fiberglass shafts

[John Edgerton]

Greetings

Thank you for the test information.

I do have some questions. 

On Mon, 5 May 1997, harry billings wrote:

> I ran test two on Sat May 3. 
> The arrows were constructed as follows; all shafts were sanded with 100 grit
> sand paper around the circumference then one with one 3/8 plywood disc, one
> with 2 1/4 for a total of 1/2 plywood disc and one with 5/8 plywood disc all
> topped wit a 1 1/4 dowl 1 inch long.
> One with a 5/8 plywood disc with a 1 1/4 dowl 1/2 inch long
> two with 3/8 plywood disc with a 1 1/4 dowl 1/2 inch long
> two with 2, 1/4 plywood discs total 1/2 with a 1 1/4 dowl 1/2 inch long 
> all were then wraped with straping tape to help holdthe dowl together if the
> shaft punched through.
> All were then topped with 4 oz leather and 1 inch closed cell fome, and
> covered with duck tape.
> The plywood discs and the 1 1/4 dowls were epoxied together and to the
> fiberglass shaft.
> Theis heads can be made with only a hole shaw and some way to cut 1 1/4
> dowls close to square
> Two arrows were Baldar Blunts on fiberglass shafts.
> All arrows were fired at a fighter to test for felt impactat along with two
> Baldar Blunts on wood shafts and two Ansteorran War Arrows (AWA) on wood
> shafts. None were felt to hit with excessive force. They were then fired
> into a sheild held at about 45 degs. to stress the head/shaft conection and
> head durabilty, the finle firing was into a sheild held square to the
> shooter additional stress testing and to see what kind of bounce back happened.
> No arrow showed any sign of failer after the firing.

How many times were the arrows shot? From how far? What weight bow? Did 
you disect a random head to check for internal damage to the plywood or 
dowel?

 The Baldar Blunts
> grabed and spun when they hit the shild while the AWA tended to glance and
> slap the sheild with the shaft. The Baldars going thump and the AWA going
> thump/slap.
> Test three will be at Stepps Warloard. I will have the above ten arrows for
> additional testing and 4 or more arrows with uhmw plastic with or in place
> of the ply wood/wood head.

I am looking forward to your results of the UHMW plastic blunts. 

Thank you again for your help. 

Jon


   
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