$35 cresting machine
01-02-2002, 11:04 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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$35 cresting machine
I played with this idea before, and tonight actually made it work.
Take a $15-20 rechargable drill - mine is an el-cheapo WalMart variety. I mounted it in a boadr as you can tell, but its removable with a little effort. I mounted two Chuck Adams arrow spinners ($15 off EBAY ) for the arrows to roll on. My problem was getting the arrow to spin perfect. Problem solved with a couple of rubber bands - they haeld the arrow down against the rollers and it spun perfectly. I use the chuck and tighten it against a field point.
Just another crazy cheap idea and this one actually might work !
And no, the arrow is not crowned the way Di suggests. I spray painted, then dipped in gasket laquer, fletched with DUCO and then tonight I crested it. I was just playing with the shaft because I had it ! I will post a matched set - done Di's way, when I get them in.
Edited by - stealthycat on 01/02/2002 23:11:11
Take a $15-20 rechargable drill - mine is an el-cheapo WalMart variety. I mounted it in a boadr as you can tell, but its removable with a little effort. I mounted two Chuck Adams arrow spinners ($15 off EBAY ) for the arrows to roll on. My problem was getting the arrow to spin perfect. Problem solved with a couple of rubber bands - they haeld the arrow down against the rollers and it spun perfectly. I use the chuck and tighten it against a field point.
Just another crazy cheap idea and this one actually might work !
And no, the arrow is not crowned the way Di suggests. I spray painted, then dipped in gasket laquer, fletched with DUCO and then tonight I crested it. I was just playing with the shaft because I had it ! I will post a matched set - done Di's way, when I get them in.
Edited by - stealthycat on 01/02/2002 23:11:11
01-02-2002, 11:08 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: $35 cresting machine
awesome dude!
One recommendation if and when ever you make the switch to woodies! You need to get them to spin perfect and wood being wood is usually if ever nothing better then close! Make a stop for the nock end, add a wheel chucked to your drill. Mount it so this will can be lifted on and off the arrow shaft. Make on of those rollers moveable. You can get the wobbles out of any part of the shaft doing this! Its based of the arrow speciatlies crester all 150 bucks worth! You will understand what I mean when ya get that far! Its all about getting perfect lines not wobbly ones...your alums look great!
One recommendation if and when ever you make the switch to woodies! You need to get them to spin perfect and wood being wood is usually if ever nothing better then close! Make a stop for the nock end, add a wheel chucked to your drill. Mount it so this will can be lifted on and off the arrow shaft. Make on of those rollers moveable. You can get the wobbles out of any part of the shaft doing this! Its based of the arrow speciatlies crester all 150 bucks worth! You will understand what I mean when ya get that far! Its all about getting perfect lines not wobbly ones...your alums look great!
01-03-2002, 03:45 AM
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RE: $35 cresting machine
you might want to try a piece of surgical tubing with a piece of arrow shaft for the drill end, and then stick the arrow shaft in the other end. this would give a flexible joint and make it spin more true. the drill is a good idea.
01-03-2002, 08:23 AM
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RE: $35 cresting machine
If I had a digital camera, I'd show you mine which I recently completed. I think it'll solve some of your problems about getting the shafts to spin perfectly -- and I've only got $24 in mine!
Here's a link to the basic plans I started from: http://www.stickbow.com/stickbow/arr.../cresting.html
I took a board to use as the base, then attached guide rails to it so I could slide the "V-block" up and down it to accomodate for shaft wobble -- just as the instructions show. I did modify the plans though, by using a solid-oak block for the v-block, but I didn't make it a traditional v-block. I drilled a hole the exact heighth I needed slightly larger than the arrow, which holds the arrow from all sides. This allows the arrow to spin freely, but securely as well.
I got a sewing-machine motor for $5 at a repair shop. I then bought a $12 fan speed control switch, and wired it to the motor's plug-in to bring the speed down (those little babies hum!).
My final expense was ordering Bohning's replacement chuck from Kustom King archery ($7). I liked the idea of attaching it "properly", like it was designed to -- rather than using surgical tubing, which I anticipated to be very contrary.
Hopefully I can get pics of it up sometime, but it looks great, and you can dial up the speed you need -- while having both hands free to work on your cresting.
Here's a link to the basic plans I started from: http://www.stickbow.com/stickbow/arr.../cresting.html
I took a board to use as the base, then attached guide rails to it so I could slide the "V-block" up and down it to accomodate for shaft wobble -- just as the instructions show. I did modify the plans though, by using a solid-oak block for the v-block, but I didn't make it a traditional v-block. I drilled a hole the exact heighth I needed slightly larger than the arrow, which holds the arrow from all sides. This allows the arrow to spin freely, but securely as well.
I got a sewing-machine motor for $5 at a repair shop. I then bought a $12 fan speed control switch, and wired it to the motor's plug-in to bring the speed down (those little babies hum!).
My final expense was ordering Bohning's replacement chuck from Kustom King archery ($7). I liked the idea of attaching it "properly", like it was designed to -- rather than using surgical tubing, which I anticipated to be very contrary.
Hopefully I can get pics of it up sometime, but it looks great, and you can dial up the speed you need -- while having both hands free to work on your cresting.
01-03-2002, 09:44 AM
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RE: $35 cresting machine
Good deal, it doesn't always have to be commercial to do the job
I second what john nail said except I would use a piece of dowel or wood shaft about 2-3 inches long and stretch a piece of surgical tubing leaving about and inch overhang insert the dowel into chuck leaving tubing to stick arrow into, this would def make changing shafts quicker and give a more true spin.
I second what john nail said except I would use a piece of dowel or wood shaft about 2-3 inches long and stretch a piece of surgical tubing leaving about and inch overhang insert the dowel into chuck leaving tubing to stick arrow into, this would def make changing shafts quicker and give a more true spin.
01-03-2002, 05:30 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: $35 cresting machine
Oh. Stealthy: wanted to tell you, your arrow looks real good!!
Is that as far as you ever dip/crown/cap them? Isn't that less than normal? What IS the norm, anyway? (For some reason, I though eight inches or so.)
Again, good looking product.
Is that as far as you ever dip/crown/cap them? Isn't that less than normal? What IS the norm, anyway? (For some reason, I though eight inches or so.)
Again, good looking product.
01-03-2002, 06:44 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: $35 cresting machine
Rich, I picked up a fan speed control with the dial/knob on it at our local True Value Hardware. Not sure of the brand name/model, but when I get back in town in five days, I'll go see if he's ordered a replacement to sell and see what type it is.
The owner assured me it would work for what I needed, and so far, it has.
The owner assured me it would work for what I needed, and so far, it has.
01-03-2002, 08:55 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: $35 cresting machine
I go 10"es on my woodies..figured he didnt go past the easton sticker for a reason <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>. Did some of the waterbased on some carbons, looks like crap when I did it but it sure makes a black arras stick out in the woods LOL!