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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: danny f on October 15, 2012, 03:55:36 pm

Title: my first arrows
Post by: danny f on October 15, 2012, 03:55:36 pm

i decided it was finally time to make some of my own arrowsfor the bows  i made. i havent even shot it yet through having no arrows. but now the cold weather is approaching it gets me in the mood lol. they are made from 32" 11/32 POC shafts cut down to 30" they have plastic nocks on but i think i will get a jig and try some self nocks. i have 12 shafts so i made 3  arrows to see how they shoot. i have done two with 3.5"fletching really i should of done one at 4" but i got carried away with the 3.5.  and one with a 5" fletch to see which is better. heres some pics. thanks for looking.
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Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: ionicmuffin on October 15, 2012, 04:35:34 pm

very nicely done! much better than my first...and my last arrows!

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: Tony Chinn on October 15, 2012, 06:27:10 pm

very nice i like the color of the feathers.

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: sadiejane on October 15, 2012, 07:12:50 pm

sweet! now go shoot them suckers!

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: Postman on October 15, 2012, 07:22:11 pm

Some of the coolest fletches I've seen! How did ya color them?

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: Scowler on October 15, 2012, 09:29:25 pm

They look pretty good.  I had good results with 3.5" long fletchings.  I hope your's fly just as well. :)

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: danny f on October 16, 2012, 03:43:52 am

cheers everyone, i  bought the  fletches already coloured.

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: mullet on October 16, 2012, 09:01:45 pm

Those look nice! Well done.

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: Trapper Rob on October 16, 2012, 10:14:09 pm

Nice arrows like the fletching.
Rob

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: autologus on October 18, 2012, 10:15:32 am

Those are pretty, I am really liking those fletchings.

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: stickbender on October 18, 2012, 02:13:42 pm

     Man, those are saweet!  so which one flys better the one with 3.5 inch
fletch, or the 5 inch fletch?  Nice arrows indeed.

                                          Wayne

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: danny f on October 18, 2012, 02:46:13 pm

cheers everyone. i have only shot the 3.5" fletched ones so far and they shoot really good very fast and straight. i will try the 5" one soon though. 

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: bowtarist on October 30, 2012, 09:26:02 am

Nice looking arrows.  ??You only shot the two 3.5, not the 5"??  Man, that takes some self control...or something, I shoot all kinds of different arrows all the time.  ;D dpg

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: danny f on October 30, 2012, 03:07:40 pm

cheers i have shot them all now and they all fly really well. but i think i will stick with the 3.5 in future to save on fletch feathers and there isnt any real difference in performance that  i have noticed. maybe if my garden was longer the 5" fletches may be better at the longer distance. but im no expert so who knows   :)

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: sharpend60 on October 31, 2012, 02:05:09 am

At distance things level out, the arra isn't paradox anymore. Infact more fletch may reduce accuracy, due to external factors...

If you get good flight with 3.5", then thats all ya need.

Making arras is my most hated part of this whole endeavor... I take that back, losing them is!

P.s.
What fletcher is that yer usin?

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: danny f on October 31, 2012, 04:56:42 am

i am using a cartel fletching jig, its what the fella in the shop recommended, its real easy to use. i had it in my head that arrows where more difficult to make than the bow, but using shop bought POC shafts and nocks and a fletching jig its real easy. dont fancy trying to straighten bamboo shafts out just yet though lol.

Title: Re: my first arrows
Post by: sharpend60 on October 31, 2012, 05:33:41 pm

Most fletching jigs work the same way, real easy.
There are plenty of ways to make arra building difficult but nowhere near as hard as bow building.

I just like a project that is a lil more in depth...
Like bow building.