The value of spring cleaning

[RidgeRunner]

You have to get up early in the morning to out trade Jackcrafty.

David

[Gus]

Yes Sir!

That is One Seriously Fine Goody Box...

Now I have the strange urge to drop by my Great Aunt's house to Liberate a few pieces of Blue
Glass from her Antique Blue Glass Collection...
She's already mad at me for something I had no part in...
Might as well give her proper reason.



-gus

[autologus]

Wow what a haul,  you are one luck man.

Grady

[mullet]

There you go, Pat. Like everybody said, Patrick makes some cool looking arrows. Those glass points are really sweet. Let's sling them at some meat next week end.

[Pat B]

Eddie, I'm bringing bows and arrows...and the .308! 

[JackCrafty]

Let me know how the arrowheads work, if you use 'em.   

The dogwood is hard to keep straight.  I worked on them 3 separate times and they still can't forget their original shapes. I think I still see some warpage that sneaked back in during shipping.... The wood is tough as nails, though.  That batch of shoots you gave me contains all kinds of goodies.  I'm cookin' up more arrows as we speak.   

[Pat B]

I wonder if they are silky dogwood or red osier dogwood.  All the shoots I gave Patrick were well seasoned.

[JackCrafty]

Silky dogwood.

Pat, I'm wondering if my straightening process on dogwood would benefit from a much longer exposure to heat.  I tend to heat quick and straighten quick.  Whatcha think?  Maybe I could "quench" the wood in cold water too.

I think that if we can conquer silky dogwood, then ANY wood can be conquered.   

[Pat B]

I've only made a few arrows with silky dogwood and they don't seem to stay straight like red osier and other hardwood shoots does.  With all hardwood shoot shafts I straighten them first them I temper them by heating and rotating the shoot until I get good color then move down the shaft, heating and rotating until I reach the far end. Be careful because if there is any moisture in the shoot the steam will burn you as you reach the far end. Once tempered I lay them on a flat surface to cool completely, usually until the next day. For sourwood and red osier this works very well.

[Gus]

Would Grooving the shaft help keep them straighter?

Not necessarily a Lightning Bolt Pattern.
More like Fullers, three of them spaced evenly around the shaft.

This method is used to strengthen and lend rigidity to other materials... Why not arrow shafts?
Similar to corrugated street metal roofing tin.

Perhaps pressed or hammered into the shaft instead of cut in.

Just thinking out loud... 

-gus

[Pat B]

I finally got around to making a display. It is simply a poplar board stained with golden oak stain. I didn't want to distract from these treasures...

[JackCrafty]

Nice!  Great idea.  What did you use to hold down the items?  I see you drilled holes in the board and then used wire to hold everything down?

[Pat B]

Patrick, I used thin floral wire.

[JackCrafty]

Cool.   

[bolsjedyr]

Really nice aroows! I like them alot.

How is the joining of the foreshaft and the arrow done?
I cannot quite make it out from the pictures.