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!








Here's the homemade feather grinder:








The spine tester with my highly-advanced 2 lb weight:




And my ugly-as-sin 5" 'nanner chopper:

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.      

That to me is what traditional is all about.

EXCELLENT!!!    

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.

       

 Lookin' Good!

   :cool:

Love the homeade feather chopper.  That thing is great.

UGLY is GOOD!!      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!!  

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      

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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               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!!