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cowboy:
That's a hellofa nice haul Shannon ;). I'm kinda comin in here late, but to straighten go to Mickey Lot's site (the ferret) I'm sure it's been posted on here before but all you need is a candle and some cooking oil, and some gloves or a rag. Let them shafts dry for a couple of months - get your candle fired up (need to be somewhere that doesn't have a draft). rub a little oil on the area your straightening then heat it pretty hot over the candle - the oil will turn black. When it's hot enough just bend it with gloves or your rag - the black burnt oil rubs right off and the cane holds it's shape.
Here's a few I worked on last night, they'll need another session or two to get em where I want em ( don't know a thing about spine yet) ;). The main thing is they bend easy with heat and hold their shape - hope this will help :)...
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FlintWalker:
I think I can handle the straightening part just fine. It's the spine thing that bothers me. I hate to go to the trouble of making self nocks and fletching a bunch of arrows only to see them shoot like crap.
I wish there was some way to at least get close to the right spine before going to all that trouble. Any ideas?
Pat B:
You can test the spine and if they are heavy leave them a little long. For every inch over 28" you can subtract 5#. With the natural taper of the cane you can subtract up to 10# and for some reason(I believe it is the taper) they seen to tolerate draw weight differences pretty well. Pat
ps. if they are light, reduce length to stiffen them.
FlintWalker:
I ordered a dial indicator tonight. I'm gonna make me a spine tester so when I do find the ones that shoot well, I can match them up.
Hillbilly:
Shannon, I think after you get used to making and shooting those cane shafts, you'll probably never use anything else. There's a lot of variation in cane, looks like you're well on the way to figuring out what to look for.
Paul, that cane looks vaguely familiar. :) I've been getting some good shafts out of that same batch. They dried a bit crookedy because I didn't bundle them up, I just laid them on my workbench for a couple months.
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