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why tonkin bamboo shafts and arrows might fail...part 2

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Todd Mathis:

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--- Quote ---...it JUST MIGHT BE that these shafts aren't compatible with bare shaft tuning.
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Todd, you might be right, or it's more likely the guy doing the testing was doing it wrong. >:(

this vid might be something you could point to if a customer insists on bareshaft tuning in the future.

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WOW!  that was very educational to me!  So, this video says that you use bare shafts to tune the BOW, not to match the arrows to the bow....  OK...That explains a great deal.  Am I understanding this correctly?  Well, I have some thinking to do.  Thanks Willie.

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ok!  When I got to 5:20 seconds into the video, he speaks exactly to what may have happened.  MOST COOL!  Thanks.  Like I said in my article...we don't know what we don't know.  Can't wait to shoot with some of ya'll.

DC:

--- Quote from: Todd Mathis on November 02, 2019, 09:16:12 am ---WOW!  that was very educational to me!  So, this video says that you use bare shafts to tune the BOW, not to match the arrows to the bow....  OK...That explains a great deal.  Am I understanding this correctly?  Well, I have some thinking to do.  Thanks Willie.

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No. Bare shaft tuning is to tune the arrow to match the bow by changing it's spine. You don't do anything to the bow.

willie:
DC is technically correct.

 I suppose it is worth noting that many fiberglass ie. (centershot handled) and compound shooters have ways to tune their bows that are not used much by primitive shooters. So it might not be unreasonable some to make bow adjustments when their arrows yaw. Most that use sights, tune for smaller groups than primitive or trad., and therefore demand more consistent arrow flight
Primitive folks utilizing all natural materiel's, would of course put much more adjustments into the arrow. In fact, they have to when handles get wider and paradox becomes a factor.

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