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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: warden415 on February 17, 2015, 01:27:00 PM
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I just finished building a new arrow spinner/ broadhead aligner. I looked at several versions before I built one and liked the looks of the Dixon one the best. They quit making them but to me it looked like the best design. I liked the idea of an adjustable magnet so you could move the contact point based on different size diameter arrows.
I plan on using it to align broadheads as I use glue in inserts and sometimes they are off center after I glue them in. I also plan on using it to align outserts. I shoot super skinny shafts and they all use an outsert. I just bought some Aeroserts from firenock and they recommend a spinner to check if they are centered in the gluing process. BTW, these new outserts look very well made and consistent. Not cheap but well made.
For a simple piece of equipment, it was a bit of a pain to build. Trying to get all the bearings the same height and straight was a bit of work. What i thought was going to take an hour turned into about 3.
I have about $15 bucks in it but I have enough material left over to build another. Although I don't plan on it! lol
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Looks pretty good, Steve. Better than mine with crossed nails.
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Looks great. Any plans you could share?
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That looks amazing. Good job. :clapper: God bless.
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Looks nice
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Robert, I didn't really have any plans. I had a picture of the Dixon off my phone and kinda winged it. I bought 1" aluminum angle and the end where the magnet goes is simply a piece of galvanized. Plate I had for securing wood pieces together. The bearings I bought from **** . They were 10 for 6.60 shipped.
Tge piece of oak was a piece of door casing. It is 21" I cut the angle 4" long and rounded the edges. And mounted The bearings on it with #8 metric bolts that were the same ID
I mounted the angle 4 1/2" in from each end and 12" apart..
Tge galvanized was rounded and secured in the end of the oak
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That looks nice,good job.
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Originally posted by Fletcher:
Looks pretty good, Steve. Better than mine with crossed nails.
X2
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Nice work. They are very practical.
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Fine job. :thumbsup:
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Nice work.