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DC:
Looking at my wall full of bows has kind of taken the wind out of my sails as far as bow making is concerned and I haven't made any arrows for a while so---
I only target shoot so my main interest will be them but any input will help.
I've made a few dozen arrows but they just sort of happened. I didn't have a plan or sequence of doing things. I made a bunch of arrows and then modified/adjusted them until they flew right(ish).
Where do you start? In order to get the shaft to the bare shaft stage I will need to know spine, shaft weight, tip weight and I'll have to make the nocks. How do I decide these things ahead of time and arrive at arrows that are optimised for target shooting?
 So first, I'm assuming that I want the arrows as light as possible, yes or no?

Hawkdancer:
DC,
You need to decide what shaft material you want to use first.  Pick which weight range you want to make the arrows for, i.e. 45 - 50# spine your shafts as close as possible to match, make your nocks, add points,  bare shaft test and rework if needed, fletch, seal, crest, and you're in business.  Getting the shafts to match is the challenge!  You are on the right side of the border to get shafts from TSA at a good price!  We get to pay a tariff down here!  Have fun!
Hawkdancer

DC:
How do I decide what weight range? Physical weight, not spine. As light as I can get within my spine range? I'll probably be using bamboo but that could change. I do have a piece of Sitka Spruce but it's only 24" long so I would have to foot them. That could be fun.

Knoll:
I've made many arrows.
Here's low, high, and avg grains/inch for a number of shafts.
Hard Maple               13          18          17
German Spruce          9           15          10
Doug Fir                    9           15          12
Poplar                       12          15          13
River Cane                12          19           14
POC                           9           15          12
I've never done this excercise before. Interesting results.
Hope this helps ya.

DC:
OK, lets go at this a different way. If you decide to make some arrows what is the first thing you think about? Weight, spine weight, tip weight?

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