Really really youth arrow?

[Monteria]

Does anyone have a secret shaft material for little tinny kid arrows that they would like to share?

I see that there are several suppliers of 20+lb spine shaft, but that isn't close to light enough.

I have been using 1/4" Ramon Wood dowel, and they work fine, but they are still far too stiff. I have considered a thinner wood dowel, but have concerns for strength, durability, and mostly safety.

Yes, they are just little kiddie arrows. But seeing your creation fly strait is gratifying no matter the shooters skill level.

The goal here is getting a 16" or 18" arrow to fly relatively strait from a 10lb at 14" bow.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Steve

[wingnut]

I use 1/4" poplar dowels from Home Depot.  They are much lighter in weight then Ramin and shoot well for my grandson.

One 48" dowel makes 3 arrows for his bow.

Mike

BTW he's 2 1/2 and loves to shoot with "papa".

[YORNOC]

Its tough to beat an Easton Jazz aluminum shaft for a kids arrow. I struggled with woods for a long time. The aluminums answered all my problems.
I know they arent wood, but they fly straight out of super light weight bows.
All 3 of my kids ended up shooting them since the age of about 5.

[Monteria]

Wingnut, I hadn't thought to try a soft wood. I'll definitely give that a go though. Heck, maybe even something like balsa from the hobby store would work, though that's probably too far the other extreme. There must be some other suitable soft woods too though.

YORNOC, I have considered aluminum, and tried some of the larger JAZZ that were laying around. But I came to the conclusion that none of them would be soft spined enough for an arrow that short, at that low a draw weight. Was that conclusion incorrect, do you think?

Thanks for your thoughts, guys.

[lpcjon2]

Mike at Maddog has arrows for bows under the 20# mark,they are thin and fly great out of small bows.

[wooddamon1]

Not to hi-jack, but are those Jazz arrows the bluish/purple ones? I have some I'd like to spiff up for some kiddos...

[YORNOC]

They make the Jazz is sizes all the way down to 1214's. The spine goes up to adult arrows, so I'm not sure what you have.
Damon, they are the purple arrows.
My daughter used to shoot them from her 14# longbow, but she wasnt drawing the full 14#. I never measured her draw weight, but the arrows did fly very well. Then both sons after her did the same.
I'd give them to you to try but I donated them to a youth club.

[Mike Mecredy]

Nope, mike at maddog don't make arrows any longer, and when I did they weren't that good.