ARCH - Arrow question

[Bob Dewart]

Greetings and Hi There,

Do they need the cone assembly behind the head?

What do you use to taper the nock end?

Does Flecth Tite still work for the vanes?

Currently straight clamps are $9.75 ea and a full new straight jig is
$71.90.  So, to replace my 4th jig (which I was going to do any way) and get
18 clamps for my other 3 jigs will be right at $250.  But I think the
savings in broken arrows will more than pay for this.

OK, so you know the set up I currently have.  What will I need to get to be
able to do the same thing with the UHMW type?

Gilli
-----Original Message-----
From: harry billings <psobaka at mail.myriad.net>
To: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2000 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: ARCH - Arrow question


>I shoot nothing but fiberglass with UHMW and have one (1) arrow broken and
>that was on deliberat, and I have had arrows stomped on. The cost should be
>close to the same, 1/4" fiberglass rod is about 50 to 60 cents per shaft
and
>the UHMW is not to costly I think about 25 cents per head. You do have to
>straight fletch and the UHMW requires more tooling. I would make at least
>some fiberglass UHMW arrows say 25% and see how things go. You can use
>electrial tape on fiberglass shafts (they do not need the reinforcing of
>straping tape) do not have to put a seperate shaft stop or fome behind the
>head, more work on the partsbut easyer to put together.
>
>>Greetings and Hi There,
>>
>>You might not have heard from the announce thing, but the donation
breakfast
>>at Raven's Fort generated $142.45 for the making of combat arrows for the
>>war.  If things go all right, I will have at least 6 more of these
donation
>>breakfasts before the war which will generate; hopefully about $1100
total.
>>
>>My question is this, should I  continue to make the Ansteorran War Arrows?
>>Or, should I start making UHMW type?  I should be able to do about  1000 -
>>1200 new arrows of the AWA type.  I don't know how many of the UHMW type.
>>
>>While the UHMW type would last longer, it would require me to totally
retool
>>my operation.
>>
>>One thought I had was to have both types of arrows.  The Ansteorran War
>>Arrows for the field battles, they have greater range and only a small
>>number are broken.  And the UHMW type for the castle battles, their
>>increased survivablity in those close quarters makes them more
desireable..
>>
>>I would very much like everyones thoughts on this.  I won't be ordering
>>parts till probably October. Last time I ordered a big  order from F/S
>>Archery they paid the shipping which saved a lot.
>>
>>So we have some time to talk about it.  Right now my first arrow making
>>party is scheduled for 1 - 3 Dec.  However, I may also have it at my first
>>scheduled shoot at Camp Finlayson30 June - 2 July.  I have plenty of
arrows
>>that are in various stages of construction now.
>>
>>Gilli
>Plachoya Sobaka a humble archer in Ravens Fort, Kingdom of Ansteorra
>Southern Reagional Archery Marshal


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