Switching to wood arrows

[scrub-buster]

I have always used bamboo or hill cane shafts for my self bow arrows.  When I make a set of arrows 75% of my time is spent straightening the shafts.  My time seems to be more limited lately so I have decided to switch to wood arrows.  I won a few shafts in the raffle and traded for some more at the Marshall Michigan archery shoot last week.  I am also ordering a set from echo archery.  

I remember a thread on here where a bunch of people posted pictures of their wood arrows. I tried searching for it but came up empty.  I was trying to find it so I can get some ideas on dying and cresting.  Can someone please point me in the right direction of that post?

Thanks, Clint

[Pat B]

Clint, in one of the TBB series Gabriel Cosgrove has a chapter on building wood arrows.

[Bud B.]

I bumped that thread.

Woodie love....

[toddster]

I use fiebing leather dye and have used rite dye, both work fine.  I also used the gasket dip system for over ten years, and love it.  If in a hurry, with no crown or cresting, I can have a dozen cedar arrows done in 2 hours.

[scrub-buster]

Thanks Pat.  I just acquired a second set of TBB's

Thanks for the bump Bud.

Toddster, I planned on using RIT dye since I have some of that on hand.

[Pat B]

Clint, I've used Fiebings dye, Rit w/alcohol, Krylon spray paint and craft paint for arrows and water based paint, Krylon spray paint and craft paint for crowns and cresting. I also use water based poly as a dip and wipe on for a sealer.

[scrub-buster]

Thanks Pat.  The sealer was something I wasn't sure about.  I guess I won't be shooting any steel drums with wood arrows.  I'll bring a hill cane arrow for those shots.

[Pat B]

Water bases poly is a very hard finish. Maybe not steel drum hard but harder than many other finishes.
 Good ole' hill cane is hard to beat and holds up better than most when shooting at steel drums.    

[scrub-buster]

Pat, I left the head on a duplex nail point on a hill cane shaft just for shooting steel drums.  That arrow survived numerous shots at Marshall.  It didn't hurt it one bit.

[Pat B]

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