that are more or less weight matched.

Cheers,
J

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Seems like a great idea and you are getting matched weight shafts, but.......

IMO.  When you cut the nail you are changing your point weight, therefore changing the spine of your arrow.  The more of the nail you cut off, the lighter you are making your point weight and the stiffer your arrow becomes.  Making it so you no longer have matched spined arrows.

Like I said this is just my opinion and I am no expert.

Hope this helps.  :)

Tenbrook

FAW:
Tenbrook

You have presented a very thorough and detailed account for preparing bamboo arrows from some available supplies and for those of us that like creating our own, it should prove a great benefit. Thank you.

bowsandroses:
Thanks a million for this post. I am taking my little baby Juniper bow and my Osage, for a back up, bow to the West side late hunt in a couple of weeks. ( Western Or,) I am short on Arrows and was afraid of commiting the ultimate crime, next to poeching, and use modern arrows. :'( But thanks to your post my spirit is rekendled and I went straight to home depot and got me some Bamboo now I don't have to worry about the >:D Taboo. OOOOHHH! THANKS! I normaly use Goose feathered Wild rose but no time for cureing. Now all I need is Goose feathers and I think I found those Yeah. :laugh: ;) The good spirits once again with me.

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