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

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Shaun:
The bamboo arrow shafts and arrows from the far east use hot steel plates to roll the nodes flat. If you sand them off the bamboo will be greatly weakened at the nodes.

Pat B:
You can sand down the nodes but only after all the straightening is done. I prefer to roll them flat. I heat a node well and then roll it between a hardwood block and a hard, smooth surface. You can compress then to almost the same diameter as the internode.

George Tsoukalas:
Excellent buildalong! Jawge

Bevan R.:
My thanks as well!!
I just spent some time and made a 'reference book' of this for my shop.

Bevan

tenbrook:

--- Quote from: Bevan R. on December 25, 2011, 01:10:52 am ---Question,
When you say 7-10mm and 3/8", are you talking mid shaft, nock end, point end?

Thanks,
Bevan

--- End quote ---

I try and keep em' between 7-10 mm for the entire length of the shaft.  ;)

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