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Author Topic: Bamboo Flooring Arrows  (Read 176 times)

Offline huntwithastick

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Bamboo Flooring Arrows
« on: August 06, 2009, 09:56:00 PM »
Has anyone here ever made arrows out of bamboo flooring?  If so, how'd they turn out?
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Online Eric Krewson

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Re: Bamboo Flooring Arrows
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2009, 10:13:00 PM »
Several years ago Troy Breeding ran a bunch of bamboo flooring through his arrow shaft machine. He had a professional grade machine at the time. His results were poor at best. I ended up with dozens of his flooring shafts because he gave them all away to friends, none were arrow material.

Offline Curtiss Cardinal

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Re: Bamboo Flooring Arrows
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2009, 10:46:00 PM »
I know someone made some hex shafts with bamboo flooring and liked it. However I can't remember who it was.
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Offline Ted Fry

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Re: Bamboo Flooring Arrows
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2009, 12:00:00 PM »
When we first started using it I ran a bunch into arrow shafts. All of the 11/32" dia I ran were 47# spine, in order to get heavier you would have to run larger diameters, can you imagine a 1/2" dia 60# shaft?

Offline huntwithastick

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Re: Bamboo Flooring Arrows
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2009, 08:58:00 PM »
Thanks for the replies - sounds like a no-go to me!
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