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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: salad days on January 25, 2009, 01:52:24 pm

Title: New hunting arrows
Post by: salad days on January 25, 2009, 01:52:24 pm

These are hunting arrows I just put together. Port Orford shafts with 5" true flight feathers. Stained with charcoal and grey bark and hand rubbed 2 coats of satin poly. Crested with Testors enamel model paint.  Ave weight is 560 grain with 125 grain points. They aren't primitive but my cresting lathe is. :) It gets the job done for aout a hundred bucks less than a real one. These arrows are really dull but the fl. lime makes them easier to find if I ever actually need to track something. Thanks
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Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: DanaM on January 25, 2009, 02:36:41 pm

They look nice to me and would look even better in my quiver ;D

I like your cresting lathe, how about a close up picture of the thingy that holds the nock end?

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: Cromm on January 25, 2009, 06:11:58 pm

Great work!!!!!

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: TRACY on January 25, 2009, 06:25:55 pm

They look good and as long as they shoot good you're in business.

Tracy

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: salad days on January 25, 2009, 06:39:21 pm

 Dana, the nock end is held by a peice of 3/8 rubber tubing stuck onto a magnetic chuck for screwdriver bits.
Thanks Cromm.
Tracy, they fly really straight and flat. I'm really happy with this set.

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: DanaM on January 25, 2009, 07:39:23 pm

Thanks eh, thats what I thought it was but wasn't sure. Good idear, necessity the mother of invention :)

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: ricktrojanowski on January 26, 2009, 06:16:42 am

Aaron
 Nice arrows. You did a really good job on them.  I love the cresting lathe.  That is the best idea I have seen in a while.

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: Pappy on January 26, 2009, 09:33:56 am

Beautiful arrow,very well done. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: Sparrow on January 26, 2009, 04:33:42 pm

 Those are some great looking sticks,Ought to do alot of good shooting...yeah !  Frank

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: salad days on January 26, 2009, 06:28:19 pm

Thanks Rick, Pappy, and Frank. I don't know who I copied this lathe idea from but someone on this site made something like this one. I just "built" it out of whatever I could scrounge up in the basement. It works great. :)

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: anglobow on January 27, 2009, 06:09:07 pm

Sharp!

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 30, 2009, 09:18:38 am

Very nicely done. Jawge

Title: Re: New hunting arrows
Post by: salad days on January 30, 2009, 01:00:30 pm

Thanks Jawge.