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EWBS Quarter Pounders
adb:
Fine examples of what a 1/4er pounder should look like!
WillS:
Cheers guys! Appreciate the generous comments!
toomanyknots:
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Thank you for the detailed replies, and they do look very nice! My heads always come off on me after a bit, though I am pretty rough with them. I use super glue too. I was thinking of trying some bonding epoxy, like the kind for metal, and seeing if that would work better. Most of mine that come off are target points that hit something hard (like concrete, haha). On another note, that's one reason I like poplar, is because it can take the abuse I give it. I just can't find any straight grain poplar for crap. I can find super cheap perfect straight grain douglas fir for days at my local menards (hardware store), but it is no where as tough as poplar I find. I beat the crap out of my poplar arrows. I can't find straight grain poplar anywhere though. I did recently find some semi-decent grain ash though. I've been playing around with maple shafts too, they come off my little pencil sharpener-type shaft cutter I made nice and clean with zero tear out, and the stuff I got right now is heavy and real stiff for the diameter.
AndiE:
Hi
Try to get larch shafts. These are the best in my opinion.
Kind regrads
Andi
WillS:
Larch makes excellent shafts.
If you're interested in keeping it traditional, the most common arrow shafts found on the MR were Aspen (or Poplar, pretty much identical) followed by Birch, and Alder. I love Birch shafts, they're chunky and heavy and very easy to work. I remember doing 12 EWBS Standard arrows from ash, and cutting the nocks to insert the horn strips took FOREVER. Blitzed through a set of Birch though.
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