Cedar vs ash spine?

[Matt Fowler]

Playin' around with an old Shakespeare recurve. I need to go with a heavier spine. The only shafts I have to work with are ash. Would like to go with cedar but am wondering if the difference in weight might affect the spine I would need. What do you think?

[moebow]

Spine is a function of bending under a given weight (2# for wood) and a given support distance (26" for wood).  It has little to nothing to do with overall shaft weight.  Get the spine you need for your situation and press on.

Arne

[Butch Speer]

What Arnie said.

[LBR]

My experience is when shooting hardwoods, I always had to go up 5-10# in spine vs. POC, spruce, etc.  I don't know if it was the physical weight, if they don't recover as fast, or what, but that was always the case when I shot maple or ash.  Went back to POC.

[DaveT1963]

Originally posted by LBR:
My experience is when shooting hardwoods, I always had to go up 5-10# in spine vs. POC, spruce, etc.  I don't know if it was the physical weight, if they don't recover as fast, or what, but that was always the case when I shot maple or ash.  Went back to POC.

I agree, when I shot Ash and Maple shafts I had to use a heavier spine then cedar or D Fir.

[Matt Fowler]

Thanks for the replies. I ordered heavier cedar shafts so I'll post how they shoot. I think I would rather have them too stiff.