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Offline Sasquatch

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Douglas Fur 2x4
« on: February 13, 2014, 11:50:14 am »
So I finally found some proper arrow making wood at Lowes.  They were 2x4s and 3.27 each.  I cut it in to 3 peices 30" long.  I used dowell turner and got 10 arrows from each section.  30 arrows for $3.27.  They are all spineing around 65-75#, which is a little high but they are 3/8".  I will make some 11/32 and that should produce what im looking for.  Cool :D
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Offline Mohawk13

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2014, 11:59:38 am »
Doug Fir is great arrow wood. Nice job on some economical arrows......Haft em, Fletch em, and lets see some results!!!!
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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2014, 12:05:16 pm »
Thanks Mohawk,  but don't hold your breath.  ;) 
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2014, 12:07:31 pm »
Nice find!  Was it marked as Douglas Fir, or just SPF (spruce/pine/fir)?  That would be considerate of Lowes if they sorted it out for us...
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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2014, 12:09:03 pm »
Doug fur is awesome arrow wood!  I've made several.  I really like the feel of the wood.
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 01:19:43 pm »
Heck, that grain looks better than some of my surewoods. Has anyone figured out how to cut square stock without a tablesaw or bandsaw?
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2014, 01:22:48 pm »
Quote from: DavidV on February 13, 2014, 01:19:43 pm
Heck, that grain looks better than some of my surewoods. Has anyone figured out how to cut square stock without a tablesaw or bandsaw?

No clue, but maybe you can try splitting them? Maybe with really sharp mini-wedges to help guide the split?
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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2014, 01:31:48 pm »
A skil saw would work. Buy 2 x 6 so you have more width for the saw to ride.
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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2014, 01:44:52 pm »
Here's a few iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis for you guys who are down to using uuuuuuuuus. ;)

Great job on the shafts. You did well to find a straight grained hunk of Douglas fir at Lowes. Clear wood is more common in D. fir than in spruce, but straight grain is not found in every 2X4.

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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2014, 03:13:50 pm »
Thanks everybody,  Yep I used a table saw.  I went through half a pallet of them and got 3 boards.  Ill be going back asap.  The problem is't grain its the knots!!.  Which brings me to George Tou.....'s(IDK) website.  In the pine arrows he makes, anybody notice all the knots?  Can an arrow with a pin knot still function properly?
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2014, 03:23:35 pm »
I always figure that if I can flex the shaft enough to straighten it, it is safe, including pin knots and less than perfectly straight grain.  It would really stink to have one stuck through your arm though...
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2014, 03:32:09 pm »
BTW I wanted to mention to George Tsoukalas who might read this, that I mean no disrespect to him or his arrows!! without his efforts on that site i would have never tried to make my own arrows from wood.   :)  I am really thankful for people like him! 
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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2014, 05:03:52 pm »
Has anyone figured out how to cut square stock without a tablesaw or bandsaw?

You can rip boards using a hand saw.

http://thesawblog.com/?p=540
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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2014, 05:55:06 pm »
But not just any handsaw. It needs to be a rip saw and it needs to be sharp. The link should help.
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: Douglas Fur 2x4
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2014, 07:09:01 pm »
And... the link doesn't work for me.
Thanks for posting though
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