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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2011, 10:59:47 am »
Thanks Hillbilly...makes perfect sense and it sounds like a great point.  Have some 'mater stakes my boys picked up and this head would work great for them too.
~ Lee

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Offline Pappy

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2011, 11:03:08 am »
Very nice set of arrows.Nice work. :)
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Offline andy thomas

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2011, 02:05:48 pm »
nice looking arrows as allways. wish i could get those extra shafts you sent me straight lol. i work on them alittle every day.

Offline hillbilly61

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2011, 03:22:41 am »
Thank you Pappy :D

Keep working on it Andy, It will come to you

In all reality y'all. I feel like a freshman in high school compared to some of these artists that do them here :-\
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Offline ken75

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2011, 08:22:08 pm »
well i recieved my arrows today , many thanks Mark . unbeliveable craftmanship . beautiful and they fly true

Offline hillbilly61

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2011, 12:09:26 am »
 Thanks Ken. I'm so glad you like them. Hope they fly good and straight for ya.
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Offline Keb

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2011, 12:30:14 pm »
Thank you very much everyone The comments are greatly appreciated.

Lee......The points are duplex nails I don't know how others do them, but this is what I do. I hold and roll the nail in my fingers while grinding the end head off (dipping in water often to keep it cooled down) Keep doing this till the end cap is ground to a point. I don't cut the end off and then grind because I want to keep as much of the weight as I can When I get them ground, they tend to weigh about 146gn each.(16 penny nail) You can adjust the weight by grinding or cutting a bit off. Hope this helps.
How do you size the cane's hollow and how do you hold the points in?
I heat & hammer the head & cut the pointy end (not the head end) to size them. I've been gluing them in with "fletchtite".
I was wondering if I should upset the nail slightly with a chisel to rough them up some and split the cane & wrap with artificial sinew?
In south Ohio

Offline hillbilly61

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2011, 02:27:51 pm »
Keb...I use a duplex nail (2 headed) and cut the one off. Put the point on a grinder and round off top point. If the nai is to fat, then I carefully drill it to the size of the nail. If the hole is a little big, put extra epoxy in the shaft To glue them in I use epoxy. I use a flat toothpick to stirr and then let a couple drops fall into the hole. Then I roll the nail in the epoxy to get a little on the nail. Start the nail in. Rotate and pull/push in an dout till it seat. wipe off excess. turn upside down and set on some foil. Let set till the next day and wa-la
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Offline criveraville

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Re: Set of cane
« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2011, 06:21:21 pm »
Mine fly true... BUT mine are prettier than Ken's  8)
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