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Hey again, i want to start making split shaft arrows where i saw out blanks and plane the corners etc; i used a few pieces of scrap cypress to try it, and it seems like a cool new technique, and much cheaper than buying shafts. The question is, what woods from my local hardware store would be best, we have poplar, pine, regular cedar, and fir. I know all of these are sold as shafting but which ones would be easier to make using the technique im thinking of?
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Will, I recently made a few shafts like you want to do out of poplar. Poplar is a soft hardwood with fairly nice uniform grain. It planes nicely with a low angle block plane. I want to try some Douglas fir next......need to get a spine tester though.
Have fun!
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for the past few arrows ive made, i tested the flex of the arrow against and arrow that was spined for my bow, and those shoot really well out of my longbow, so i think it is a little quicker than a spine tester
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I made some really nice shafts out of yellow burch. Stout and straight.
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