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in reply to: SpineDeflection, Wood vs. Carbons #21735

I hope this is relevant to the thread, but I am considering building a new set of woodies. I’ve done this before with not so good results, so I am hoping to improve.

I downloaded Stu Miller’s arrow calculator and found that, for my bow, draw length and point weight I need an arrow spined at 55lbs. I plugged in a BOP length of 29.5 inches to get my numbers to add up correctly.

Now for the question- Should I buy cedar shafts spined at 40-45 lbs knowing I am going to cut them back, or how do you guys do that so that they aren’t over spined once cut to length?

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in reply to: Oil rub arrow finish? #20425

Thanks David. It’s been 3 years now since I have visited this site. It is good to see that it is still the same friendly place that it’s always been.

Pete

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in reply to: Oil rub arrow finish? #19762

It’s been awhile, but I too have used Tung oil (Minwax I believe) and I was very happy with the results.

I stained with golden oak, applied 3 coats of tung oil with a light application of fine steel wool in between. The color was as close to Osage Orange as you could get!

I used Duco cement for the fletching and nocks and it stuck just fine.

Good luck!

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