You definately need to seal the wood with something. I use an epoxy finish--I can send you the recipie if you need it. Works great for me, easy to do and very tough. Bohnning Classics are my favorite nocks, but I ran across a "deal" on a bunch (around 7,000) of the old run Mercury nocks, so I guess I'll be using those for a while. Fletch tape all the way for fletching, but duco will work if you rather glue them on. You will probably want to geta dispenser bottle for the Duco--the hole on the tube is too big for fletching. I get a 1 oz. tube of fabric paint from Wal-Mart in the crafts section(costs a buck or so, unless you catch it on clearance for .25 like I did). Squirt the paint out, wash out the bottle, and it's the perfect glue bottle. I use hot melt for the points. I prep the points by washing them out with acetone, then sanding the inside. Epoxy works good also.

Chad