Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: greenstick on February 06, 2010, 07:44:25 pm
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Made six Poplar 5/16 " dowel rod arrows with turkey feathers. The spine tests out between 38-47. The materials were either free or cheep, so the end cost approximately $ 1.97 per arrow. Best part is they shoot good. Anybody out there have good experience with 5/16 dowels?
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I like my dolls a bit bigger. ;D Sorry, I couldn't help myself. ::) 5/16" poplar dowels make good light weight arrows.
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ive made a couple for a light bow and i like em
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Poplar in general is a great wood for arrows. I like the 3/8" dowels planed down to about a 50 lb spine. Your arrows look good, I think you will find they are stronger than POC
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Thanks Pat, corrected now.
Bushbow, how do you plane them down and still be uniformed?
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5/16" ramin dowels work great for me. I can find some that spine out to 50#, and with a nutter, they're deadly for stumpin' and bunnies. And cheap too, complete arrow for about $1.
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Greenstick See the drawing below. I generally taper both ends by marking lines with pencil and then use a small plane to remove from the line to the end of the shaft. The center section is then reduced as required to the desired spine. Leave the spine about 5 lbs high, sand smooth. You can also put the shaft in a drll and use a piece of sandpaper.
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They make great arrows. You can buy them from American Woodcrafters for around $25.00/100. just be sure you check them for grain runout and knots before you use them for arrows. Even if you throw a few away, that's still pretty cheap shootin'!
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yup, i've made several arrows with 5/16" poplar and love them.