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    • LimbLover
        April 20, 2011 at 4:56 pm
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        #4671

        This isn’t a masterpiece by any means but I just wanted to share a homemade arrow spinner I made the other day. I didn’t want to pay $30 for one and noticed that some folks were using casters.

        Seems to work pretty well but I’m almost wondering if it would be better with smaller wheels.

        Works good for cresting too!

        BTW – the arrow in the photo is a pine shaft that I wanted to conduct a flu flu experiment on. The feathers are the leftover tips from some full-lengths I made banana-cuts out of.

      • Ripforce
          April 20, 2011 at 8:41 pm
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          #32924

          Gonna try one with smaller wheels!

        • David Coulter
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            April 21, 2011 at 2:25 am
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            #33183

            I looked at casters, but didn’t see any small ones that were not out of center. I bought a set of the round nylon disks that are to be installed under furniture legs. They’re called magic sliders and are also cheaper than casters. I don’t intend to mount them to spin, but close together so the shaft spins on them.

          • LimbLover
              April 21, 2011 at 12:34 pm
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              #33678

              Thats a good idea too!

            • Polar Bear
                April 21, 2011 at 2:39 pm
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                #33788

                Is there a way to mount small bearings?

              • Mark Turton
                  April 21, 2011 at 2:41 pm
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                  #33790

                  Can I suggest larger wheels offset with an overlap to give a deeper V.

                  Mark.

                • LimbLover
                    April 21, 2011 at 6:35 pm
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                    #34008

                    pothunter wrote: Can I suggest larger wheels offset with an overlap to give a deeper V.

                    Mark.

                    Why a deeper v? I tried larger wheels with an overlap and the shaft keept getting stuck or falling through the v.

                    Maybe I didn’t get them close enough together? The bases are so large!

                  • Jason Wesbrock
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                      April 21, 2011 at 7:46 pm
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                      #34068

                      A set of those double rollers they use in drawer guides work well too.

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