Arrow build-a-long

[Pat B]

Very cool(ade), Clint.       

[paoliguy]

By using water in your Kool-Aid you can have a refreshing drink after your feathers are done too!

[Ed Brooks]

Thanks for the build along OO, I really like how your feathers turned out.
Do you cut the quill length wise before sanding them, or just sand it all away? Ed

[DC]

By using water in your Kool-Aid you can have a refreshing drink after your feathers are done too!

I find it tastes like chicken

[osage outlaw]

Thanks for the build along OO, I really like how your feathers turned out.
Do you cut the quill length wise before sanding them, or just sand it all away? Ed

I trim it down a little if the quill is wide.  After I sand them I take each one and trim the quill down with a pair of scissors.

[BowEd]

A fellow over here showed me to paper shoot tune bare shafts Clint.Just another version here....lol.A 6' step ladder with butcher paper is taped across an opening of the step in front of your target a couple of yards.A 5 yard shot is made through the paper.You can tell by the rip in the paper which way your shaft is tailing along with the way it sticks into the target.If it's just a tiny hole the size of your shaft that's what you want.Pappys' got it right in tuning the shaft.
The end profile of shaft sticking into target I want is dead center straight but tailing up just slightly.Your looking good so far.Time consuming like said but really rewarding seeing them fly with your buddies shooting or hunting where it really counts.

[osage outlaw]

I've seen the paper tuning done with modern wheelie bows.  I might give that a try if I can't see how the arrows are flying.


I pulled the second batch of feathers out of the same kool-aid mix.  I was able to get two runs out of the blue but the orange wasn't as bright on the second run.  I mixed up a new batch of kool-aid and put them back in to soak for a while.  I had more orange feathers than the blue.  That might have been the cause. 

[Chief RID]

I am really loving this thread. thanks to all and esp. OO.

[Danzn Bar]

I bare shaft very similar to Pappy....
I use a Styrofoam target.  Some targets can influence the way the arrow hits.  Styrofoam doesn't.
And I use glue on points until I find the right point/combination. Then I usually replace the glue on with a duplex nail of the same weight.
DBar

[Danzn Bar]

Another reason for BIG target is so ya can concentrate on watching arrow's flight, rather than focusing on hitting a spot. I don't completely trust how shaft is stuck in target to tell me degree of  left/right nock. Instead, I watch how it flies. Reason is because my targets tend to be too shot up to trust how shaft sticks outta target.

Last, shoot an arrow multiple times before deciding how it's flying. Release can really affect bareshaft flight, so ya don't want to make decisions based on just one shot.

Very good info Mike, I have found the same thing.....
Thanks
DBar

[Knoll]

I use a Styrofoam target.  Some targets can influence the way the arrow hits.  Styrofoam doesn't.
DBar

Yes! Looking for more styrofoam blocks now.

[osage outlaw]

I started wrapping the nocks tonight.  I did all the orange/black and pink/black arrows.  I still need to wrap the blue/black ones.  I used heavy duty coat thread.  It has a small diameter but is very strong.  You can't break it with your hands.  When I'm done with all of them I'll soak the thread twice with superglue. 

[Knoll]

Looking good.

Thread wrap doesn't HAVE to extend up to bottom of nock, huh?

[Chief RID]

I have used fishing line and floss with good results for wraps.

[osage outlaw]

Looking good.

Thread wrap doesn't HAVE to extend up to bottom of nock, huh?

I get the wraps close but not at the very bottom of the groove.  I haven't had one break yet so I guess it's OK.