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paulsemp:
Not to rain on your parade but making arrows from board stock is a tremendous amount of work. It's a numbers game you need to make a lot in order to end up with piles of matched shafts. I know that cuz I've done it and I know other people that do it. also if you're cutting them on a table saw a quarter of that board will end up on the floor as dust do the wide kerf. I've bought $30 fir boards and only ended up with a half a dozen shafts spine within my range. Now I've come to realize for 40 bucks to buy a matched dozen set of shafts is cheap.
Nasr:
--- Quote from: paulsemp on August 30, 2019, 02:27:33 pm ---Not to rain on your parade but making arrows from board stock is a tremendous amount of work. It's a numbers game you need to make a lot in order to end up with piles of matched shafts. I know that cuz I've done it and I know other people that do it. also if you're cutting them on a table saw a quarter of that board will end up on the floor as dust do the wide kerf. I've bought $30 fir boards and only ended up with a half a dozen shafts spine within my range. Now I've come to realize for 40 bucks to buy a matched dozen set of shafts is cheap.
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No its ok nothing you said wasnt known before. I know that not all of them are gonna spine the same for the same diameter but I should still be able to get them the same spine. As for the rest I have bows ranging from 30 to 60+ pounds If they dont work out for one bow they will just go to another. About the saw kerf you are right its about 1/8 inch so at .5 inches square stock (I might actually go lower then that) I should get about 70 shafts and they should be plenty big to adjust spine. I plan on learning with these as I dont really have much experience with making arrows.
Nasr:
Oh i forgot to mention that I built a dowel jig thingy so idk if its gonna work but the plan is to start at 7/16 and see the weight there and if its too high go down a step lower until i get the weight I want.
DC:
What spine are you looking for? I used some aircraft Sitka Spruce and got 55#spine from 3/8" shafts. It's beautiful straight grained stuff.
Nasr:
--- Quote from: DC on August 30, 2019, 04:29:28 pm ---What spine are you looking for? I used some aircraft Sitka Spruce and got 55#spine from 3/8" shafts. It's beautiful straight grained stuff.
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I am looking for 50# spine but the bows I shoot range 45-55 and and have a couple that are heavier but I dont really shoot them much. I have made arrows before but this will be my first true arrow making experience so if I am off its ok. Do you think I can cut them smaller then 1/2? can I maybe cut them a tad over 3/8.
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