I made this matched set using poplar dowels from Home Depot, natural LW primary turkey feathers, and a homemade spine tester, grinder, and chopper. I footed them with brass tubing (90 grains each). Matched to within 3 pounds and 10 grains of each other. They shoot infinitely better than my homemade tools look!
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Here's the homemade feather grinder:
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The spine tester with my highly-advanced 2 lb weight:
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And my ugly-as-sin 5" 'nanner chopper:
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Great job on the tools and arrows.
Dang! Those are some fine looking arrows. Always wanted to try that banana cut feather style. Congrats on some fine shafts. :thumbsup: :clapper:
That to me is what traditional is all about.
EXCELLENT!!! :clapper:
You did a good job, on the arrows and the homeade tools.
QuoteOriginally posted by Izzy:
That to me is what traditional is all about.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: Lookin' Good!
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Love the homeade feather chopper. That thing is great.
UGLY is GOOD!! :thumbsup: What was it those t-Shirts Used to Say? "Go UGLY EARLY", You Betcha!! Chrome Dont Get Ya Home Either!! Great Job on Your Tools, AND those Fine Looking Arrows!! :archer:
Well done,great job on everything!
awesome job! btw is that moonshine in the jar? it looks like ya drank a bit to get the right weight :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Curt haw did you make that spine tester,How did you get the weight graph set up?Oh and the shafts are great!
great job all of that is awesome from the tools to the finished arrows!
Some real ingenuity there on making those tools. Also didn't know home improvement stores carried poplar dowel rods...I'll have to look around.
Very well done my friend, very well done!
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :notworthy: :notworthy: That is just plain awesome!!! Great job!!!!
Great Job....
Wow !! Those are some long brass footings. I use brass to foot my carbons but not so long. How much spine did you gain?
Great looking arrows!!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: great job :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very nice! I really like that quiver! Looks kinda like a Bowers...
Coaster: The footings are long, but they're effective for my set-up. They add a lot of weight up front, which makes the arrow recover more quickly. Yes, you gain some spine when measured on the spine tester, but the effective spine drops, because more weight up front gives the effect of less spine when the arrow is fired. You probably know all this. In the end, the spine difference is a wash. What I get is an arrow that flies truer, recovers more quickly, and hits with much more force. This is especially necessary when shooting 42-43# pound bows with shafts that spine in the 35-37# range. They're not all that heavy to begin with. Also, they arrows survive the targets at the range longer, which are not kind to my wood arrows. Lastly, the brass produces less friction and is larger in diameter than the remaining wooden shaft, both of which aid in penetration. (All in all, think of these long footings as creating a quasi-tapered shaft. They in essence produce many of the same results.)
Rick: Thanks for the compliments on the quiver. It's one I made just before last fall's turkey season.
Hey 4est,
I like the arrows and the home made tools any way to get the plans for them esp. the spine tester.
Thank Tim
Nice work, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup: