Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: JoJoDapyro on August 17, 2014, 10:42:03 pm
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I made a trade with Mullet and got some arrow shafts. Tyke made a trade with Chuck and got some back sinew. A friend at work shot a turkey this spring, and the local sporting goods store finally had glue ons. Tonkin bamboo shafts, Mirriam's turkey feathers, white tail sinew, self knocks and glue on 125 gr. field points. Any info on improvement is greatly welcomed.
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They look good. How do they shoot?
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I'll let you know tomorrow. It was getting close to my "Cool down" hour. If I (and my wife) allowed it I would just sit in the garage all night and tinker.
I guess I should add that I also made an arrow spine tester on Wednesday. Here is a photo of that as well. Just as others have done. I put dowels in the back to hang it on my tillering tree. The weight is a big chink of copper and an Eye bolt, strangely they weighed in at exactly 2 pounds. What is the conversion for bamboo? I thought I read that they can be of a heavier spine, is that right?
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From the picture I can't really tell, but did you wrap the back of your fletch with sinew as well? Other than that they look great. Now you just need to build a feather burner to get those feathers in shape! Patrick
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No, the backs are not wrapped. I will get to that tomorrow as well. The feather grinding is the only part that keeps me from building them constantly. It isn't even hard, just isn't fun.
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The arrows look good although the fletching height looks a little high, may just be the picture though. As you see how they shoot you could always trim them down a little with scissors.
I'm with you on the feather grinding being the worst part of arrow making JoJo, other than that part it is fun. :)
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They are a bit tall. Just eyeballing and cutting with scissors. I intend on making a burner sometime this week.
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I made a shield template. Tape the feathers down and trace out the shape, then cut with scissors. works great and no burning required.
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Try this with an old battery charger set on 6 volts. I used a .024 guitar wire. (http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/w668/lebhuntfish1/Mobile%20Uploads/20140804_204617_LLS_zpsx6lmenes.jpg) (http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/lebhuntfish1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140804_204617_LLS_zpsx6lmenes.jpg.html)
(http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/w668/lebhuntfish1/Mobile%20Uploads/20140805_203631_zpso6gtuc1u.jpg) (http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/lebhuntfish1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140805_203631_zpso6gtuc1u.jpg.html)
You can create your own shape like we did!
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Joe there goes the neighbors cat give me an arrow ;Dpriceless
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Heh, your brother wouldn't think it was as funny. >:D
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They shoot really well. A few had too narrow of knocks, so I sanded them out a bit. I only had one hit the wall, I caught the corner of the target and had it pass through. All that happened was the tip came loose. I wonder if the Back Sinew wrap on the tip kept it from splitting?
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look good to me, and you'll find boo takes a pretty good beatin
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They have survived more wall shots than the left over graphites have. The boo arrows are in the 600 grain range, while the dowels are high 800's.