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Main Boards => Dangerous Game => Topic started by: Aeronut on September 16, 2007, 05:15:00 PM
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Interested in heavy shafts for hunting dangerous game? Check out my listing in the sponsors classifieds for a small selection of Ipe shafts.
Dennis
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How are they for straightening?
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What small amount of straightening they need will be easy with a little heat. These are some of the straightest shafts I've done right out of the machines.
I usually straighten my shafts (Hickory, Poplar, etc.) by rubbing with my hand to warm it with a little friction. You can get the shaft to the point that it is too warm to comfortably handle by just rubbing it.
I am always being asked how hard it is to straighten a hardwood shaft. I will take some seriously bowed Hickory shafts with me to 3D shoots and show people who stop by my booth how easy it is to straighten them by friction.
Dennis
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hey dennis,
do you have any 70-75 spines in 5/16 diameter?
keith
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Dennis. Are these shafts better than the hickory?
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Keith,
This is what I have left in 5/16:
66-70....838-848 grains....1 doz.
66-70....858-868 grains....1 doz.
66-70....various weights...9 each.
My lowest spine in 11/32 is
76-80....924-934 grains....6 each
76-80....various wts.......5 each
Eddie,
With what experience I've had with them, yes. These require very little straightening right out of the machines and I believe the dense grain structure of the wood will help prevent the tendency to warp. I am going to make a set of three arrows to hunt with this season and try to bounce them off of everything I can after the season is over.
Dennis
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I have made 3 dozen arrows out of Ipe shafts in the past. The ones I had (not from Dennis) did need a little straightening and I had to heat them to do it. It is also a very oily wood, I seal my shafts with Daly's Profin and with Ipe it took about 3 times as long for the finnish to set up and not be tacky. If however you are looking for a very tough, very heavy arrow they are the cat's meow. If you need even higher spines Purple Heart works well. Joseph
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Ipe comes in high spine too. I have several spined 120#-125#. They make top notch ultra heavy arrows for the big animals - and are a great arrow even for bears over bait; where you know the shot will be short. Right BH and they'll easily crunch both shoulders on even a large bear, and can penetrate end to end!
Might add that I flex each raw Ipe shaft several times, in all directions, before I make them up. I've found a few that had brittle spots. These break readily during the initial flexing. If they pass the flex-testing, I've never had one break later.
Ed
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I flex all my shafts pretty hard before I put them in the spine tester and they will snap pretty easy in a brittle spot. I had eight breaks in the 12 dozen that I made and tried to do a good visual of the rest after flexing.
Some of the 11/32 shafts were just over 100 #'s and these were run on down to 5/16. I have just nine of these left. I am planning to order some more Ipe in the near future and run another batch.
Dennis
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I recieved a dozen of these shafts today and they are the straightest wood shafts I've seen. Really beautiful wood also.
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Got my two doz today as well. Wow, they are pretty straight. Gonna make up into arrows soon. these are skinny heavy shafts and sould work great.
Danny
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I was just wondering today if the mail boat got there yet Danny.
Dennis