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Horn nock inserts
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: WillS on January 15, 2013, 07:26:35 am ---I'll add some pics a bit later, but the arrows are 11/32, 40# spined boyton pine. The inserts are buffalo horn, the glue is 2 part epoxy and the tolerance is the best I could do without machining. They're pretty darn accurate I think.
It might be what Del mentioned I guess. I cut the string nock with a multitool saw which is almost the identical width of the string. I then use a file to smooth and widen then nock until it requires a minute effort to "click" the arrow onto the string.
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Maybe you need to go up in arrow diameter, I got some poplar ones about 3/8" for the 90# warbow I made from Richard Head (got points too)
I think 11/32 is maybe a tad skinny.
Del
WillS:
I've figured out that it is indeed the fact that I cut the string nocks too narrow. Just checked over every arrow, and every single one of them has a split starting from the throat of the nock. That's 24 arrows, all with horn inserts and hand-cut fletchings and bindings that I will have to scrap and re-make. Fun!
kevinsmith5:
How much room did you leave between nock and fletching? How long is the fletching?
WillS:
1.5" between nock and fletching, and the fletchings are 6.5" long.
kevinsmith5:
Room to trim the self nocks off and recut? Have a 1/2" shorter arrow?
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