I've never made any wooden arrows, but I'd like to give it a shot. I'm interested in making some ramin nutters for shooting ptarmigan up here so I don't stress over losing them.
I have absolutely no idea how to spine test or straighten the shafts. I also have no idea what equipment I would need to do it. Any help?
roknjs-
Go to the "how To" forum and go to a post "Straightening wood shafts....The easy way" posted by Guru on 3/3/06. That should get you straightened out. (pun intended)
I built a spine tester from some instructions on the web. I down loaded and printed the spine scale. I used a couple of pieces of scrap oak flooring (just had it laying around), gas welding rod, some wood glue and a homemade 2# lead fishing weight. It actually works pretty well.
I think you could do a google search for arrow spine chart and find the scale. I found, but can't remember where.
Good luck with it.
Chris
Iroknjs,
I found it! Go to the following website and follow instructions.
http://nativeskills.madduckoutdoors.com/jcs_spine_tester.htm
Chris
here are some cheap shafts that larry has allready spined and everything!!
Twig archery has some good ramin shafts. Give John a call. He will be glad to answer any questions that you may have about ramin or any other arrow wood.