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Laminated wood arrows
JNystrom:
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--- Quote from: Badger on August 31, 2016, 01:40:03 pm --- Willie, I think with flight arrows we actually need to use denser woods, stiffness is always an issue. I have had the best luck with purple heart and larch so far. Some doug fir I have found is dense and stiff as well.
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Did you mean "....we actually need to use denser woods, stiffness ISN't always an issue"?
With spruce you get really stiff and light arrows, even though they seem to come quite thick (at least my rookie arrows). Last quite "ok" spruce arrow, 23" long, with ~63-65 pound draw was 7,7mm thick.
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Yes, denser woods. How much did your spruce arrow weigh? 65# spine at 7.7 mm is very good
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It weighted 188gr. I dont think the shaft was even that specially stiff for spruce.
Well nice to hear, of course while trying these laminated arrows im going to try make smaller and stiffer spruce arrows, and maybe find purpleheart.
Actually im afraid the 188gr spruce arrow was under spined... Well see after some testing. I happen to have a good 330+ yard field to test shoot some.
Badger:
I should have left purple heart out of that group. Even though I have gotten some great arrows from purple heart the grain is hard to read and it is prone to splintering, same with ipe.
JNystrom:
This is soon coming to an -all arrows- thread, but what ever. :D Theres never enough information about flight arrows!
About the purpleheart arrows... Here in Finland, many records are made with purpleheart arrows. I don't know if the active shooters just copied others and never actually experimented different species enough, or that purpleheart is actually very good wood for flight arrows.
What i have heard atleast, is that it makes very thin arrows, atleast compared to the common spruce.
JNystrom:
I'm back working with laminated flight arrows. Because of a very torturing exchange period in Crete :laugh: and a period of no-bow-making, my laminated arrows haven't proceeded that much. I have some test strips glued together that i'm looking forward to spinning into shafts. As the snow starts to melt down, there will be furious tests with laminated arrows also!
Just got me thinking of these arrows, is the heat treating. Throw it in there too. Possibly get the weight down, stiffness up, moisture barrier, shrink - what is it, but try atleast.
Has anyone done any resent experiments with laminated arrows?
willie:
--- Quote ---Has anyone done any resent experiments with laminated arrows?
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No, but I am drying some spruce for projects this coming winter.
Any updates on how your laminated arrows are working out?
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