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Building darts for an atlatl??

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aero86:
ive made a few darts, about 6, from dowels from walmart.  7/16's i believe.  and the type of joint i used was a scarf joint i believe.  take your the diameter of the shafts and multiply by 8.  thats how long your joint needs to be.  the 7/16's is like 3.5 inches.  just measure that far from the end of each shafts, then cut at an angle to join the two shafts together.  for mine, i used glue to put them together.  then i wrapped with shipping paper.  8 inches wide, and half the length of the roll.  wrapped that all around the joint evenly.  then i wrap that wrapping with string.  then you can fletch it and put a point on it.  to make the notch, just use a knife to hollow out end that isnt your pointy end.  they throw pretty well!  need pics, i could post them.

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