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Title: Making arrowshafts
Post by: Buemaker on December 05, 2020, 03:39:29 PM: I hope a joke can be allowed in these depressing Corona times. This is how we make arrowshafts in Norway.
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Post by: Bvas on December 05, 2020, 04:09:29 PM: :biglaugh:
That’s great Bue.
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Post by: Mad Max on December 05, 2020, 04:09:44 PM: How many blocks of wood per dozen :biglaugh:
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Post by: Crooked Stic on December 05, 2020, 04:25:33 PM: What cha season them with. :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Buemaker on December 05, 2020, 04:56:44 PM: The blocks must be without knots otherwise the knots are transferred to the finished shafts.
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Post by: Roy from Pa on December 05, 2020, 07:05:10 PM: Very nice Bue.
I'll fix pictures later, on my fone now.
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Post by: Mad Max on December 05, 2020, 07:12:08 PM: Quote from: Crooked Stic on December 05, 2020, 04:25:33 PM
What cha season them with. :bigsmyl:

You season them with viagra for a stiffer spine :laughing:
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Post by: wood carver 2 on December 05, 2020, 08:02:21 PM: If you put a 5 hp motor on it you can feed it whole logs. Mass production! 😁
Dave.
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Post by: Crooked Stic on December 05, 2020, 10:30:54 PM: Good one MAX :biglaugh:
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Post by: Recurveaholic77 on December 05, 2020, 11:06:38 PM: What do you use to bind them together pine pitch? 😆
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Post by: Crooked Stic on December 06, 2020, 08:34:03 AM: If that seasoning is correct they prolly be noodley after the shot. :laughing: :laughing:
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Post by: Eric Krewson on December 06, 2020, 10:21:47 AM: The sad thing is there are people out there who would think that you are actually making real arrow shafts after seeing your pictures, plus the same people vote.
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Post by: Pine on December 06, 2020, 11:34:05 AM: Ok, someone needs to ask, how do you adjust that gizmo to get the spine weight you want?
I have studied the picture and cant see how that could be adjusted. :dunno:
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Post by: Bob D on December 06, 2020, 05:13:31 PM: :thumbsup: :clapper: :laughing:
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Post by: Mad Max on December 06, 2020, 07:23:54 PM: Quote from: Pine on December 06, 2020, 11:34:05 AM
Ok, someone needs to ask, how do you adjust that gizmo to get the spine weight you want?
I have studied the picture and cant see how that could be adjusted. :dunno:

1/4 viagra for 600's
1/2 for 500
3/4 for 400
1 for 320
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Post by: Flem on December 06, 2020, 09:37:28 PM: Thats one way to get the "shaft" Thats a bad mutha machine.
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Post by: Tim Finley on December 07, 2020, 09:06:15 PM: That's really funny ! My family is of Norwegian heritage and there was always a sense of humor in everything .
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Post by: Crooked Stic on December 07, 2020, 10:33:56 PM: Max I need 800s??
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Post by: Mad Max on December 07, 2020, 11:33:57 PM: Your in luck, they come out 800's
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Post by: Buemaker on December 08, 2020, 04:06:21 AM: Sometimes they come out stiff at both ends and soft in the middle or vice versa.
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Post by: Crooked Stic on December 08, 2020, 09:32:46 AM: Bue that must be older wood :bigsmyl:
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 08, 2020, 04:46:01 PM: Funny. Nice workshop too! Jawge
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Post by: Roy from Pa on December 08, 2020, 05:03:08 PM: Bue, have a question.

Isn't that handle gonna hit the workbench when ya turn it?
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Post by: Buemaker on December 08, 2020, 05:17:49 PM: Don’t get hung up on trifles. :)
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Post by: Roy from Pa on December 08, 2020, 05:52:33 PM: :wavey:
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Post by: Lefty38-55 on December 08, 2020, 06:11:56 PM: Ahhhh ... right-handed shafts I see. Do you have one of those for Lefties?
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Post by: Stagmitis on December 08, 2020, 06:18:35 PM: Im really upset at all this banter Bue....Thats how I make mine
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Post by: Longcruise on December 09, 2020, 01:03:37 PM: What's funny is someone will search TG for shaft making info and bring this topic up to ask for more details. :)
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Post by: Roy from Pa on December 09, 2020, 04:16:19 PM: I've had several PM's asking if Bue has lost his mind:)

I replied, "YEP"

:wavey:
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Post by: wood carver 2 on December 09, 2020, 04:24:08 PM: Quote from: Longcruise on December 09, 2020, 01:03:37 PM
What's funny is someone will search TG for shaft making info and bring this topic up to ask for more details. :)
You mean to say that’s not how they’re made?! Now I’ll have to return the meat grinder I just bought for the purpose! 🤬😉
Dave.
Title: Re: Making arrowshafts
Post by: Buemaker on December 09, 2020, 04:24:45 PM: I lost it a long time ago, still looking for it, but doing allright without it, I think. :)
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Post by: Bow Bender on December 10, 2020, 02:33:56 PM: if I sweep up the saw dust from under my saws and sanders and run that through will that work just as well as starting with chunky wood? :bigsmyl:
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Post by: frank bullitt on December 11, 2020, 10:06:26 AM: Funny!
Now your going to have splinters, in your ham salad!
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Post by: goobersan on January 13, 2021, 11:06:00 AM: :notworthy:
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Post by: BrownA5 on January 17, 2021, 11:27:19 PM: Just came across this today....This is quite funny! Appreciate the sense of humor especially in these difficult times! :)
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Post by: RJonesRCRV on January 21, 2021, 08:08:41 PM: Id pay a pretty penny for a machine that could actually do that.