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Home Depot Garden Stake Bamboo Arrow Build-A-Long (Pic Heavy)
loon:
--- Quote from: jeffp51 on January 11, 2017, 06:32:57 pm ---I tried that. It doesn't work. Just ruined a file.
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Sorry...
I might try just hacksawing the outer head off, then hammering to a point.. I need a better hacksaw anyway.
loon:
I used an angle grinder and a drill for one. It didn't come out symmetric.. maybe I shouldn't apply any pressure with the drill, and try to keep a consistent angle. it's a bit difficult to deal with two hand-held power tools, especially when one is as crazy as an angle grinder.
Also, most of the duplex nails just aren't straight. >:( Maybe that's why the point didn't come out symmetric, and centered!
Chief RID:
Just put dowels in 2 cane arrows. both my nock and point ends are splitting.Either my dowls are too large or my drill bits are too small. I will get this but it took me years to do these two so.........
JEB:
Chief Rid, I went to the dollar store and bought some bamboo skewer sticks and glue them into each end of the bamboo shafts by using titebond II. That really beefs up the ends of the arrows and allows me to use a taper tool for standard nocks and field points or cut the ends for self nocks and stone points.
I glue in about 3" of skewer stick.
Chief RID:
Thanks JEB. Do you just cut the lengths and use enough of them to fill the hole without splitting the shaft? I was just thinking. I use the 3 Rivers taper tool so the shaft diameter has to be exactly correct for the tool to work. Has anyone solved this problem?
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