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Del the cat:
--- Quote from: sleek on October 01, 2025, 12:59:33 am ---...
Every video you make is of interest Del! That one I did particularly enjoy. I like your hinged board jig, I will have one of those in my shop very soon. How much did that pine shaft end up weighing? In the states our arrows may not be less than 23 inches long for primitive class. I wish we could shoot the 20 inch arrows you are making.
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Cheers :)
I made 3 from compressed pine.
5.6mm diameter 167gn
6.3mm dia 259gn
6.5mm dia 319gn
Del
willie:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on September 17, 2025, 11:48:27 pm ---
I checked on the Alaska Frontier Archery website for their Forgewood arrow shafting, but it appears nothing has been updated since 2018 (eons in internet years). I wonder if they are still producing Forgewood shafts?
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I think wayne at true shaft acquired Forgewood. Not sure about the production schedule tho.
--- Quote ---I'm also experimenting with compressing wood using heat and pressure like was used to produce "forgewood" shafts back in the 70's 80's.
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Can you share more about your experiments with compression, Del? If I recall, Forgewood utilized tapered blanks.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: willie on October 02, 2025, 12:11:36 am ---
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on September 17, 2025, 11:48:27 pm ---
I checked on the Alaska Frontier Archery website for their Forgewood arrow shafting, but it appears nothing has been updated since 2018 (eons in internet years). I wonder if they are still producing Forgewood shafts?
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I think wayne at true shaft acquired Forgewood. Not sure about the production schedule tho.
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I talked to the guy at Alaska Frontier Archery just the other night and he did sell the equipment to True Shaft in Canada. They've apparently shuttered the project. *sigh*
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Del the cat:
--- Quote from: willie on October 02, 2025, 12:11:36 am ---
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on September 17, 2025, 11:48:27 pm ---
I checked on the Alaska Frontier Archery website for their Forgewood arrow shafting, but it appears nothing has been updated since 2018 (eons in internet years). I wonder if they are still producing Forgewood shafts?
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I think wayne at true shaft acquired Forgewood. Not sure about the production schedule tho.
--- Quote ---I'm also experimenting with compressing wood using heat and pressure like was used to produce "forgewood" shafts back in the 70's 80's.
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Can you share more about your experiments with compression, Del? If I recall, Forgewood utilized tapered blanks.
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I've added more info and another pic to this blog post:-
https://bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/2025/09/wooden-flight-bow-arrows.html
Del
willie:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on October 02, 2025, 11:31:57 am ---
I've added more info and another pic to this blog post:-
https://bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/2025/09/wooden-flight-bow-arrows.html
Del
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Thanks for showing us more about your process.
looking at turkish flight arrows I see they were barrelled, I suppose to lighten the arrows where the stiffness was not needed on the outer thirds .
If stiffness in the center third can be accomplished by compressing the wood, one could "forge" an arrow of varying density by compressing a blank shaped like a long diamond.
in other words, an arrow of same diameter from end to end having lighter ends but stiffer midsection
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