You talking about tough

[bountyhunter]

Cresting on 1/4 inch shafts is really tough. My crester wouldn't turn them until I made some modifications. It still took some time to get everything right, but I think I got it now. Here are some arrows I just finished that will be presents for some kids....

[Bisch]

Lookin' good....as always, Derek!

Bisch

[Bones]

Looking good.

A question for you... What wood did you use for the shafts, and what do they generally spine at?

I have been using 1/4" Ramon Wood dowel for youth arrows, and they work. They are pretty durable too. BUT, getting anything to spine correctly for a 10lb bow at 14" draw has been futile. I have considered skinnier dowel, but the durability concerns me, so some kind of composite might be my next attempt.

Not that I expect perfection but seeing the arrows, including little kiddie arrows, fly pretty strait sure is gratifying.

Thanks,

Steve

[CamoQuest]

Sweeeet! Those are some lucky kids!

[bountyhunter]

Looking good.

A question for you... What wood did you use for the shafts, and what do they generally spine at?

I have been using 1/4" Ramon Wood dowel for youth arrows, and they work. They are pretty durable too. BUT, getting anything to spine correctly for a 10lb bow at 14" draw has been futile. I have considered skinnier dowel, but the durability concerns me, so some kind of composite might be my next attempt.

Not that I expect perfection but seeing the arrows, including little kiddie arrows, fly pretty strait sure is gratifying.

Thanks,

Steve

Steve these are Poplar Pine but I've also used Ramon. Finding a spine for a 10lb is really tough and I doubt any of these would work either. Not sure what to tell you, I can run through some of the shafts I have and let you know if any will go that low. I buy them 48" long and cut them in half for a 24" arrow. Most of them spine in the 20-30 pound class, but there are a few that are lower.

Derek

[Bones]

Thanks, Derek. From experience, I figured that they would mostly spine in the 20-30lb range.

I was way off on stack guesstimate for my first attempt at a 36" R/D and it came in 30lb at 18"... 1/4" Ramon dowel cut 18" to BOP fly really good out of it

Steve

[Deb]

This reminds me- I need more arrows.

[bob sarrels]

Nice Derek.

[caughtandhobble]

Nice Arrows