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my first trade point pic.
Jesse:
Well I got home from work today and found my bandsaw blades in the mail. Thanks V.B. I decided to give it a try and was surprised how easy it went. I cut it with a dremel put gorilla glue on it wrapped it with some kind of heavy fishing line from my musky pole added a little super glue and waited an hour and a half. Thats all I could wait. It shoots beautifully.I shot it about ten times so far it started getting dark. I have no idea on the weight but hey it flies straight so who cares. Cant wait to make more. Oh yeah I sanded it with 400 then 1000 grit to get a little shine. I will probably not do that for hunting.
Pat B:
Looks deadly to me. :o Pat
Traxx:
And a fine lookin trade point,it is at that.
Minuteman:
Looks deadly!
You'll lessen the chance that it'll fold over if you set it into the shaft a little farther. That'll bring the tip (which you need to taper a bit more to not impede penetration) closer to the tip of the trade point. Also provides more glueing surface strengthening the bond between point and arrow.
Not knockin ya, ;) I wouldn't want you huntin me with that dern thing!
Chris
Jesse:
Thanks. How far in should it go? up to the widest section? It seems solid but I haven't hit a tree stump yet. That might fold it. The tang part goes about 3/4 of the length of my wrapping. I wasn't sure how to wrap it so once I had the point inserted in the shaft I took my dremel and cut 6 grooves 3 on each side of the shaft and the point at the same time. It worked well I was able to get three wraps in each groove before the string was flush. I honestly don't think I needed glue but I thought maybe the impact would cut the line. Should I tapper the shaft to a point? Thanks again for the advice I'm here to learn
Jesse
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