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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: RidgeRunner on October 06, 2008, 02:50:08 pm

Title: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: RidgeRunner on October 06, 2008, 02:50:08 pm

I made up a batch of cane arrows.
One of them seems to be (over spined).

Question: Is there any way to (actually) reduce the spine of a cane?

It is already a bit heaver than the rest of the batch so I did not want to add more weight to the point.
However that may be my only choice.

I could always put a heavy blunt type tip on it and use it for small game.

Thanks
David

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: ZanderPommo on October 06, 2008, 03:15:05 pm

i know there is a way to do it with heat but I don't know how..................sorry

Zander

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: Pat B on October 06, 2008, 03:53:03 pm

You can scrape off the rind and scrape or sand them to decrease the spine a little but not much, then you will have to seal it.
   The best way is to make them a bit longer than normal. I cut all my hardwood shoot and cane arrows to 29" for my 26" draw. For each inch over 28" you can subtract 5# of spine weight.   Pat

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: Ryano on October 06, 2008, 04:12:20 pm

David, I've gotten away with chucking up one end of the the shaft up in my drill and spinning it through a piece of sand paper in my hand. Not real primitive but it works good for me.  ;)

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: RidgeRunner on October 07, 2008, 06:31:21 pm

Thanks for the replies.

I think that stiff arrow is going to become a heavy tipped bunny buster.
It will most likely never be fired at a target more that 15 yards away.

Thanks
David

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: Hillbilly on October 07, 2008, 09:01:49 pm

I like to carry one really heavy arrow and one light one at 3D shoots, too-that way you can shoot those close and long shots the same as the normal range ones that you use your matched ones on..

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: Pat B on October 08, 2008, 12:04:26 am

So that's how you do it!  ;)

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: Pappy on October 08, 2008, 08:19:20 am

I had pretty good luck scraping them to reduce the spine,like Pat said then you need to seal them.
The heavy weight don't really matter that much to me at the range I hunt but the heavy/light spine weight dose,They fly wild and I can't hit anything with them. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Reducing the spine of a cane
Post by: uwe on October 08, 2008, 03:00:38 pm

I only scrap material off to reduce the dia or the thickness. I don`t have any problems withn the spine only the weight is important for me. I heard it from others and made my own experiences that the spine isn`t im portant to the bows. Or do Ihave only some lucky sticks for my bows?
But on the other way I tried them on bows of different drawweight and didn`t have problems.
Regards Uwe