Anyone here have any experience with it? I use Onestringer wraps on every carbon arrow I build. I'm about to get some tapered shafts and was wondering if they are any more difficult to get lined up than parallels. I initially was thinking I wanted a more "traditional" style wrap with cresting bars and such, but I'm afraid those bars might be a bit difficult to line up. Thoughts, ideas, tips, pictures appreciated.
Use a solid color wrap or you will be disappointed if perfection is your goal. Tapered shafts will effect the wrap and there will be some overlap. If you are worried use a little heat(hair dryer) to give them some stretch - this can also be used to remove them.
Or you can cut one edge to match the taper
It can be done. Here is a Onestringer 9" traditional wrap 1.25" wide on a hammerhead lite. Takes patience and mouse pad. The cresting will be off a little and the seem will not be down the middle of the shaft, but I can accept this level of precision for my arrows, it doesn't seem to affect fletching or flight.
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Why????? I just don't understand. Just use paint or stain the crown a differnet color. I do use solid color wraps for aluminum and carbon shafts and crest them myself. I would rather see someones arrows that they tried to crest then wraps on a wood arrow. Just my thoughts.
Oh, my error, I thought the OP referred to tapered carbon shafts like Arrow Dynamics and not wood. Wood = paint in my eyes.
I enquired about this on a previous thread and it was suggested to start the with the arrow in the center of the wrap . I had no overlap alignment problems with eye balling center of wrap .
I just wish they would come out with a smear proof wrap that did not need a protective wrap .
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Thanks guys! Craig I totally agree wood = paint, just wouldn't seem right to wrap a wood shaft. Roverrich, that looks good to me, I would be fine if they lined up that well. I'm putting them on some Quest Ironwoods which are very similar to the AD trads so I thought the crested look would be nice.
QuoteOriginally posted by bowhuntingrn:
Thanks guys! Craig I totally agree wood = paint, just wouldn't seem right to wrap a wood shaft. Roverrich, that looks good to me, I would be fine if they lined up that well. I'm putting them on some Quest Ironwoods which are very similar to the AD trads so I thought the crested look would be nice.
Sorry, I thought you were talking about taper wood shafts. I tried them on aluminum shafts that had a little taper by the nock and they buckled a little.
Angle the shaft slightly away from wrap on the small side of the taper. Takes a couple tries but you'll soon be able to eyeball it about right to get them to come out straight even though the shaft is tapered.
I've got the OU flame One Stringers on my Alaska Bowhunting Alaskans. To be honest, I don't have fletching tools or cutting wheel so when I had both those done I asked them to wrap. Not perfect but work just fine.