Author Topic: Spoons Points (Read 9007 times)

islandpiper · « **Reply #15 on:** September 20, 2009, 09:55:05 pm »

Buy them at the Goodwill for about a dime each. In fact, buy some forks and do the same thing. Then you can hit any forkin' thing you shoot at. piper

recurve shooter · « **Reply #16 on:** September 20, 2009, 10:54:14 pm »

Mr. kieth, if thats the case, you, ian, and myself need to start raiding the goodwill.

Justin Snyder · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:19:29 am »

For goodness sake, stay out of the wife's good silver.

It is way too soft for this kind of thing.

osage outlaw · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:46:50 am »

Could you use a circular saw blade instead of the spoons? It should be harder.

recurve shooter · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2009, 09:33:51 am »

i think alot of people use circular/bandsaw blades. much harder, i think.

sulphur · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2009, 10:41:16 pm »

the problem i have with saw blades is the cutting them up. i don't have a plasma cutter or anything like that. I do have a hi speed cut off tool thats pneumatic. and i can always put a metal cutting blade in my band saw. I may see what kind of metal stock i can find tomorrow. i'm in the mood for more experimenting.

Pappy · « **Reply #21 on:** September 22, 2009, 07:42:33 am »

Looks good to me,should do fine if you stay off the bones.

Pappy

Pat B · « **Reply #22 on:** September 22, 2009, 11:44:13 am »

Sulphur, You can use a cold chisle and anvil to score the outline of the points and break them off along the score marks. Your pneumatic cut off tool should do the job nicely too. If you are searching for other metal to use be sure it has a good carbon content.

sulphur · « **Reply #23 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:03:13 pm »

in the never ending saga to spend less money, this is what i came up with today. made from 16 gauage steel sheet i bought a lowes for $6 (12x18). i just copied one of my zwickey's. it was a little hard on my metal bandsaw blade but i finally came up with something i think will work great. takes a much better edge than the spooons. i can honestly say i may never buy a broad head again.

the one on the left is my template the rest are junk.

dogleg · « **Reply #24 on:** October 18, 2009, 10:48:03 pm »

Sulpher,

As far as circular saw blades, they're working well for me. Just shot one into a concrete block, from about 30 feet. It was on my first arrow. I hardened and tempered it to straw, so don't know how it would work, straight up. But it didn't break, or bend, and it went in about 3/8". Cut it out with a cut-off blade and pnuematic grinder. There's a pic of it, under 'very first arrow' on the first page of the thread, if you're interested. I'm a carpenter, so free blades, forever, for me.

dogleg

son of massey · « **Reply #25 on:** March 31, 2014, 03:22:33 pm »

I have had good luck cutting circular saw blades with metal cutoff wheels for an angle grinder. One of these I jury rigged onto my bench grinder after taking off one grinding wheel and using a bunch of washers. The other tool that works well is a wet/dry tile saw with an angle grinder cutoff wheel.

I have played around with hardening these points as well, but they seem hard enough for most purposes as is. Heat treating them can substantially harden them, where this is not so with things like spoons.

SOM

bowtarist · « **Reply #26 on:** March 31, 2014, 03:34:42 pm »

The stainless spoons should be harder than the 16 gauge mild steel from Lowes. I use tablespoons for the ones I've made. They are bigger and usually thicker too. Goodwill has them cheap and so do yard sales sometimes. I'd be surprised it the 16 gauge holds up as well if it is regular hot rolled mild steel. If so...it too has too little carbon to harden w/ heat and quench. Circular saw blades work good too. The two you made both look good though, nice work, dp

Primitive Archer