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5/16 oak dowels ???
scattershot:
BTW, you can get birch dowels from American Woodcrafters for $25.00/100. The 5/16" birch spine around the mid 40's, and the 3/8" spine in the 80's and above. The only oak dowel I played with was 5/16", and it went 38#. The dowels make good arrows, but watch the grain and knots!
dmassphoto:
Sorry to bring this topic back up, but I was wondering how best to judge grain runoff? I bought a few 5/16ths today and they were pretty stiff, but I couldn't really judge the grain very well. Are there photo examples of this somewhere out there? Thanks!
Pdwight:
I bought a 25# recurve for my girl and want to make some arrows , 5/16 should be OK for this low poundage bow right ??
PS this will only be used for target practice.
Dwight
dmassphoto:
Here are a couple dowels I picked up at Lowes the other day, and was just wondering what I should look for when it comes to grain. One is Oak, and the other is Poplar. Any input by more experenced members who know better what they are looking at are greatly appreciated. I have put them into thumbnails, but you can click to view full size.
Oak End
Oak Shaft
Poplar Shaft
Badger:
Oak dowels are really dangerous if they have run offs, I think poplar dowels are safer. Oak seems to break very easily at the runoff point.
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