How do you wood gurus think poplar compares to the other wood shafts?
Weight?
Easy to straighten?
How they spine out?
Thanks
Cory
I use 5/16 poplar dowels and they shoot good in bows up to 45-50#.
James
Pretty light gpi, but good stiffness and very tough.
The lighter GPI is kind of what I'm wanting. I would like to try and make a more FOC wood arrow. I shoot 55-60lb most of the time at my 28.75 draw and cut my arrows to 29.75 bop. I would like to stay around 10gpp with a 200-225 BH.
I've been using poplar shafts that Stringstretcher
(Charlie Jefferson) sent me and I love them. They are a lot more durable than other doweled shafts I've used and are only slightly lighter than other shafting I've used. 500gr-550gr for my 30" arrows for 55#-60# bows.
As Pat states they are very tough. They don't smell as good as cedar when you eventually do break one though....
I got some from Twig Archery and they were excellent in every way! :thumbsup:
Good poplar is a good shafting material. Plenty of spine range tough and straightenable. If you are working from dowels they are rarely cut correctly that makes a poor quality shaft for the most part. The majority should be culled and difficult to straighten. I've made up a good portion of poplars that were great arrows but all the wood was selected cut and processed with an arrow shaft in mind. That helps
I made a bunch of poplar shafts a few years back. We cut them with straight grain and turned them ourselves. I used them for a couple of years and took a lot of game with them. A very good shaft IMHO.
Mike
QuoteOriginally posted by heartlandbowyer:
The lighter GPI is kind of what I'm wanting. I would like to try and make a more FOC wood arrow. I shoot 55-60lb most of the time at my 28.75 draw and cut my arrows to 29.75 bop. I would like to stay around 10gpp with a 200-225 BH.
Sitka Spruce is a very good arrow wood for higher FOC arrows. I has the highest strength to weight ratio of all woods. It has a fiberous structure that makes it very tough. Hildebrand has some very good Sitka shafting. Do you know what spine you are needing? I may have some on hand.
Thanks gents for the info.
Rick, I'm guessing based on wood I've shot in the past I'm gonna need a 70-75 maybe 75-80 with 200-225 up front.
I'd like it to be in 11/32 with knock taper to 5/16 but not having ever messed with poplar I'm not sure that is a viable option and still staying in the 10 GPP range.
Cory