Home Made Cut-Off Tool????

[Bonecracker]

Does anyone have any plans to make your own arrow cut-off tool using a Dremel tool?????    
Thanks!

[Rob DiStefano]

i made a simple dremel cutoff jig once, then realized it was easier to just do it free hand with the dremel (and carbide bit), with maybe a tiny bit of truing up on a fine sanding wheel afterwards.  this is for carbons only!

[ohiodoeslayer]

i did a home remodeling  job with ceramic tiles around the kitchen sink and bought a small electric tile cutting tool with a 4" diamond cutting wheel. Also worked real well for cutting carbon shafts cost around 50 bucks at lowes.

[Ragnarok Forge]

Harbor Freight has a nifty little mini chop saw that works.  

I screwed mine down to a 4 foot long 8 inch wide wood base.  I screwed down a piece of 1 X 1 aluminum angle that is 36 inches long so it line the arrow up with the chop saw. I used a mini C clamp and a small block of cocobolo I had for holding the arrow in place.  I dremeled out a hole for the nock to slip into the block at just above the aluminum angle and then gently tapped in a finish nail in the middle of the hole to hold the nock.  I also mounted a metal measuring stick to the auminum angle so I can see the length I am cutting at a glance.

I got the idea from Brock at Bull Mountain Archery.  He loaned me his home made cutter as a model.  Once I had the componenets I put the system together in 20 minutes in my garage.

Buy some 3 inch cutting wheels and take the shield off the chop saw, throw away the blade it comes with it is junk.  

The system works great, I cut 2 dozen shafts to length and cut 2 dozen external footings for them in about 35 minutes right after I got done building it.

[ChristopherO]

If you happen to have a metal cut off saw for pipe, angle iron and the like it works just as well for arrows.

[ryped]

Here's mine.

 

 

 

 

[Hot Hap]

I don't think I would take the safety shield off of that saw. The cutoff wheel gives way and you're going to need an Eye Doc.
Find a shop that uses a 4" grinder-cutoff tool and have them save their used wheels. They will be 2".
Hap

[lpcjon2]

For wood I use a hacksaw,the fine teeth cut it clean with ease.

[Iron]

they sell 2" wheels with the 3/8" arbor  on the auction site 5 for 9 bux!  i just bought some for the cut off saw i got coming from harbor freight.

[Iron]

This is the one.....


 http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=mini+cut+off+saw&Submit=Go

[joe ashton]

I just put my power drill in a vise so the blade is verticle and I cut a slot in a piece of 1x 6. The blade lines up with the slot and I roll the arrow across the blade... simple... and cheap.

[BOWMARKS]

Go with the Harbor Frieght miny chopper has a clamp to attach to work bench and a vise to hold item being cut. Works excellant!!  

[LA Trapper]

Yes check out Harbor Freight.   I made one similar for very little.