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Offline Eric Krewson

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Robin Hood repair
« on: December 25, 2010, 04:25:00 PM »
I was out testing a new BBO I am making and accidentally robin hooded an arrow, split it back half way through the feathers.

Being a frugal(cheap)sort I decided to recover the shaft so I cut off the shaft a little past the split, added a reparrow, turned the shaft upside down and refletched what was the point end. The end result was a new arrow with cresting on the wrong end.

 
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Offline Bjorn

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2010, 04:35:00 PM »
Cool idea. You are lucky it wasn't tapered.   :bigsmyl:
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Offline Art B

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2010, 04:58:00 PM »
Hey Eric, a simple thread wrap right in front of the plastic nock (if that was what you were using) will prevent that. I'm cheap also  :readit:

 Good job recovering that one............Art
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Offline NoCams

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2010, 05:59:00 PM »
Complaining about a Robin Hood...... You say poor Eric..... I say poor us !!! We should all have this problem !!! Good shootin Eric !!!  :archer2:
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Offline Jim now in Kentucky

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2010, 06:57:00 PM »
Chortle!Pretty neat Eric. When I have split an arrow that way, I have just put a Reparrow at the back and refleched it. Don't tell the FOC fanatics but they shoot fine for me.   :archer:
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Offline ChuckC

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2010, 07:05:00 PM »
did the arrow have run out before ?  Rift ?  By turning it around you may have created an issue for yourself.  If no. .   great idea !
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Offline Jim now in Kentucky

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2010, 08:23:00 PM »
Here they come...
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Offline Ari

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2010, 09:10:00 PM »
Where do you buy your footings from, I've got a few arrows that have gotten just to short to use?
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Offline Jim now in Kentucky

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2010, 09:42:00 PM »
Ari, just google "Reparrows"

I sell them online.

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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2010, 11:12:00 PM »
On a slightly cracked robin hood I fill the crack with super glue,clamp and install a new nock, never had one break.

In the above case I didn't just crack the arrow, I blew out one side.
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Offline Jim now in Kentucky

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2010, 11:26:00 PM »
In those cases, if I can find the missing piece, I still glue it back in and put on a new nock.

Philipp Rounsevelle (sp) was doing this 75 years ago!

Jim
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2010, 09:34:00 AM »
Jim, I am always looking for an excuse to use your product. Works mighty good!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2010, 09:41:00 AM »
As to runout, this is a Troy Breeding poplar shaft as near as I can tell. His shafts were as perfect as one could hope for, no runout. Sure do miss old Troy since he went out of the shaft business.

As for tapered shafts, I probably wouldn't fool with retapering the other end but I do have a taper jig for my beltsander and some 5/16 reparrows(for my wife's arrows)and could pull it off if I wanted to spend the time.
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Offline Jim now in Kentucky

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2010, 01:02:00 PM »
Glad you like the Reparrows Eric. I have taught my 17-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter to do the machine operations and that's how they earn spending money. I'm still the setup/millwright/toolmaker guy, so what I get out of it is the joy of having people like the product and get good use out of them. I still get a kick out of using them myself.

Jim
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Offline T Lail

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2010, 01:06:00 PM »
Eric, I have shot a bow for almost 40 years nowand have only had tree robin hood arrows....they all are retired on a rack....now there is a differance between frugal and cheap......  :biglaugh:
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Offline SCATTERSHOT

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2010, 03:02:00 PM »
They make nice self nocks, too.  
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Offline Jim now in Kentucky

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #16 on: December 26, 2010, 07:04:00 PM »
Now Scattershot, you need to explain that those were made with limited production nock reparrows with standard nock tapers. I still have a few of those blanks!

Nice to know you are still lurking, haven't seen you post in a while, but then, I don't come here as many times per day as I used to.m

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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2010, 10:14:00 PM »
I have robin hooded dozens of arrows in the last 20 years. Only a couple were on purpose, the rest were completely accidental.
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Offline SCATTERSHOT

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Re: Robin Hood repair
« Reply #18 on: December 26, 2010, 10:32:00 PM »
They worked great, Jim, and I have made several from the original Reparrows, too.
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