I am sure this has been done before. I found some 5/16 fibergass rod that I can buy and make my own arrows out of. I will probably just buy regular replacement points,nocks and slide. I did some looking and one guy used the orange ditch markers. Let me know if you have had any experience doing this.
penny pinching on arrows
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after looking at all my arrows granted i only have 8 of them. only 2 were straight the rest were rather wavy lol and they all seem to kill fish just as efficiently. Definetly going to stop at menards/home depot on my way to work tomorrow and check out some driveway markers. It'll give me something to work on during lunch
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I was just at our local Fleet Farm and they have them for under 2 bucks. I was thinking of making some just for the fun of it. Why is it when some guy wants to try something different on here, even if it is a little strange, certain guys on here jump all over them. Some people just take pride in making their own equipment instead of buying it. Sometimes it's just fun to mess around and sometimes it works out great. I hope these shafts work great so some guys can eat their words. A few months ago people were talking about trying LED lights and were told not to waste their time....now everyone wants them on their boat. I say go ahead and try something different. That is the future of our sport.
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I've thought about it just about every time I walk past that bin at the hardware store. The only thing that has stopped me is I've got a dozen good arrows and no extra points laying around so I've got no reason to do it, but frankly I love making chit work that theoretically shouldn't haha. The one thing that I have noticed is the markers seem to have more flex to them than the white fiberglass arrows so I might be a bit leery of shooting them with a higher poundage but at 30 pounds I wouldn't think you'd have to much to worry, except maybe accuracy issues if the shaft flexes too much when you shoot it.
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I am used to it. I fiddle with pointless stuff constantly. Anyone can buy a arrow which i have myself. But when I lose one I am P.O.'ed that there went 12-18 bucks. Specially when you shank them off the rocks or get them stuck in 8 feet of water and cant get them out of the tree below. It happens. Let em say what they want. I also belong to another forum not gonna mention them either but they have forum naysayers on there all the time too. Then when something works out its either stupid still or isnt worth their time to do. I guess i just have the time and want to save a little. I also clip coupons too for gas so that must be weird too LOL.
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in WI the fleet farm near my house gives you a coupon for 4cents off the gallon when you buy something from them haha. that 4 cents sure adds up when your filling a 35 gallon tank lol
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i use dicth markers for my kids arrows.
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wheelie, it looks like you took that bow off an old arcade machine!
Crossbow is #48 on this page. I think I played that game as a kid whenever I saw it and never got through the first stage.
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/50arcadecabinets/
Anyway, I like the bow, and the rubber blunt. My dad had a vietnamese or hmong bow when I was little. It didn't even have a grip, just a straight wood stock. I always wondered what that would look like with a retriever attached to it.
Regarding cheap shafts, I had the same idea last year. I took a couple minutes to go through the driveway marker box one day at home depot and found 3 or 4 that were perfectly straight, and bought 2. They are in fact considerably straighter than the orange shafts I ordered from a bowfishing site online last spring. I have not used them yet, but when I get some extra heads, I plan to make a few longer self nock arrows from them.
Crossbow is #48 on this page. I think I played that game as a kid whenever I saw it and never got through the first stage.
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/50arcadecabinets/
Anyway, I like the bow, and the rubber blunt. My dad had a vietnamese or hmong bow when I was little. It didn't even have a grip, just a straight wood stock. I always wondered what that would look like with a retriever attached to it.
Regarding cheap shafts, I had the same idea last year. I took a couple minutes to go through the driveway marker box one day at home depot and found 3 or 4 that were perfectly straight, and bought 2. They are in fact considerably straighter than the orange shafts I ordered from a bowfishing site online last spring. I have not used them yet, but when I get some extra heads, I plan to make a few longer self nock arrows from them.
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I use them and, they work great! I used a pencil sharpener to get the taper for the nock.(hook the arrow into a drill, makes the tapering a lot faster) Bass Pro wants $19 for a regular white arrow with a muzzy point and saftey slide. Well this route I can get the shaft for $2, point for $6 and a slide for $3 that is saving $8 per arrow.
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I know Shell in Antigo accepts the FF coupons lol
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Vintage bow from forty years ago. A Powermaster that went bankrupt in 1972 from a classaction lawsuit. The metal limbs were folding up and people were getting hurt. I bought new fibreglass limbs and mounted them on. Was and still is 120lb pull.
Picture of an original
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Lowes sells the driveway markers on the same aisle as all the for sale signs, they are $1.99 for a 48" one, I bought a handful of them because I am a broke college student... Tryin to save up to move out I cut them down to 32" for me my girlfriend and my friend, we put the slides and stops and mocks on them, a pack comes with enough nocks slides and stoppers to make five arrows and I bought a ams carp tip $7.99 so we have about six arrows for dirt cheap and I was shootin ping pong balls outta the pool with me today, they definitely work! And for the price you can't beat them!! I say go for it!
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hell to the yea!!!...
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I wanna try this just to try it. As soon as i get home this week im headed to fleet farm. And yup i always fill up with the gas coupon. I like the idea of dying them colors too. I didnt know u could do that
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The hole you drill in the shaft for your safety slide stop is 1/8"! The only difference I've noticed in my homemade arrows vs a store bought one is the smoothness of the actual shaft. You may get a fiberglass splinter or two, whereas with the store bought ones you most likely won't get any...l but I can buy some good mechanix gloves with the money I'm Savin on arrows!
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