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Finally made a ferruled broadhead!
Kegan:
I've been trying to make my own hunting heads for years. For a period I managed some tie-ons that worked, but I soon started using bows that were too heavy for my poor tieing/gluing kills to hold. I had tried a ferruled head a couple years ago, without success, but latey my work has imporved so I gave it another shot after seeing some broadheads in the traditional Bowyer's Bibles.
Here's the prototype, based on Jay Massey's "Half-fast" head :)
It's made with an 11/32" 125 gr field point and a piece of bandsaw blade from Mark (thanks Mark!!!). I initially just used JB Weld to try and hold, but that didn't work out so well. So I tried a small hand made rivet in there too, along with the epoxy, and it held perfectly. Even survived the tree test :). I haven't sharpened it, but it's dead accurate on one of my unspined shafts. Even if this one is rough, slightly misaligned, and a bit of a mess, I have high hopes for this little head. I just need some more field points and a new 1/16" drill bit (I broke the last one :-X).
It's 2" long, 1" wide, 150 gr and "barbed" to seat the point. I've been trying to make my own broadheads for a while, so I'm pleased as punch :).
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nugget:
Have you thought about trying to solder the blade to the point? That may be neater than the epoxy. You could still use the rivet.
mullet:
I was going to suggest the same thing. Ace Hardware has silver solder.
Pat B:
I can see the HH influence in that head. ;D I have thought about heads like this but with the work involved and the ultimate precision required, I think a trade point is the ticket. I haven't killed an animal with one yet but I feel more confident with the simplicity of a trade point.
In an old edition of PA there are detailed instructions for making a ferreled head using field points.
Ryano:
Kegan, just wanted to tell you barbed heads are illegal in PA for hunting. :-X
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