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Mesophilic:

--- Quote from: artcher1 on November 09, 2019, 10:29:07 am ---Awesome heads Dieselcheese! I developed a tangless system for some of my heads. It helps reduce weight and/or allows me to make a larger head and still make weight...…….Art

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I was looking at archer1's tang-less points above.  How do you guys attach them?

I'm not very good at cutting slots in the shafts yet.  There's usually a little play or slop, or they aren't completely parallel to the shaft.  To make up for this I use a gap filling epoxy made by mixing a slow cure epoxy with silica powder, this thickens it up like cake icing.  Sometimes I add a little charcoal powder to at least make it look like pine pitch glue. Then after the point is in place I shim it with little bits of bamboo skewer to align it properly within my sloppy slot.  Once the epoxy is cured I wrap the shaft with sinew, sand it smooth, and paint over it to weatherproof  a bit.

Would this process work without a tang?

artcher1:
First off, I only use my tangless broadheads on hardwood shafts or hardwood foots and hardwood conical inserts (for cane/bamboo shafts). I first taper the shaft, glue on a matching (in weight) field point and shoot the arrow to make sure it's suitable for a broadhead. Then I remove the field point and cut in a slot to the depth of 1". After that I groove the next 1/2" using a chisel made from a saw blade (metal is the same thickness as my blades). I'll bring up a pic, but you'll have to look close to see the groove....Art

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