who MAKES there own aluminum arrows

[M60gunner]

Some I made up awhile back for my Vintage Works 62 Kodak

[RIVERWOLF]

Love wood arrows , but it is hard to beat aluminum in any aspect on an arrow.....
These gents have you covered on equipment needed for best results cutting and such. I will just add how I do mine and what works best "for me"......I like thick walled -small dia. aluminum shafts for durability .

I prefer onestringer wraps....blue cap gorilla glue .  I also get the threaded back aluminum inserts like 3rivers and others sell so I can add point weight If I need it.  You can wipe down the shafts with denatured alcohol , but unless the shafts are dirty ...not really needed with wraps.

I always had trouble with cold/wet glueing directly to the shafts...Not all , but enough to be troubesome...Onestringer wraps and  blue cap gorilla glue ended that

Best with your quest my friend !

[Ben Maher]

I love wood , and shoot carbon a fair bit. But if I had to choose one arrow material for the rest of my life it would prob be alloy ….

A 2016 is prob the most versatile shaft I have at my disposal, easy to tune , good weight and so easy to work with ……

No where near as sexy as a good wood arrow , but just a great material to work with , compete with and hunt with

[Longrifleman]

Aluminum is just too easy to work with-went back to it 5 yrs ago and have been very happy. Started by cutting them with a dremel tool & cutting wheel bit-not one problem using that. Then i got an arrow cutter for xmas one year, which made it even easier! My bows like heavier arrows, and aluminum makes that easy-so is removing inserts from bent/broken arrows (just heat them up,) re-fletching, etc.  I just don't see a down side for someone who wants to spend more time shooting than making arrows!

[TSP]

Have made my own wood and aluminum arrows for many years (not a carbon fan) and IMO wood is more time-consuming to make but the level of difficulty making one vs. the other isn't much different.  You'll be fine.  One area where aluminum does have a big advantage is consistency from shaft to shaft...no worries on straightening, grain run, etc.  But a good wood arrow is truly a beautiful thing to shoot, fancy-made or not.   

[black velvet]

Aluminum works for me. Easy to tune and very consistent.

[RIVERWOLF]

Nicely done Black Velvet ....

[tradslinger]

I have been making arrows since about 1980, aluminum at first but then pretty much everything including wood, carbon and river cane. Am trying to fletch some old X7 shafts right now but my glue doesn't seem to want to stick. So I plan to paint 3/4 of the shafts to see if that helps any. Back in the 60's, I made reed and river cane arrows but I didn't know what I was doing. Made bows too but they were just whatever we found that we could make a bow out of. Longevity was not in our vocabulary back then LOL. But good aluminum is hard to beat. I like it all!