Main Discussion Area > Arrows

What to use for target points?

<< < (2/5) > >>

bjrogg:
Hand forged Balkan points look real cool if you really want to go all out.
Bjrogg

Pat B:
Or just a fire hardened pointed end.

loon:
I tried using duplex points but it's damn hard to drill a hole straight into a wooden shaft... will end up going through a side...
If I figure out a way to make a jig that makes it easy to drill centered holes into shafts, maybe I'll use duplex points for wood arrows one day.

There's this:
--- Code: ---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T8W-BSwiQg
--- End code ---

And this:


--- Code: ---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5XsE37Y8c0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4w482Oty0
--- End code ---

Ed Brooks:
I took a 223 case cut in half, made one blunt and then I took the neck and crimped it down with some wire cutters and made it like a blank round on the top. Then put on an arrow and went to town. it is brass so if you form the shaft to fit it will last longer. good luck Ed

jeffp51:

--- Quote from: loon on April 11, 2017, 04:41:43 pm ---I tried using duplex points but it's damn hard to drill a hole straight into a wooden shaft... will end up going through a side...
If I figure out a way to make a jig that makes it easy to drill centered holes into shafts, maybe I'll use duplex points for wood arrows one day.



I like to use brass nuts on threaded rod.  the brass can be ground down on a a belt sander or bench grinder to make a really pretty point, and the lenght of rod can determine the point weight.  I have the same problem drilling into wooden shafts.  I made a jig by drilling half way into a piece of wood the same diameter as my brass nuts.  I then wedged three nuts into the base of the hole I drilled.  then I drilled the rest of the way through the wood with a bit that passes through the center of the nuts.  If your hole is deep enough, you can place a shaft in it and drill from the other end of the jig back into the shaft, which gets it pretty centered.  If you are patient, you can tap the resulting hole and have a removable point on your arrow.  if you are not patient, use a second drill bit to widen the hole a little and then glue in the threaded rod in the shaft.  It works pretty good, but not absolutely perfect unless you are careful about lining things up.
--- End quote ---

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page