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EWBS Quarter Pounders
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: WillS on December 02, 2013, 05:14:57 pm ---I tend to seal the shaft before fletching with danish oil, then fletch and wrap, then go over the thread with pva glue followed by more danish oil to stop the pva going white when it gets wet. Not a good look!
I wanna try making up some verdigris compound at some point, that would be interesting!
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Never thought to go over the glue with a finish (duh), and I always hated the white crap when it rains, thanks!
WillS:
;D ;D
toomanyknots:
What glue do you use for gluing on the heads?
WillS:
Whatever I have lying around! Superglue or 2 part epoxy normally. I always rough out the cone first with knife and rasp, then heat the head over a flame until it's hot enough but not too hot and push it onto the cone. That burns/compresses the wood into the perfect shape for each head. I let it cool so that it contracts onto the cone then yank it off, smear a thin layer of glue over the cone and wedge it back on again.
If the heads are expensive or I haven't got many of them I'll rivet them on as well just for extra security. Often I'll have drilled down through the arrowshaft maybe 5" and fit a small steel rod both to make the weight for heavy arrows and to reinforce the shaft where it usually breaks off. Then I shape it and fit the head. Fairly indestructible which is good for flight arrows as the smallest stone can cause havoc...!
Danzn Bar:
Very nice....And I know how difficult and time consuming it is to make those thread wraps nice and even. Good job.
DBar
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