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Shafts from bamboo flooring?

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DC:
If I had a piece of flooring kicking around I'd give it a try. Even the stranded stuff. Carbon fibre is fibres glued together and they make a decent arrow ;). I would make a shaft and give it a good bend, see if it breaks. I might be concerned about the weight. Solid boo can get heavy, but I like light arrows. It might be hard to work. All these things can be sorted by trying it.

Mesophilic:
Except for the weight issue, might actually be worth a try.  I foud this thread over on paleo planet from '08 where a guy did some strain testing on a bamboo flooring bow.

  ttps://www.tapatalk.com/groups/paleoplanet69529/making-and-breaking-bamboo-flooring-bow-t21054.html
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60" bow finally broke at 36 inches of pull on the tiller tree.

ETA:
I also found a listing for solid laminated bamboo shafts on alibaba (not going to even post a partial link)


--- Quote ---Professional Archers' Use Splicing Solid Bamboo Arrow Shaftings


Diameter；7.2~8.5mm
Material:tonkin bamboo
Length:30~33inch
Spine rates:30~60#
Weight:35~45grams/pc

--- End quote ---

bownarra:
Flooring bamboo is made from the inner fibers. They aren't stiff at all or very strong. The node positioning is totally random and you can get a bunch of nodes together which would make a weak spot. The boards may be 5/8ths thick but they are lots of thin 5/8ths wide pieces glued together. I've used a lot of bamboo flooring for making cores on glass bows and have come across plenty of dodgy gluelines. there is no way I would use it...bamboo splinters are grim :)

artcher1:
"there is no way I would use it...bamboo splinters are grim"

My thoughts also...…...Art

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