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Block of wood 2, build along
Swampman:
In case anyone is keeping track, I did have seven blocks of wood and now I only have 6 shafts. I got impatient on my last block and I forced my sizing block over the shaft. I did this on all of them a little to slightly compress them. I got lazy on the last one and didn't plane enough off and then pushed to hard and broke it.
Six is a nice even number anyway :)
Hawkdancer:
Patience, Grasshopper! >:D (lol). Happens every now and then! I'm sort of sizing & straightening some red osier dogwood to make a set of arrows for my landowner, about 30# and 25"
Hawkdancer
Swampman:
--- Quote from: BowEd on December 11, 2018, 07:01:28 pm ---Good evaluating process shown to get a nice set of matched arrows for your bow Swampman.Nice looking shafts.Will you stain them any before finishing?
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Yes I do plan on staining before finishing. I have a bunch of different stains so I will experiment with the broken shaft to see what I like.
Swampman:
I spent a little bit of time straightening the shafts. I have a homemade straightener I used. It is simply a piece of willow with a brass hook screwed into the end of it. I use it to compress the fibers of the outside of any bends. The shafts straightened very easily with just a little bit of work.
I had a homemade spine tester before I moved a little over a year ago. I had to take it apart to move and now I can't find it. I have been planning to buy a spine tester anyway so I will be upgrading in the near future. In the meantime I think I will go ahead and cut self nocks in the shafts. I will post pictures as I make progress.
jeffp51:
--- Quote from: Swampman on December 11, 2018, 07:03:32 pm ---In case anyone is keeping track, I did have seven blocks of wood and now I only have 6 shafts. I got impatient on my last block and I forced my sizing block over the shaft. I did this on all of them a little to slightly compress them. I got lazy on the last one and didn't plane enough off and then pushed to hard and broke it.
Six is a nice even number anyway :)
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This is why I always start with 7, so that I can get 6. one shaft is usually too weak to meet spine anyway.
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