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FlintWalker:
I didn't know the node side was the stiffer side of a cane shaft ???  I put all the nodes on mine on top of the arrow. But then I also matched the spine from that position also.
 Greg, normaly when I have an arrow that hits high left, it's pretty stiff.  You cant your bow some which would cause an arrow that would normally hit left if it was stiff, hit high and left. A weak spine would hit low right.   Try shooting it without canting your bow any and see if it still shoots high.
  As far as the nodes go... if the arrow is spined right, they should never touch the bow.  Saw Filer

GregB:
Thanks Shannon, I'll give it a try. ;)

Pat B:
Greg, Some cane(and shoot) arrows just don't want to cooperate. If no good for squirrel arrows it is fun to watch them fly over the tree tops. ;D
   I usually make all my arrows longer than needed. For me 29" for my 26" draw.This might help with controll.
I never spine my cane arrows. Art Butner, on the other hand makes all 4 sides spine the same by scraping the shafts. Thats too much work for me so I pick the best shooting arrows and go with them. I also try to keep the process as simple as possible. You might be putting too much into each cane arrow.  I usually make them one at a time. Sometimes I will straighten a few at a time but not as a regular rule. Cane usually makes a very forgiving arrow.      Pat

cheapshot:
 Greg, I build mine pretty much like Pat B. says. Leave them a little long. I try to get them pretty close in weight, but i don't spine them. Be sure they are really straight near the nock end.
Just a little bend toward the back of the arrow, can really make for some strange flying arrows.  8 out of 16 is not bad for your first batch. After awhile you get where you can tell which ones will "probably" make a good arrow. Even then for some reason certain ones just won't work. They can be a lot of work but it's a sweet feeling when they shoot where  they are suposed too.

GregB:
Thanks for all the comments, reading the little details really help when you're wondering what you might have done wrong in a process like making cane arrows.

I didn't have much time yesterday other then giving the 8 bad arrows a good looking over. We got a good rain Monday for the first time in over a month at my house, and I had been waiting on that to disc my food plot. Going to try and get some clay pea's in the ground in the next couple of days. ;)

I think I might have gotten into too big of a hurry on these arrows on the straightening process. Most of the eight look like they could be straighter, so I'm going to work on them some in that regard. I might take the nodes down a little also, especially the one nearest the tip...it might make some contact prior to the arrow flexing during the shot. Don't know for sure...just searching for answers here.

Thanks again Jimmy for letting me share your thread! :)

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