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RE: instructional thread for capping and cresting your own arrows!
Heres my cresting jig. It still needs some finishing up, but it was far enough along so that I could do up some arrows. I tried 3 different color schemes and I thin im gonna stick with the white base with the red and black bands. I am really happy with the cresting, but I should have thinned the paint down, its the testor pant for model cars and planes and it seems to work well. Unfortunately I didnt realize the jig a friend gave me is for aluminum arrows so all of my blazers do not make full contact with the arrows. I tested them out back and at least one of the blasers would pop off. I will have to strip them down and crest them up again, but then I could use some more practice anyway. Heres some photos of the arrows and the jig. I couldnt get my hands on a sewing machine motor so I just used a box fan motor. I need to get the top on the housing and get a better arrow rest than a 2X4 with a hole in it, but heck it worked...also I used a small game head inserted into the tubing to thread the arrow on.
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Awesome! Looks great... glad to see someone else dug up the old thread and put it to use! :)
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This is cool and I want to build my own cresting machine - couple of questions...
1. Has anyone used a fan motor - or would it turn the arrow too fast 2. Has anyone thought of using bearings - like from a skateboard to hold the arrow instead of a v-block. 3. Does anyone recommend arrow wraps on wooden arrows - instead of painting the last few inches. Thanks, Scott |
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Shussey, I can't help you with the question about the fan motor as I've never tried it; perhaps some of our members on here may have experience with small motors like that.
The bearings idea sounds really good; I wasn't happy with the thought of the V-block myself, and that's why I adapted the plans a bit and simply drilled a hole slightly bigger than my arrow diameterto more firmly hold the arrow shaft while it's spinning. I think using wraps on wood shafts would ruin the whole traditional thing... :D Be sure to check back in if you decide to pursue it and show us your results! |
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I found a guy here in town that has used motors and going there tomorrow to pick one up and get started on my little project that I've wanted to do for a while! Can't wait!
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Hey guys, question for anyone in the know on this. I have tried 2 different dimmer switches. One is a ceiling fan variable control and one is a regular dimmer switch. They just turn it on and off. Any suggestions????
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Went back and pulled this from post # 68, as I thought the question had come up before somewhere in this thread...
gingus, that's exactly what it is... it's made by Leviton, which is a pretty common brand that can be found at Lowe's I think. The only thing that looks like it may constitute a model number is the NOM 057 stamped on the bottom, and it's also stampedin seperate ink on the label stuck to the side of it. The motor is a YDK motor, and the model number is YM-40 if that helps. Like I wrote in the orginal post, it was just one the appliance store had laying around which he sold me for $5. |
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