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Offline beaver#1

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broad head blades
« on: July 09, 2009, 11:29:00 PM »
i was thinking of making some broadheads. i was wondering if any of yall have ever made your own?  forged or ground out.  pics would be great.
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Re: broad head blades
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2009, 07:56:00 AM »
Tippit has some great heavy weight forged heads.

Here's my last batch of ground trade points from 1075 steel:
 
 

I make a hardened template for each new head design, then file all the heads as a batch to the template.  Put 'em in a grinding jig to get the grinds done quickly then heat treat and do the final grind.  Each batch ends up +/- 2gr  :)
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Re: broad head blades
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2009, 08:21:00 AM »
thats great . lets see more
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Re: broad head blades
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2009, 07:23:00 AM »
This one took Mr Big (309# black bear).  Forged single bevel @ 250 grains.  The nice thing about forging is you can get whatever weight you want plus whatever style...tippit

This broad head just slips into a Beman ICS Hunter carbon shaft with an aluminum footing to keep the shaft from splitting.

 

Here are last year's Bear Quest forged broad heads that are halved on to footed cedar arrows.  

 
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Re: broad head blades
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2009, 09:56:00 PM »
that some good stuff.  i think i am going to try it
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Re: broad head blades
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2009, 07:20:00 AM »
Here are the halfting version heads.

 

Forging out shaft for tang insert into carbon arrow.  Scrap 5160 steel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For me, I find it is quicker to hammer my tapers in...tip to back & side to side.  Then I clean up everything with my grinder, make sure of my desired weight & straightness, and quench just like a knife blade but I temper much softer.  The tip won't bend over and the only one I had break was a miiissss on a deer that bagged a New England rock wall   :eek:  tippit
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