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Offline dogleg

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Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« on: October 19, 2009, 12:14:08 am »
Been thinking of buying a bale of 3/8"x4' bamboo from bamboosupply, but don't want 500 shafts too stiff for my bow.  Will the spine be low enough on enough of these to make it worth the money, or will the wife end up with a bqananza of craft material?  :)

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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 12:41:18 am »
A lot of them will work well for 45# But most will likely spine out much higher.  The good part is that most bows will shoot BB well even if it does spine out a bit high.
 Maybe KnightD will chime in.  He works with a lot of Tonkin.
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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2009, 01:02:23 am »
Dogleg....I got 250 of them...Me and Eddie (Mullet) Split a Bundle....all of them so far have worked that I have used....they really don't seem to care what the Spine is...They shoot good on My Bows from 45 to 65 Pounds just fine....and I never Spine test them anyways....just make em ...and sort them out as I shoot them....some like different Bows too....if 500 is too many....Maybe JesseS...Venisonburger....or DanaM would be interested in some....They all live close to You....might be able to split up a Bundle that way.....Just a Thought
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 01:11:16 am »
You can  always  sell/trade  bamboo:) 
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 01:58:28 am »
The way I figure it, if the shafts spine at 110# and you leave them 4 feet long, the extra length would reduce the spine to 10#. Even if the spine was way off, I think you could probably cut the length to adjust the spine to match the bow.
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Offline dogleg

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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 06:01:59 am »
Thanks guys, hink I'll order a batch.

Justin - Yeah, but then I've got to build one of them Amazonian bundle bows, to mach my 4' arrows, and to look right shootin' the thing there's that whole nose-bone thing.  Loin clothe gets a bit drafty around November, here in WI, I imagine.  I'll stick with somethin' that let's me role play, when I want, and still wear pants!   >:D

Off topic - A friends kid (big bow hunter, got all the newest kill-shot vids and x-box games), strutted up and told me that I'd have to build him one of those "old, antique sorta bows".  Looked down his nose when I told him my hickory Holmgaard pulled 45#, and proudly anounced he'd need at least 70#'s, as his new wheel bow pulled 80.  I just smiled and said he should at least pull mine first, to get a feel for what he wanted.  Got it about 3/4 draw, and carefully let it back down.  Said, "Well, maybe 60#."  His dad just smiled at me.   ;)

I copied that first paragraph, and e-mailed to my daughter in Peru (she's visiting her future mother in-law), and got the reply back, already.  Said her fiancee fell off his chair laughing at the though of this dumpy old white man, trying to stumble through the bush, in a loincloth.  Personally I think I'd look very rake-ish.  :-\
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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 06:51:42 am »
You can also reduce the spine by scraping the shaft. It thins is and reduces the spine.  Just be careful not to scrape too much.
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Offline Mechslasher

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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 09:06:21 am »
the 8-10mm bamboo shafts will spine mostly in the 55-90#.  for your 45# bow, you may want to get the 6-8mm shafts.
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Re: Will Bamboo Work for 45# bow?
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2009, 09:09:40 am »
I just bought a bundle of 500 from Ben Meadows, 3/8" x 4' haven't sorted all of em yet but it seems like I got a whole bunch of
light spine shafts ??? But with 500 to chose from at a cost of $76 I ain't complaining :)
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