IPE for Shafts

[Kingstaken]

Has anyone tried to make shafts from IPE?
or
Is bow woods for bows and arrow woods for arrows?

Would make a heavy weight and heavy # spine and strong shaft I would image.

[Danny Rowan]

I have a doz made from IPE. They are super heavy and spine about 90# Joseph made them. Hard to straighten but once strait will stay that way.

Danny

[Joseph]

I got the Ipe from Bill Bonczar at Alhegany Mountain Arrow Woods.  When he has it it is good stuff.  You have to heat it a lot to straighten it and it is very oily.  Last ones I made it took a week for Daly's profin to dry enough that it wasn't tacky and that was in a 85-90 degree warm drying box.  Beautiful once it is finished and tuff stuff to.  I shot a Bison bull in November at Doug Campbells with a Ipe arrow.  He did a running flip and rollover on it and it came through that in 1 piece!  Joseph

[dino]

Yep, Bill is the best source for Ipe.   If your looking for heavy spine and heavy weight thats the stuff. dino

[wingnut]

I turned a few last summer for kicks.  They came in at 100#s and 1100 gr.  A bit more then I can handle.  Was thinking of turning some at 9/32 for use on hogs.

Mike

[Kingstaken]

So for shafts that spine out around 80 to 85 #, what diameter are you guys thinking?

[Joseph]

11/32 inches.  Usually that is the low end for Ipe spine.  It is hard to get purple heart under a hundred pound spine.  Either way you may have to go longer than normal and use a heavy point.  Joseph