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Gluing on Field tips

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Digital Caveman:
I was just checking some of my arrows, and found I could pull the field tips off of 18 of them.  They had all been superglued on some time ago.  Are there any other easy-to-use glues that would hold better?  I thought about pining the heads, but I have no way to drill through metal.

Thanks,

Buck67:
I cut small slices of Hot Glue sticks.  Stick them inside of the arrowhead.  Heat the head with an alcohol lamp until the glue is all melted.  Stick the new head on the shaft and then dip the head in water to cool it down fast.  I rarely lose an arrowhead.  Cheap is good.

Pat B:
Hot melt glue works. You can also run a tap into the point and thread the inside and thread them on or pin them.

monoloco:
I’ve been using Bohning Ferr-L-Tite since the dawn of time.  Occasionally I’ll have one come loose when pulling out of a target but overall it has worked great.  I warm the stick over a candle and goop some on the shaft.  Then I place point on shaft and hover the point over flame, till the glue re-softens, at which point, wearing a leather glove, I quickly twist and shove the point down snug.  I’ve learned to slather on enough glue such that I get a little ring of squeeze out at rim of point.

Pat B:
You have to be sure to degrease the field points. They have machine oil on them from manufacturing. I soak them in alcohol  before I mount them.

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