Built some arrows today

[gigglemonk]

#3787

Nothing fancy. 31.5″ bamboo shafts. 200gr SGT makes a 684gr FOC 17% killer arrow!

FOC is a bit low but these things are flying great out of my 51# boo bow. No need for me to mess with them anymore.

What I like the most out of these is that they are all within 5 grains!

Taking them out jack hunting tomorrow morn.

[Stephen Graf]

#23845

Good luck tomorrow. Sure would be a shame to get them all bloody…

[Wexbow]

#24196

Nice work Monk, hope they bring you luck with the bunnies 😀

[James Harvey]

#24233

Nice 🙂

[gigglemonk]

#25151

Thanks guys! 1 jack down, 2 misses. I’m tryin to get in under 20 yards with these bunnies but no luck!

This whole trad hunting thing is tooooo fun!

[Ben M.]

#31007

These are beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[shotsome]

#42704

Hey G-monk, How did you do the nocks? Im going to try hardwood inserts on my next batch. Can you show us a close-up of the fletch/ nock wraps,,,they look great.

Thanks Ernest.

ps. like your Zen sigg. reminds me of the clasic “Circle of Iron”.

[gigglemonk]

#42950

Bingo! on the sig quote

Heres the pic

The nocks are cut with a dremel. I put 3 of the this abrasive discs on and cut just deep enough to get the throat around the string.

Then I take a round and flat needle file and bring it out to the right width for my string.

I clean up the nock with some folded up 200grit.

For the wrapping have some Brownell serving material that I use. I unwind/unbraid the serving to get a single ply. I use a dab of clear nail polish hardener to secure one end and then wrap tight. I seal it with some more polish hardener.

Superglue works fine but I find the polish to be easier to work with and waterproof.

I dont use inserts on heavy bamboo or cane. A good wrap is enough or you can set the nock just behind a node.

[shotsome]

#43914

Hey thanks, I will be building some for sure. Nice clean work, I also can’t live without my Dremel.

Ernest

[grumpy]

#49904

FYI: Most superglue is NOT waterproof. Zap-A-Gap IS waterproof, and LOCTITE makes waterproof superglue. Zap-A-Gap and some of the LOCTITE are gels.

[chamookman]

#50196

Grumpy – I use Titebond III to seal the sinew wrapping on My arrows with great sucsess.

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