arrow bending and the grain

[stinger2]

Someone refresh my memory! I saw on here where if the spine is to weak the arrow will fly left and if to stiff it will fly right, is my memory correct or is it the opposite.

Also the arrows seem to spine stiffer if the grain is perpendicular to the riser, which is the way it is supposed to be, correct? If that be the case then my thought are going to have me building another bow real soon. Is it safe to say we try to do the same thing with a bow made of wood that we try to do with an arrow, "bend it to make it work the way we want it to without breaking" which leads me to another question. If the arrow is stiffer perpendicular to the wood grain should I be selecting red oak boards that have the wood grain vertical on the end of the board "That would make the bow bend perpendicular to the grain" just like my arrows, the opposite to which I selected for the board bows that I have built (flat grained on the end). I posted a question about this some time ago and most say it dosent matter but if I can make my limbs lighter then they will perform better. Bending the board perpendicular to the grain should yeild a higher poundage bow just like my arrows turned out! Am I crazy in my thinking!

[karrow]

just checked my trad bowhunters handbook and it says that arrows that hit left are to stiff or over spined and just the oppisite for arrows that hit right and yes the grain of your arrow should run perpendicular to the riser. when i spine test i test one way and then turn the shaft a 1/4 turn and take the average. as for the grain question i think flat grained boards are better but dont take my word for it plenty of other guys hear that no lots more about that

[George Tsoukalas]

Any board cut will do. Vertical on the end grain doesn't matter what you need is grain that parallel tip to tip on the board and that will probably translate to straight grained shafts after you make them. Jawge

[JamesV]

Stinger,

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