I got shafted!

[Animal]

Curious how long you cut for joints..? I'm looking at 6", but would love to hear from your learning curve...

I wanted a 13" pack length so I cut outside shaft one 9" center then two each 11" 12".

My inner shaft joints were cut 4" two inches glued in and two inch slip joint.

9" center had two you need making it 13" end to end.

If I do another one I'll make 1 1/2 slip joints with 1 inch glue joints.

I think that will work fine and get overall weight under 1.5 oz.

Also, next set I will use aluminum arrow inserts to attach the cords instead of dutch pieces.

Just enlarge hole in bottom of insert slightly to allow cordage to pass through, figure 8 a stop knot then house insert in shaft.

Overall packed length could be reduced to 11.5 inch and less than 1.5 oz each.

Shafts were 340 spine.

A mistake I made was not accounting for shock cord stoppers, I had to glue those in live.

I suggest cutting 1/2" piece of small diameter shaft and gluing it about halfway into the outside piece during glueup in order to have easy shock cord install.

Hope this helps.

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[Animal]

I wanted a 13" pack length so I cut outside shaft one 9" center then two each 11" 12".

My inner shaft joints were cut 4" two inches glued in and two inch slip joint.

9" center had two you need making it 13" end to end.

If I do another one I'll make 1 1/2 slip joints with 1 inch glue joints.

I think that will work fine and get overall weight under 1.5 oz.

Also, next set I will use aluminum arrow inserts to attach the cords instead of dutch pieces.

Just enlarge hole in bottom of insert slightly to allow cordage to pass through, figure 8 a stop knot then house insert in shaft.

Overall packed length could be reduced to 11.5 inch and less than 1.5 oz each.

Shafts were 340 spine.

A mistake I made was not accounting for shock cord stoppers, I had to glue those in live.

I suggest cutting 1/2" piece of small diameter shaft and gluing it about halfway into the outside piece during glueup in order to have easy shock cord install.

Hope this helps.

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I also used a little piece of tape on slip ends to reinforce shaft from blowout. Carbon fiber does not work well in shear and needs a little help.

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[Deerless]

Great !! Thank you !! What a great use of some old arrows.

[cdogg44]

I really like the camo look. Thanks for sharing!

[Paddles Down]

Very cool idea. Looks like they fit the bill perfectly

[jadekayak]

Ive been using aluminium arrow shafts for tasks like this for 30 years after my younger brother built his own high performance tent and used alli shafts with a slight curve bent in them.

High performance ultralightweight tents were horrifically expensive back then so my brother built his own from the ground up.

I never thought of using carbon though.

[sheldon.horsfall]

Have a public range nearby and always quite a few in the ol can from hitting the target frame what a great reuse idea!


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