Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: osage outlaw on April 13, 2011, 11:25:55 pm
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Here is my first attempt at arrow making. Shafts are bamboo from Lowes. I was trying to get the spine around 50-55 so they are different lengths. I haven't weighed them yet. I wrapped the tip and knock with heavy duty thread. I soaked the tips with epoxy. It didn't smooth out very good at all. I had to sand some of them down. When I wrapped the knock ends, I soaked them with superglue and it looked much better. Points are 16 penny duplex nails.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11475.jpg)
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11476.jpg)
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11477.jpg)
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11480.jpg)
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Look pretty darn good to me. Very nice job.
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Nice arrows. Well done! 8)
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looks a lot better than my first! looks like they group well too. luckily you have a car parked behind your target incase you miss, it wont skip into the street! lol
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careful with those cars. great job on those theyre really nice arrows, and the fletchings all look the same.
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Thanks for the nice comments. I wasn't shooting them there. I brought the target into the garage to snap a quick picture. The wife would kill me if I sent a flyer into her car.
Legionnaire, I used my homemade feather burner for the fletchings.
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Osage,
Very well done, sir. The proof is in the "group".....cause it shure looks like they are flyin good. Good lookin to boot. If you want to try something ya can coat your thread with clear fingernail polish (get mine form the dollar store) it's actually about pure lacquer. Thestuff lays down nice and flat and when ya want to touch it up it's real easy to re-apply.
Anyways, those are very nice arrows
rich
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those are some nice arrows. good job!
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Nice looking arrows. Alot better looking than my first arrows.
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very nice i wish i could learn to cut the knocks that straight. ;D
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those are beauties. sweet job with the homemade feather burner. I bought some bamboo from lowes. how did you get the horrible green dye off of them?
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8)
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those are beauties. sweet job with the homemade feather burner. I bought some bamboo from lowes. how did you get the horrible green dye off of them?
I bought the ones that weren't dyed green.
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Ah yes, genius ::).
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Fine looking arrows!
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you did a good job on those.
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Nice job, those are some fine arrows. Cool that you found that boo at Lowes.
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very nice i wish i could learn to cut the knocks that straight. ;D
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw them!!
Outlaw... you've got some seriously long/deep nocks on those! From the grouping it doesn't seem to affect the flight any but I have to ask if there's any chance they could be affect? Perhaps some snagging on the string?
those are beauties. sweet job with the homemade feather burner. I bought some bamboo from lowes. how did you get the horrible green dye off of them?
I bought the ones that weren't dyed green.
...here's your sign... :D
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Ha Ha Hatch, ya I attribute that lack of thinking to my Irish ancestry. :D
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Good job! Wish I could get my arrows lookin' that good.
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excellent work! How do the duplex nail heads work for you? I've been thinking about trying some ( always used empty casings on my stump busters, but they don't work so hot on a target)
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I really like them so far. I have been shooting them into my Block target with no problems. I like the heavy weight up front on the arrow.
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Hot Dang, boy, those are saweeet! :o Excellent job! 8) Forget the duplex heads, and put hunting heads on them, and bring some meat home! ;) ;D
:o Just had a flash of genius, which is usually what it turns out to be, "a flash" ::), but anyway, I have some square Plexiglas, and got to thinking about turning some down into bullet style points. I could wrap the fore shaft in nylon, or rayon string, and coat it with super glue. I would think it would hold up great for foam, and hay bale type targets. ;)you could put a section of nail in the shaft, for weight. In fact you could even get the proper weight of a hunting head. Just weigh out the nail section, and put a little glue on it, and put it in the shaft, and then insert your Plexiglas head, on top of the nail section. Well, I "think" it would work. I don't have a lathe, but I could use my drill, or drill press, but I am packing everything up, for my move to Montana. It should turn a lot easier than bone, or antler. ;)
Wayne