Author Topic: Arrow photos (Read 6140 times)

Sockrablur · « **Reply #15 on:** October 31, 2016, 11:15:37 am »

Good info pat always appreciate your experienced input!
Buckeye guy lots of room in here... let's see em

Low 30s on Halloween the woods is beautiful right now just need to be in the right spot at the right time

BowEd · « **Reply #16 on:** October 31, 2016, 11:37:18 am »

Thanks for sharing your build-a-long.I like my dogwoods too.

Aaron H · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2016, 01:09:13 pm »

Cool, I like building arrows myself. Especially dogwood, time consuming, but worth it. Good work

make-n-break · « **Reply #18 on:** November 02, 2016, 02:26:43 pm »

I definitely cheat with my shoot shafts. My router jig has 1/2" inlet holes and swappable outlet holes (23/64, 11/32, 21/64). I harvest my shoots slightly over 1/2 diameter, then rasp away anything that's over 1/2 and take off irregularities that would prevent it from running through. Then I do a basic straightening, chuck the small end in a drill, turn on the shaft maker 9,000,000 and whalah - a finished shaft.

They actually keep most of their character after going through the jig which is the strangest thing. I can make a dozen shafts that are pretty close in spine and weight in no time this way. Definitely not primitive, but it's fast and effective. I like shoots over dimensional lumber shafts cuz they're tough as hell and each one has character.