Thread: Crafting Arrows

My Stuff Arrived on Saturday



This Is how they Turned out



They Fly really good

Anyone else on here that has or is making arrows?

Very clever mate, well done.

They look like they will fly well. Did you put the spiral on them Sean.

That fletching machine I sent you not work out Sean???

Originally Posted by Graeme Sturgeon

They look like they will fly well. Did you put the spiral on them Sean.

That fletching machine I sent you not work out Sean???

Yes that was the one I fletched them with it worked fine. Thanks again

Originally Posted by seandundee

Yes that was the one I fletched them with it worked fine. Thanks again

Sean did you put a slight spiral on the feathers when you glued them on. This will put a spin on the arrow.

This spiral can be put on the jig and it dramatically increases the arrows accuracy.

Originally Posted by Graeme Sturgeon

Sean did you put a slight spiral on the feathers when you glued them on. This put a spin on the arrow.

This spiral can be put on the jig and it dramatically increases the arrows accuracy.

Nah I didnt know about that

Originally Posted by seandundee

Nah I didnt know about that

Sean its a fair while since I made my own arrows so it is difficult to explain. Down one end of the jig is a V shaped piece of metal that can be set slightly off centre. As the arrow is spun to put each feather on it a small but equal offset is thereby obtained for each fletch.

This spiral will put the spin on the arrow and increase its accuracy. Does this make sense.

Scribe

Mate you should drop a line to Josh James down in the West Coast and at least look at his videos on You-tube - Looks like you are going through the same development and build your own process as he did last winter.

Some cracker Vid's online there under Josh James Kiwi Bushman site. Drop him a line he's a real good character with young kids of his own. Cheers also to you Scribe nice work - the original bushman!

cheers P

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

Mate you should drop a line to Josh James down in the West Coast and at least look at his videos on You-tube - Looks like you are going through the same development and build your own process as he did last winter.

Some cracker Vid's online there under Josh James Kiwi Bushman site. Drop him a line he's a real good character with young kids of his own. Cheers also to you Scribe nice work - the original bushman!

cheers P

Thanks, Yea Ive been Watching a few of his videos.

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

Mate you should drop a line to Josh James down in the West Coast and at least look at his videos on You-tube - Looks like you are going through the same development and build your own process as he did last winter.

Some cracker Vid's online there under Josh James Kiwi Bushman site. Drop him a line he's a real good character with young kids of his own. Cheers also to you Scribe nice work - the original bushman!

cheers P

You too Carp Diem. Ahh but I was fond of archery once. Did most of it in Northern Territory.

[QUOTE=Graeme Sturgeon;334479]You too Carp Diem. Ahh but I was fond of archery once. Did most of it in Northern Territory.

That's the last of my gear that Sean has got. My Bow was stolen along with 3 1892 Winchesters and a Martini Enfield and a bit of other stuff. I gave up collecting good stuff after that.

yep I used to make them about 30 years ago

Good work Sean

I'd be keen to see how those arrows fly.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

Good work Sean

I'd be keen to see how those arrows fly.

Cheers
Pete

Here it is P38 sorry it took so long as i thought i lost my video editor but i found in my old documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCMPe1Cg3mw

Originally Posted by seandundee

Here it is P38 sorry it took so long as i thought i lost my video editor but i found in my old documents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCMPe1Cg3mw

That's awesome Sean