Hey
I was just wondering if anyone knew where to get, how much, how many, what quality for 36" cedar arrow shafts (just shafts) spined for 45-60lbs bows I am a trad shooter looking to fire flaming arrows from my longbow.
so if anyone has ANY IDEA on where to get these I would appericiate it.
Thanks

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If I only knew... I'd be ordering some for my knuckledraggin' draw length. Ever thought about learning to make your own footed shafts? I've considered it myself, but am too darn lazy to git'r done. But footed shafts is the only way I know of to get shafts that long... other than buying boards and making your own.

Come to think of it, a flaming arrow is pretty much a one shot deal, and no real need for it to be accurate, or even well matched. If you're handy, you can make some out of plain pine 2x4's. Or, if you don't want to fool with working that hard, just buy some dowels down at the hobby shop or lumber yard. I wouldn't even waste a nock on 'em. Just cut selfnocks into the back end, and reinforce them with thread wrapped under the throat and coated with glue.

yea i liked the dowel idea but then i thought about it my bow would shear them straight through and most of my buddies that wanna try this would do the same and a side from personal injury it might hurt my baby (lol) if you send me a page on footed shafts id appreciate it cuz 36" shafts are dang hard to find these days
if i do find anyone i will let you know tho
Chimo!

Not likely to happen with hardwood dowels. Just make sure each one's got good grain lines running the length of the shaft then either taper them to use standard nocks or cut a primitive nock directly in the shafts and reinforce them.

I had a link to a page that had instructions and illustrations on making footed arrows. The dang link doesn't work any more. [>:][&o]

You planning on storming a castle or bbq'ing a deer on the hoof?

actually a little bit a both if you can belive as corny as this sounds me and a few of my buddies arch for a medievl recreation of the robin hood era its kinda hokey but rlly cool and every year we bring sumthin new although fo rthe show we dont plan on fireing them more just showing what they looked like
but before we do this we want to set up a raft on a lake with a deer but so you were right
lol
Chimo!

Chimo, I shoot hardwood dowels all the time. Ramin. I use self nocks and put a 1/8" pin across the dowell just below the self nock. Glue it in with titebond. Ramin is very tuff and easy to work. I can buy them here in 4 foot lengths and lots of the 3/8 ones spine 70 ponds and higher. I can get hard maple sometimes as well but they want quite a bit more money for the maple.

You could barrel taper the shafts to keep the weight down.


=keith=

I'd like to do some of that re-enactment stuff but.... I guarantee ya, you do NOT want to see something like ME in a pair of tights. [:-][:-]

[8D]

I heard that !
The other day I tried on some new duds I bought for the warmer temps of our Early Archery season , and they were pretty form fitting . When I looked in the dresser mirror I saw what looked like a Superflauge sausage that had been in the microwave just a little too long ... []

Gotta lose some weight ... [&o]

lcoast post a pic so i know exactly what your talkin about im kinda new to this techniquel stuff

also nice comment about the clothing lol

but a little 2 much information