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new hill cane arrows
Little John:
Pat, super looking arrows, have fun shooting them in Tenn. and try to bring back a few. Ill tell ya Pappy and crew will be Easter egg hunting for weeks. Kenneth
Timo:
So that is just a bunch of brass rod on the end?
Chuck it up in the drill press and shape the point?
Hot melt in?
Have you tried different length nails for weight forward experiments?
Sorry so many questions,but when my eyes see something that interests me,my mind won't rest until I have it figured out and down.:) it is a curse.
Very cool idea! two thumbs.
Sorry for the hyjack pat.
Little John:
Tim yes I just build up the brass with an oxy acetylene torch and brazing rod. Try to get it as uniform as possible . I clamp a set of vice grip pliars on the end to get the nail to stand straight up on a work bench during the welding process. Then I chuck up the nail in a hand drill motor to turn it while grinding the point on a grinder. Yes hot melt or epoxy into the shaft. These 16D nail points come out @ about 125 grains, you can shorten for less weight or could probably use a 20D for more weight. They polish up real nice after a few shots and look gold. Not primitive but very traditional and hand made to boot. Oh by the way some times you might have to drill out the shaft to fit (don't split the shaft by forcing). Kenneth
Pat B:
I weighted 2 different sized nails Kenneth gave me. The smaller ones(16d?) weighed about 127 grs and the bigger one weighed about 156grs.
Hillbilly:
Kenneth's nail points work great, and they're a lot easier to pull out of targets (and trees ;D ) than regular field points.
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