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Woodely:
Any of you guys tired of building arrows.  I make arrows from wooden shafts.  I buy the material from the lumber store cut it down to over 11/32"  then hand plane the corners off getting them as round as possible but still keeping them over 11/32"  to get to the final size.  Then I chuck the shafts in the drill and put them thru a steel plate jig I made.  Then the shafts get sanded and checked with the caliper.  After that I cut them to length, taper both ends for the plastic nocks and field points. Usually the shafts get crested. Then I apply 4 coats of water based Polyurethane.  The nocks and fletching are glued on and the stripes.

All in all its very time consuming, but for me its all the steps I go thru to make a dozen arrows.  I spend about $5 each where store bought wood arrows are about $10-$12 each.  Its a rewarding experience to build your own arrows and watch them fly especially the good ones, but I'm sort of getting tired of the whole process.   Dam, I still have 12 blanks sitting on my bench waiting for tips and fletching.

Stalkingfox:
Only when I'm having trouble getting to fly well. Not to mention I'm using shoots instead of dowels alot more work involved.

DC:
There's a few of us on here that don't really like making arrows. I only make arrows when I need them. It just isn't like making bows, don't know why. :D

EdwardS:
I like it as much or more than making the bows.  I can make an arrow that will fly perfectly.  My bows not so much.

Scyth:


. . . “The Meditation of Building Arrows” . . .

(including the nocks)

regards,

Scyth

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