Topic: Bamboo shaft questions
Hello
I ordered 33" 45-50# bamboo arrow shafts from oulaybamboo on ebay. I found it difficult to tell which way it tapers, or which side is thicker, so I was not sure where the nock and arrowhead should go.
I wonder what kind of varnish and/or stain was used, I think it looks pretty good
This is an arrow I fletched. I think I did it the wrong way around.
Damaged fletching and self nock that survived being shot from 50# bows several times.
On two bare shafts, I found that the center of mass was closer to the thinner, tapered point:
...rather than to the one with the node close to the end, which appears to be thicker.
Would this mean that the arrow point should go on the tapered end, with the node farther away from the end? How can one tell which way a bamboo grew?
Node close up. I tried, but it's hard to see. Sometimes there is a dark ring and then a light ring that appears to be thicker. I figured that the bamboo was getting thicker in the direction of the dark->light ring, but the center of mass and circumference measures I made contradict this.
Should I mostly just put the arrowhead in the end closest to the center of mass of the shaft?
Also, I tried to measure the circumference by measuring in the area in between two nodes by wrapping a cord several times, marking and measuring, in two sides of the arrow. On both shafts, the half with the tapered end without the node close to the end had more circumference and had the end closest to the center of mass. So the arrowhead should go on the tapered end?
Thank you