IMO, If you need arrows right now to shoot, use the store bought shafts, with or with/out the plastic nocks. Since you have the taper tool and the nocks, you might as well use them with the store bought shafts, and self nock the shoot shafting. You can look at some of the two fletch arrows and fletch your shafts like that, or split feathers and do a three fletch, 3 fletch may be more time consuming for ya. I'd also use the artificial sinew on this first set. You can set your feathers on the point end using push pins to hold them in place. The way I align my nock and fletching is to read the grain of the arrow, have the nock going perpendicular to the grain, and if the grain feathers out or runs out of the shaft, put that side up towards the point, incase the arrow breaks on release, it will break away from your bow arm. I've not used the build alongs on this foum, but hear they are great and you should look there also. Lots of good info here. Good luck and post pics when done. I make mostly self nocks now, but still shoot a bunch of old arrows with plastic nocks. As long as you have something to shoot out of our bow, that's what matters right now. You can start a more primitive shoot shaft set once you get this first set done. Again, this is just my opinion. Have fun, dpgratz
p.s Super glue or Duco works good for nocks and fletching too.
