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Q on bamboo arrows???

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Pat B:
You do not need to add a foreshaft to cane arrows. You can taper the end and add a glue on  point just like with any other shaft. I like to fill the hole with a 1" long piece of bamboo skewer or hardwood dowel but it isn't necessary. The same goes for the nock end.     Pat

Hillbilly:
I do the same as Pat. If it's fairly thick-walled boo or cane, you don't need the plug, and a cheap bamboo skewer or a whittled out sliver of any kind of wood will work. I have also used screw-ins, and they work well if you take care to get them lined up straight-spin test it before the glue dries.

mullet:
 I've done the same as Pat and Hillbilly. And I have also filled the end with JB Weld after I tapered it.

PeteDavis:
The Tonkin's I got from David have a tiny pith. I drilled it out with a 3mm drill, being careful to go parallel to the outer wall and centered. Then I used Bohning's hot-melt cement which give some tune-up time if the point is sufficiently hot. I kept spinning the point and testing until it spun well. Most of the arrows  fly well but I have done way better with some weight on the front and I am knapping to match....about 125 grains or better. I'll hold my shots on deer under 12 yds.

PD

GregB:
I do the same as Pat and Hillbilly and Mullet...I put a hardwood dowell in each end for strength. You can buy different diameter dowells for the variation of the pith.

However the tonkin cane Anthony and I just bought is almost solid, and I'd doubt would need anything. I might put a dowell in the nock end just in case even if I have to drill it out some.

Greg

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