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JF
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Does anyone know if anyone is selling compresed ceader shafting. John
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Valley Traditional Archery Supply, Inc.
30 Sunrise Blvd. Silt, Colorado (CO) 81652
Telephone & FAX: 970-876-0170
Email: vtas@valleytradarchery.com

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Arrow K9: Do these folks compress cedar billets before squaring and doweling, or do they run doweled shafts through a die to compress the outer fibers and reduce diameter a bit. I'm assuming they use cedar, but might be some other wood. Might you know? Thanks.
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George D. Stout
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When Bill Sweetland did it he compressed the billets before doweling. I would assume they are doing it the same way. It would be hard to control otherwise I would think.
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I'm pretty sure this is Kerry Gesink's process: Doweled arrow shafts run thru a die.

They aren't Forgewoods, but I shot Kerry's shafts for several years and have some that are 15 years old and still straight.

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Mike Gerardi
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I do not know. You would have to call. I have bought shafts from Valley in the past ,and I thought they were very good quality.
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Log onto ALaska Frontier Archery. They offer
compressed mountain hemlock, which is a very durable species to begin with. They offer bare shafts as well as fletched. Good luck.

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Alaska Frontier has not made compressed shafts for years. The machinery was mothballed and put up for sale 5 years ago-it is for sale currently.
The shafts made by Valley Trad are good quality I hear; these are bunished by passing thru a heated die, but not compressed.
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d. ward
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Rick and BJ are correct they are compressed by passing the shaft thru a warm swedging die rather then an actual Sweetland type compressed shaft bd
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