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Author Topic: If you want fancy, don't look here.....Arrow Build Along (Update PG6) Covey Contributor 2012 Member # 14989 posted                     Good job on the arrows! I also like the hat and the pipe.. thats a good look on ya! Jason -------------------- If your gonna take time to do it, do it right the first time! My Dad 1940-2002 Posts: 1773 | From: S. Indiana | Registered: Jan 2008  |  IP: Logged |  LimbLover Trad Bowhunter Member # 20807 posted                        You make em like me TW, same principles. I like it. -------------------- Nick Viau Michigan Longbow Association Council Member Michigan Traditional Bowhunters Michigan Bowhunters Stick and String Field Editor/Advisor Posts: 578 | From: Grand Rapids, Michigan | Registered: Jul 2009  |  IP: Logged |  Rooselk Trad Bowhunter Member # 1588 posted                     I have a couple of questions. Since you're waiting for fletching I thought this might be a good place to ask. Hope you don't mind. You started out with 32" shafts. Assuming you're going to cut those down, won't that affect the spine? And if so, how do you know which spine to start out with in order to get the spine you want after the cut? -------------------- Compton Traditional Bowhunters • Traditional Bowhunters of Montana • Montana Bowhunters Association Posts: 1899 | From: Billings, Montana | Registered: Aug 2003  |  IP: Logged |  magnus Assoc Sponsor Member # 17483 posted                     Those are looking great TW. Good on you for doing this. Helping a lot of guys. Rooselk. Shaft spine is always based on 28". You add or subtract spine depending on length over or under that number. Hope that helps. -------------------- Keeping the Faith! Matt TGMM Family of the bow Turkey Flite Traditional mwg.trad@yahoo.com Posts: 3861 | From: N.E. Ohio | Registered: Sep 2008  |  IP: Logged |  Macatawa Contributor 2012 Member # 137 posted                     TW Great build along....do you glue on the nocks to align the grain perpendicular to the string? What is the thinking there? Consistency, paradox...? -------------------- Michigan Longbow Association Posts: 1303 | From: Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Wannabe1 Contributor 2012 Member # 7774 posted                     Yes, what magnus said. Plus, Fletcher was a great and instrumental help in my learning process. My bow, is 68", 51# @ 29" and not cut to center. Using the 145gr point weight that I want I will cut these arrow 30.5" back of point and trim down 'til I get good flight. I was going to bare shaft but, instead, I'm going to fletch, shoot and trim as needed. I'm going to hazard a guess but, I think they will probably hit at about 29.5 b.o.p. I will report results as I test. Did that help any? -------------------- "TGMM" Family of the Bow. "The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game." -- Maurice Thompson, The Witchery of Archery, 1879 Posts: 5270 | From: Albany, Oregon | Registered: Nov 2005  |  IP: Logged |  Wannabe1 Contributor 2012 Member # 7774 posted                     Macatawa, no, if the grain is running perpendicular with the string you run the chance of splitting the shaft if the nock fails. Thus, in essence causing a dry fire and possibly do damage to yourself and bow. Having the grain horizontal to the string allows the energy of the string to push against the grain rather than with it. I hope I am explaining this correctly. Imagine taking a knife blade and pushing it along the grain, the shaft will split easier. Now if you push the blade against the grain, it will be much harder as it won't give. -------------------- "TGMM" Family of the Bow. "The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game." -- Maurice Thompson, The Witchery of Archery, 1879 Posts: 5270 | From: Albany, Oregon | Registered: Nov 2005  |  IP: Logged |  Rooselk Trad Bowhunter Member # 1588 posted                     Magnus, I did not know that. Thanks for clearing that up for me. -------------------- Compton Traditional Bowhunters • Traditional Bowhunters of Montana • Montana Bowhunters Association Posts: 1899 | From: Billings, Montana | Registered: Aug 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Ric O'Shay Trad Bowhunter Member # 1892 posted                     In addition to what TW said above, the edge side of the grain is stronger and gives a much more consistent spine weight. That is how the majority of the shaft makers weigh the spine. -------------------- The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first. - Thomas Jefferson Posts: 2150 | From: Texas | Registered: Nov 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Wannabe1 Contributor 2012 Member # 7774 posted                     Thanks Ric! That's a much shorter way of putting it than my long winded explanation. -------------------- "TGMM" Family of the Bow. "The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game." -- Maurice Thompson, The Witchery of Archery, 1879 Posts: 5270 | From: Albany, Oregon | Registered: Nov 2005  |  IP: Logged |  metsastaja Contributor 2010 Member # 17612 posted                     Very nice build. Thank you for sharing. Looks like a lot more fun then the 6 carbons I put together this weekend -------------------- Les Heilakka TGMM Family of the Bow Some times the uneventful nights are just as good if not better than the eventful ones Posts: 1162 | From: Florida n Maine | Registered: Sep 2008  |  IP: Logged |  Wannabe1 Contributor 2012 Member # 7774 posted                     When I first started this thread, the raw shafts weighed between 410-420gr. Just to show how they gain in weight as you progress I weighed each shaft again with just the stain, finish and nocks. Here are the results: 440 438 448 442 440 447 448 444 446 448 446 440 They are now between 438-448 grains. -------------------- "TGMM" Family of the Bow. "The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game." -- Maurice Thompson, The Witchery of Archery, 1879 Posts: 5270 | From: Albany, Oregon | Registered: Nov 2005  |  IP: Logged |  rdoggsilva Trad Bowhunter Member # 13267 posted                        Thanks a lot Wannabe1 I have be wanting to make up some wooden shafts, but do not have dippers. This has been a big help. Posts: 480 | From: Salt Lake City,Ut. | Registered: Aug 2007  |  IP: Logged |  GRINCH Contributor 2013 Member # 15235 posted                     great post,thanks -------------------- TGMM Family of The Bow, USN 1973-1995 Posts: 5621 | From: GENEVA ALABAMA | Registered: Feb 2008  |  IP: Logged |  Bud B. Contributor 2013 Member # 24907 posted                     It might be a moot point but will you weigh them again after cutting to 30.5 just as a check? Or have you already cut them? I just made up some 28" bop Ramin 5/16 shafts and the finished product weighs roughy in the 510 range with the 125gr point glued on. I'm hovering right at 10gpp. What are you shooting for on finished total weight? I have a hi and lo so far at 518 and 500. -------------------- "You can learn more about deer hunting with a bow and arrow in a week, than a gun hunter might learn all his life." ----- Fred Bear Posts: 3687 | From: Zoo City, NC | Registered: Aug 2010  |  IP: Logged |

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