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I just started fletching my own arrows. If I put the insert in before I cut them it goes in great, but when I cut it then try to put the insert in it will not go in all the way. It will only go all the way in to the last collar on the insert. What am I doing wrong? I have been using a small pipe cutter and putting a drill bit inside the shaft as I cut.
Thanks Craig
-------------------- Craig Posts: 313 | From: Central Mississippi | Registered: Jun 2006
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Craig when you cut with a pipe cutter it does cause the end of the shaft to be in a little that causes the insert to not go in. If you use a knief blade after using the pipe cutter and put it in the cut shaft and then push it around it will allow the insert to go all the way in...
-------------------- you should see how I use to shoot Sand dune archers Myrtle beach SC Senior archers of Oneonta NY Posts: 1065 | From: Oneonta new york | Registered: Mar 2003
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Probably need to chamfer the inside of the cut with a rifle case chamfering tool or take a very small round file and insert it into the shaft and pull outward with the file as you rotate the shaft....then rotate the end of the tubing on a piece of sandpaper on a flat surface to true up the end. A tubing cutter will crimp down the cut area if you tighten it down too much or too often as you rotate it.
-------------------- Jerry Hill Wildcat Bama Classic Elite Dryad Epic ILF HH Half Breed....in the works! Posts: 1920 | From: Kempner, TX | Registered: Nov 2010
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mini tube cutter, then lightly chamfer the inside of the shaft end with a reamer.
-------------------- "Molon Labe" (Come and Get Them) ~ Instinctive Archer Magazine ~ NRA Life Member ~ TGMM Family of the Bow Posts: 8867 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2003
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Get a deburring tool from the reloading houses,, Cost about $6.00 Great for removing both ID and OD burrs. Just don't do too much as it can promote splitting or shoving inside the shaft on heavy impact. Also don't try and cut it off with one pass of the cutter, Several light passes will deform it less than one or two heavy ones.
-------------------- Many have died for my freedom. One has died for my soul. Posts: 1962 | From: Nebraska | Registered: Apr 2003
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I use the tang of a file for insde burrs, the file for the outside.
Eric
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