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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Laminated arrows?
« on: March 21, 2012, 01:20:43 am »
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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Offline Pat B

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Re: Laminated arrows?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2012, 01:22:43 am »
Other than possibly being stiff(2 glue lines) they should work fine.
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2012, 01:38:21 am »
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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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2012, 01:56:53 am »
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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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2012, 02:49:08 am »
Marc St Louis wrotec an article in PA about laminated arrows a few years ago. Maybe he will chime in.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Laminated arrows?
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2012, 03:41:10 pm »
i just got some laminated birch shaft's from pearlie in a trade and they shoot great, Bub
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Laminated arrows?
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2012, 09:06:05 pm »
Laminated with what?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2012, 08:41:43 am »
Lam'ed birch
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Offline Bevan R.

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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2012, 02:15:59 pm »
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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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Laminated arrows?
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2012, 03:58:03 pm »
Quote from: Bevan R. on March 22, 2012, 02:15:59 pm
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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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2012, 04:26:25 pm »
The birch I had are 5/16" at 50-55 spine.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Laminated arrows?
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2012, 12:26:36 am »
Laminated?  That's like plywood right?   >:D
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2012, 03:24:29 am »
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.

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