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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: stringstretcher on March 20, 2008, 10:29:50 pm

Title: foreshafting cane/bamboo
Post by: stringstretcher on March 20, 2008, 10:29:50 pm

Any one interested in sharing how they put forshafts on cane arrows?

Title: Re: foreshafting cane/bamboo
Post by: richpierce on March 20, 2008, 10:43:45 pm

Pretty simple.  Take a dowel or shoot the same diameter as the cane shaft and trim an inch length of the end of it to the inner diameter of the cane shaft "hollow".  Clean up the inside of the cane vigorously with sandpaper.  Glue everything up and insert the foreshaft and then reinforce the area of the cane with the spline inside with thread or sinew.  You decide how long a foreshaft you need depending on the spine of the arrows, etc, weight of the cane.  I don't really need foreshafts with good tough cane but I use them for phragmites shafts which are weak and super light.

Title: Re: foreshafting cane/bamboo
Post by: Hillbilly on March 21, 2008, 12:15:33 am

You can also drill the end of the cane and taper the foreshaft to friction fit and wrap it. I'm with Rich, though- I hardly ever use foreshafts on cane, the cane is much stronger than the wood, and the foreshafts are a pain in the butt to make and align. Foreshafts of a heavy hardwood can be used to add some weight-forward balance to the arrow, I make some every now and then just for that reason.