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Offline GregB

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Re: Cane nodes...reduce or not?
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2008, 08:39:58 am »
Tracy, I'm still procrastinating about buying another camera to replace my last one that went belly up. I'll try and take some over at the club this weekend with Pappy's camera. :)
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Re: Cane nodes...reduce or not?
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2008, 10:56:18 am »
No problem Greg. I know you've been working on them and just wondered how they were turning out. i've been working on my first batch and trying to figure out what I like best. It's a lot of fun and I'm amazed at how well they shoot. Very rewarding.

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Re: Cane nodes...reduce or not?
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2008, 05:38:36 pm »
If you are on the fence between sanding and not sanding , you can compress the nodes instead . When they are almost straight or after straightening . Use a clothes iron ,or two flat rocks and a heat source , and roll the shaft while pressing the node . I've done it a few times ,never enough to get the node completely even  ,but close. If then you sand it down you will be removing less material.


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Re: Cane nodes...reduce or not?
« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2008, 08:30:23 am »
Ralph, I tried something similar to that with some cane this past weekend. Had a pair of fencing pliers with about a 3/8" or so diameter hole in it. I got the pliers hot with a torch and then used them to compress the nodes. It helped, but didn't get them down as much as I'd hoped. I then sanded them almost flush with the rest of the cane.
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Re: Cane nodes...reduce or not?
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2008, 09:15:21 am »
I did some scientific tests at a 3D shoot this weekend on cane shafts with the completely flush-sanded nodes. I dead centered and side-swiped a few trees and rocks (intentionally in the name of science, of course  ;D ) and even split the side off of a sapling with the cane arrows coming out of a 60#-ish bow-no damage, breakage, or problems whatsoever, not even a scratch.
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Re: Cane nodes...reduce or not?
« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2008, 11:53:47 am »
...and he only lost cane arrow...when Steve's wife goosed him just as he released. ;D
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