Hey guys. Ive bought a bundle of pretty good quality 5/16 birch dowels for arrows... I figured i'd better practice on these before i fooled myself into buying higher end material, i might find out i dont need to.
But now that i got these 100 36" dowels... the only plan i got so far is to go through, pick the straightest ones, and from them, check that the grain is straight through and doesnt run out somewhere in the middle...
but wont i also need to check for spine, or something else along those lines? i once heard about taking a good store bought arrow, hang it on the wall with a weight in the middle and mark the sag, then use that as a judge against the dowels...does this seem right?