-Couple of questions for RAMIN shooters-

[NorthShoreLB]

Out of my around the handle bows, POC spined 70-75 # shoot well.

...now I hear that hardwoods need to be spined a bit more,

is that the case with Ramin ?

If yes, what spine would compare to 70-75 # POC ?

..and last,...I'm probably going to order 500 dowels from ATLAS, what variations in spine will I get ?

thanks in advance

Manny

[robslifts]

in my opinion you should still be pretty close with the 70-75  as long as you bare shaft them first!!  I shoot some that are spined 90-95 and they are heavy  get a hold of larry at lost nation archery if you want to try a set of them before you buy all of those shafts!!!

you can probably expect the 500 shafts if 11/32" to be any where from 50-120lb spine  Ive looked through a bos and got a wide range of spines!!

[NorthShoreLB]

Rob, those 500 would be 3/8 dowels.

[Charlie Lamb]

the majority will be 75-90. Some super stiff and some lighter spine. If you have a spine tester you can always "adjust" the heavy ones to what you need.

I find the spines comparable to cedar or other soft woods. Example... 80-85 cedar= 80-85 Ramin. I use mostly center shot recurves so it could be different.

[NorthShoreLB]

Thanks Charlie, .....the majority 75-90, that would be great,I can surely deal with that  

[NorthShoreLB]

any other suppliers that you guys use,  other than Atlas ?

[UKarcher]

American Woodcrafter Supply Company. I just bought 100 3/8" from them and the ones I've spine tested so far come in around the 80-90 pound mark. Here is their link.
 http://www.americanwoodcrafterssupply.com/

Graham

[Dirty Bill]

Twig Archery. First class stuff all the way.  

[NorthShoreLB]

Graham, are the ramin dowels the ones listed has Hardwood ?

Bill, tried to but can't find the website

[NorthShoreLB]

TTT

[NorthShoreLB]

ttt

[UKarcher]

Manny, yeah those are the ones. I've spined about half of them so far and I've only thrown out one bad squirly one.
Graham

[NorthShoreLB]

thanks Graham

[herb haines]

North shore , i will only shoot Ramin from now on have been for over a year now .i don't try for a 11/32 shafts. draw about 53# from a 55# recurve   just barrel taper them until they spine 85# then stick in elecric drill and sand until spine 64#  they fly great from my bow some are between 5/16 and 11/32 .will get about 65 good shafts from 100 .i like heavy arrows so stick 190 + grain heads on them  and they are amazing .

i shot in an indoor 3D shoot today in a basement  concrete walls and floors .missed a lot more they the guys i shot with probably had 50% of the misses  no broke arrows  , and the rest had at least 10 broke arrows  --- herb ramin for ever

[NorthShoreLB]

Thanks Herb