Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Prarie Bowyer on March 21, 2012, 01:20:43 am
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So I've got this piece of birch. 34" long 4/4 off cut. I could make another taper sled with it I guess. Or I could make some arrows. I also have these pieces of carmelized bamboo off cuts. I started thinking. It might be kinda cool to make arrows out of the birch with a bamboo strip down them. Is there a reason this would not work or is a bad idea?
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Other than possibly being stiff(2 glue lines) they should work fine.
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They would probably be a lot stiffer in one plane than the other. But I don't think the glue lines themselves would be a problem. I shoot hex-pine shafts that are 6 wedges of wood glued up and rounded into a shaft (picture the end of the shaft looking like a pie cut into 6 pieces), and with all that glue they can still be bought with a fairly low spine if required. The nice thing about the hex-pine shafts is that the spine is virtually the same from any direction.
If you could somehow construct them like that it would be ideal, but that would be a lot of work!
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See, I had this bad day at the range.
I was all over the place. Like, I'd be lucky to hit a tame elephant while wearing a peanut hat. I realized all my arrows are a different spine weight. 1/2 for a bow I traded away, and 1/2 for a bow I sold :'(.
I've got some Ipe bows in the works now. >:D and I thought that I need to make me a Sacred bow. MY bow. I'll make others like it if guys at the range want one but THAT bow is MINE. And I'll need arrows for it. Only like 5 or 12 or so. So they may as well be cool. And I don't like wasting material so I figured... split up that birch and use up that bamboo slices.
I considered the strong spine but I figured I'd put it verticaly so the arrow would still show some paradox.
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Marc St Louis wrotec an article in PA about laminated arrows a few years ago. Maybe he will chime in.
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i just got some laminated birch shaft's from pearlie in a trade and they shoot great, Bub
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Laminated with what?
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Lam'ed birch
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There is an excellent article in the magazine I saved just for this. I have made some. experimenting with different woods. Oak core with western red ceder. purpleheart cores. just trying different combos.
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There is an excellent article in the magazine I saved just for this. I have made some. experimenting with different woods. Oak core with western red ceder. purpleheart cores. just trying different combos.
Question is what sort of diameter is a good start for 50lb spines?
Woner what would happen if bamboo flooring were used? Just plain?
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The birch I had are 5/16" at 50-55 spine.
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Laminated? That's like plywood right? >:D
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JW- :o maybee. I'm just trying to find an effective use for the wood and scraps while making some cool arrows. I call myself a "New Primitive" archer. I like the laminated bows but not fiberglass.
I look at that piece and thin kI could possibly get a core from it if I do a splice. Or I could make the arrow shooting board. . . . decisions decisions.