Heya all was wondering if there are any low cost wooden shafts out there? I dont want to invest $100 into my first set of woodies being I've never made arrows and just want a few to beat around in the back yard and test some things out and all that good stuff.
What would ya'll reccomend for me to use? Or do they simply not exist LOL.
Deadbolt
Give Tom Braun a call in Lemmon SD. 605-374-5958.
He makes fir shafts. Its been a few months since I bought any from him but the parallels were something like $18 or $20 pr dozen and I think the tapered ones were $26.
Are they spined out or is it pot luck?
If you want completed arrows check with Northwest archery - nwarchery.com or Bill at Alleghany arrow woods - arrowwoods.com .
Both make quality arrows at a very fair price. They will be plain, sealed, fletched, nocked and most important straight. They will run about $60.
Eric
Deadbolt
Deadbolt
sorry about that, my computer suttered.
They are all spined and matched by weight. In my expereince fir is a little heavier and tougher than POC, but they probably arent quite as straight on average.
just looking for bare shafts tnx!!
what spine would ya'll recomend for my ancient spirit 45@28 drawing a tad over 27.
28"BOP 55-60# will work. remember you shot my 27"BOP 60-65#,160grn points and flow little stiff
try Raptor Archery... That's Who I get my shafts from....
28"BOP 55-60# Ash shafts Snuffer 160grn BH nana's.... will work great for You Tom...just like that 2016 arrow You have of mine... :thumbsup:
Get the 'tedter' pack from 3 rivers and use OL adcock bareshaft tuning method.
Good shafting makes good arrows I would not recommend skimping there.
That should read 'tester pack'
why not try rivercane cheap as chips.
Hey Jeff the rivers in new jersey all glow a pretty yellowish green. I think they should stay away from them...
Cheap, good, fast. Pick two. Seriously, if you want cheap, American Woodcrafters has birch dowels for $25.00/100. They are dowels, not arrow shafts, but they can be made to shoot well with a little work.
Call John at Twig Archery. He carries poplar, cedar, ramin (and some more I can't remember). His prices are as good as anybody and better than most. Never got a bad shaft from him. He'll get ya fixed up and ready to go!
I have to say, i am an expert at things on the cheap. once you do the research and decide on your shaft vendor consider the following ideas.
My very first set of woodies i simply cut to length with a knife, tapered the shafts with a super cheap pencil sharpener style taper tool, stained with what i had in the garage, kncked with white knocks, fletched with feathers i bought but borrowed a feather chopper and then put 125 grain field points. i never put a finish on those arrows. nor did i crown dip of crest them. funny thing is that those arrows lasted me for 10 years. they flew the best of any arrows i ever made.
If you have any questions feel free to drop me a line. Good luck, Jack
Geno, that's greenish Yellow rivers
Always try Rose City archery for spined POC shafts at $27 to your door.
If you guy come across a nice crooked, bent up woodie could you try and shoot an apple off that quarterbacks head up there... :bigsmyl:
I think alot of dealers get there poc from rose city anyway..
Do ya have a flecther and and feathers and nocks and a taper tool(pencil sharpener type works well)? If ya do not want toinvest in a lot PM me your addy. I will send ya some LW feathers and some nocks as well some 125 grain glue on points. If I were you I would go to Lowes or Home Depot and get some dowels ramin, oak whatever they have, get the stiffest 5/16ths they got and cut them to 28"s and go from there, ya can use 3/8ths, but ya have to find the weakest ones of those. Shawn
WOW thanks for all the replies ya'll!!! I am going to make a list of all these placs and start making some phone calls!!!
Tom, email me if you need help making them up...
www.hildebrandarrowshafts.com (http://www.hildebrandarrowshafts.com)
Great arrow shafts!
For POC shafts, I recommend Raven Archery. If you need the number, let me know. Tom turns his own, and his are among the best I've seen--his "selects" are better than most "premiums" I've seen. All hand spined and weighed.
Chad
QuoteOriginally posted by LBR:
For POC shafts, I recommend Raven Archery. If you need the number, let me know. Tom turns his own, and his are among the best I've seen--his "selects" are better than most "premiums" I've seen. All hand spined and weighed.
Chad
if you cojuld get ahold of his number that would be awsome chad!
Also what spine ya'll think I should go with? Looking for a FOC shaft with the 160g snuffers if I could. Was thinking the 50-55 cut to like 28-29 should do it out of this bow. 45@28 drawing a hair over 27.
Have you looked at badgerarrow.com? Bare shafts or complete arrows and they have a spine chart you can use as a guide.