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Title: Finished my first woods...
Post by: blind one on November 28, 2008, 04:00:00 PM
This was my first try at wood arrows.I will say this, they take alot longer than the carbons I've been doing. I did a dozen each, 6 of each have BH's ,6 have target points.The green ones are 56-58 spine. The yellow ones are 59-60 spine.I wish I had a techinical reason for the gray cocks, But the truth is that was all I had.   :)   The yellow are about 560gr(within 8 gr),the green are about 575gr(within 7gr).I used Olde Maple stain. I did cheat and use Onestringer wraps. I think a crester is next on the list.
 (http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr151/bones61427/wd1.jpg)
(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr151/bones61427/wd2.jpg)
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Post by: TomMcDonald on November 28, 2008, 04:30:00 PM
Nice
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Post by: drewsbow on November 28, 2008, 04:47:00 PM
good looking arrows  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Glenn Carl on November 28, 2008, 04:57:00 PM
Very nice    ;)
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Post by: smokin joe on November 28, 2008, 05:33:00 PM
They look great.
Joe
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Post by: Jerry Wald on November 28, 2008, 06:36:00 PM
grrrrrrreat job

Jer bear
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Post by: Hot Hap on November 28, 2008, 08:09:00 PM
Looks nice. Hap
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Post by: blind one on November 28, 2008, 08:31:00 PM
Thanks guys. I started with 100 shafts,seperated out the bent ones. I tapered & stained the straight ones.Then I went to a friend who has a spine tester and seperated them in groups. I came home and seperated the groups into groups by weight. Like I said it took longer than my carbons,but it sure was worth it...Roy
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Post by: stump man on November 29, 2008, 10:16:00 AM
Nice!

What kind of wood??
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Post by: trapperDave on November 29, 2008, 10:29:00 AM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: blind one on November 29, 2008, 10:42:00 AM
Cedars..Love the smell of them while tapering..
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Post by: Recurve50 LBS on November 29, 2008, 12:15:00 PM
You done good!  :clapper:
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Post by: SpankyNeal on November 29, 2008, 01:40:00 PM
Nice job!!!

Spanky
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Post by: elkshooter on November 30, 2008, 12:14:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by blind one:
This was my first try at wood arrows.I will say this, they take alot longer than the carbons I've been doing. I did a dozen each, 6 of each have BH's ,6 have target points.The green ones are 56-58 spine. The yellow ones are 59-60 spine.I wish I had a techinical reason for the gray cocks, But the truth is that was all I had.    :)    The yellow are about 560gr(within 8 gr),the green are about 575gr(within 7gr).I used Olde Maple stain. I did cheat and use Onestringer wraps. I think a crester is next on the list.
  (http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr151/bones61427/wd1.jpg)
 (http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr151/bones61427/wd2.jpg)
Blindone - clearly you are not with that job.

Can you tell me where you got your 100 shafts - were they dowels purchased at a big box hardware store?
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Post by: blind one on November 30, 2008, 01:17:00 AM
The shafts came with the bow when I purchased everything from my uncle. I have 76 shafts left that I didnt like out of the 100. I'm kind of picky about what I shoot and If I only had 6 out of the 100 that would work then I would have gotten more to make a full dozen...Roy
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Post by: bushytail on November 30, 2008, 05:49:00 AM
They look nice.You could make FLU-FLU arrows out of the 76 shafts left.You would have alot of fun chasing squirrels,rabbits,pheasants around.If you don`t want the rest of the shafts,PM me.
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Post by: blind one on November 30, 2008, 09:59:00 AM
I'm going to do some flu flu's also. I need to play with some that arent straight and figure out how to fix them.I still have a bunch of straight ones left. I will use them for hunting also , but I just wanted these to match as close as possible.