ANST - [Archery]: discount wood bolts, where?

[James Crouchet]

> A few of us in austin are getting together to buy supplies, I heard
> that there would be a get together to make arrows, will a merchant
> be there to sell last minute supplies???

Connor,

If you need some help with supplies, get with me on Tuesday and we 
will set up a time to go shopping for supplies. Then you can take 
them to the archery prep session next weekend and get some help 
putting it all together. As you will not have to build heads, this 
should be fairly simple.

You will need:

Wooden shafts
Fletches (pick 1, 2 or 3 colors)
A couple of nocks to hold the shafts in place while you fletch them.
A nock wrench (usually about 60 cents)
Strapping tape - allow 1 yard x the number of bolts
Duco cement in a TUBE, not a bottle (99 cents at Walmart) - Do not 
try to substitute something else, get Duco.

You probably already have:

A fine saw (a hacksaw will work)
Your crossbow (to measure the shafts to)
A yardstick
A couple pencils
Some wax (a soft candle will do)

You can probably borrow:

A fletching jig (I suspect there will be many at the arrow making 
event, and if you ask they will probably let you use them and even 
show you how.) If you buy one it will cost ~$30

A taper tool to help fit the nock (you can borrow mine)

Note that if you can get non-tapered nocks that fit the shafts you 
buy, you will not need a taper tool, but the fit must be snug.

Christian Dore
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