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advice on first time shaft buy
Buck67:
To cut a self nock, use a carbide tile saw. The round blade is about the right size. All self nocks should be reinforced with cotton thread or sinew wrapped around it. I like to wrap a distance about 1" below the nock. You can use Elmer's glue to seal the wrap.
I have repaired broken nocks. Simply square up the broken part with a saw, cut a new piece to replace it and glue it and wrap it. After the glue has dried, cut the nock.
mud duck:
I saw a few copper reinforced selfnocks online awhile back. Might have been bamboo?
Now I'm onto the AMO wood arrow standards https://archeryparent.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/amo-equipment-standards.pdf
Do I have the right link or is there a different/better/more up to date resource available?
I'm already having a lot of fun just researching this stuff. I think maybe it's in my blood? My grandad made doug fir arrows, and I sure am kicking myself now for not hanging onto any years ago. One of my favorite catchphrases is "it's not rocket science." Replace a water heater? it's not rocket science. Leaky roof? it's not rocket science. But I just realized wood arrows definitely IS the original rocket science :)
Hawkdancer:
Check out Sitka spruce, and hemlock from TSA, one of the sponsors. POC is good, chokecherry, red osier dogwood, lots of good arrow wood, your choice!
Hawkdancer
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