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hillbilly61:
 How do you cut the shafts for the stone points. Seems like I have to cut the boo shaft notch to long for the shaft to fold/compress onto the point befor I wrap it with the sinew

mullet:
 You can take the end of the reed and boil it and it will get soft. Press it around the point and squeeze the notch with some pliers till it cools.

Pat B:
With cane or hardwood shoots I generally make a single saw cut about 3/4" long(depending on point). Then I open the cut with a thin bladed knife and sandpaper(folded and refolded to increase thickness) until the stone point fits and is fairly straight. Then I drip hot pitch glue into the slot, warm up the point and bed it in the warm pitch glue. I spin check and adjust as needed. If it doesn't spin true heat the head a bit and readjust it and spin test...until it is true.
  While the pitch glue is still warm I chew sinew until soft and wrap around and below the head. When the sinew is dry I spin test again. If all is good Seal the sinew...if not, reheat the head a bit, re-adjust, spin test, etc.

sailordad:
i do pretty much as PatB does
i make each chaft fit the head thats going on it.
i also make sure the head gets fitted in the shaft the same way each time(so that the same side of the head is on the same side of the notch each time)

Knocker:
Question - Is pitch glue commercially available, or does one need to make their own?
Thanks,
Keith

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