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how i make simple primitive arrows from shoots....
michbowguy:
zander..
1st question.
no.
as you place the wedge in place you wrap the sinew back further and put in a smaller angled wedge,and then fit the stem of the broadhead.
then you TAPER DOWN nock "tabs" on the outside right to a fine edge.
and when you fill the gap,and broadhead stem with pitch,and work it in the pich will sinch everything tight together.
and then secure it with sinew,and coat the sinew with thinned pine resin to waterproof it.
2nd question.
NO NOCK ON ANY ARROW SHOULD EVER HAVE CONTACK WITH THE BOW/RISER.
if this is happening it MAY be that the nock is not wide enough and the string is sticking in the groove, but more than likely the arrows are either radically unbalanced or bent,under or overspined etc.
so the knock realy has not that much to do with that scenerio.
just try it out!
ya may like em'
jamie
michbowguy:
i also was told how to tie your rienforcement of sinew from the point to the nock end and then pry the split open and keep it open with another pc of branch and just "weave" like making a interlocking effect with figure eight type passes throug the split and then just cutting the tag end off and pushing down the sinew deep into the split and let dry....
when it is totaly dry the sinew will be rock hard and your string will seat up against the sinew instead of a wedge of wood.
for the times you dont have a knife in hand and you just do the same atthe point end or just crush the point end down to splinters and dip the splinters fully into pitch and form around the tip,then wrap solid.
bg
blaine:
MBG-- I was inspired by your arrow demonstration yesterday and tried the wedge on a couple of bamboo arrows. I am here to tell you that this is the easiest,fastest way I have ever made self nocks.
an obsevation -
As they were just a proof of concept I did not plug the bamboo. I think that a plug would make the nocks better.
Thanks!
ZanderPommo:
I will have to try that out MBG, i see you know what you're doing and those arrows came out great
Zander
Pat B:
Nice work, Jamie and a nice build along. Thanks for posting it.
That's a neat idea with the wedge, too! Pat
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