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Grinding Your Own....(Bodkins)
DBernier:
JD I just bought 6 of these off of Ebay. Here is the link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300114895505&rd=1&rd=1
Will look them over etc.
Dick Bernier
Mebane NC
duffontap:
Dick, I've looked at those before. They look nice but I need a 12mm socket as I don't want to taper the tips of my arrow shafts. Let me know how you like them. The price is right.
J. D. Duff
Loki:
JD,i think Lloyd knows a good supplier on your side of the water.
DBernier:
JD, I'm thinking of using a 7/16 (.48) dia or even a 1/2 inche dia. shaft. I have not made anything near 1000 grains but will weigh each component and try and get there. I will start with a 34 inch shaft and go from there. I'm thinking of doing a 100# bow. :o I can easly pull 85# and would work my way up to 100#+ on my bow flex. It is just a thought and I will see if it all falls in place.
Dick
Lloyd:
Dick, JD, I have several of those bodkins from the same supplier. If you want to use them for anything more than clout shooting forget it. I've broken the piles off the socket just sticking them in the ground. They look ok but they aren't for serious shooting.
The medium ones average about 350 grains or so. The heavy ones go from 400-600
The large or heavy bodkins can be flush mounted on a 1/2 shaft. The light bodkins will fit flush on a 3/8 shaft.
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