This years homemade broadhed

[RGK]

Since attending the big Trad shoot in Michigan (Compton) left me without any broadheads for this years hunt, I needed to make more.

I use 125 grain field points and reshape them to remove the shoulders. this step may not be necessary buy It looks nice.

the blades are cut from a .039 thick bandsaw blade.



the jig for slotting the field point is made of steel and clamps the point while the spacer (piece of hacksaw blade) Leaves room for the saw to pass between the two halves to cut the slot.







I then polish the two pieces and make sure I have a good fit up.

[RGK]

Next I braze the two parts together although I think solder or even J.B. Weld would suffice. I may try this on the next batch because brazing is messy and I have to quench afterward to make sure the heads are hard.



After cleaning and polishing again, I use a cold bluing to protect the heads and then a light coat of oil.
 

Finished weight, 165 grains. about 1 inch wide (15/16) and 1 1/4 long.

[waiting4fall]

  That looks awesome, great job!!!

[the Ferret]

Those are VERY cool. Nice work. Love to have one to add to my collection if you'd consider a trade.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

nice... I like them....

[BigRonHuntAlot]

Nice Jig. Good idea using the band saw as a guide and stop in the jig itself. Was the steel milled or drilled and wouldnt aluminum be easier/faster to work the jig out of?

Was there enough steel in the shoulder area of the point to just grind and shape or did you have to heat and shape?  Thanks

[Flatstick]

Looks great, thanks for the good pics too!

[Murph From The Bay]

Very nice lookin heads.  How long does that take you to do?  Just curious.

       Geoff

[Burnsie]

How do you reshape the field point?
Lathe, grinder?  They look very symetrical
if you're doing them free hand- Very nice!
Burnsie

[geno]

Very impressive    

I would like to know how you milled the steel also.

[owlbait]

Did you have those at the trading blanket at Compton's. If so, I have the one my wife bought from you! Guys, the workmanship on these heads is fantastic!

[mike g]

RGK....
   Very nice work indeed....
Now make a screw in model @ 125 grains close to a 3" to 1" design and I'll take a DZ.

[RGK]

Ferret, at this point I am just trying to get through the season. Perhaps at a later time.

The field points had more than enough steel to simply grind them to shape while attached to the end of an arrow shaft. It is done freehand.

I don't think an aluminum jig would hold up. the hacksaw would keep enlarging the slot. The jig was made from two pieces of steel clamped together and then a hole is drilled right down the middle so each half gets half a hole. the material lost during the cut is replaced by gluing the hacksaw blade in place.

It takes 5 mins to grind the shoulders of the field tip and less time to slot. 10 mins to cut out one blade with a Dremmel tool and then the rest is polish, braze and blue. I bet I have an hour in each head.

Owlbait, Yes, that is the head I had at the blanket trade at Compton. Your wife bought one of them.

[FJTOYMAN]

I wish I had talent like that. Nice looking head.

[tradtusker]

awesome job i was thinking of making some for my next hunt but mounting the blade in a steel broadhead adapter.
thanks for sharing

[geno]

Great RGK. You made it sound easy. That is all I need, somthing else to get in to...

[4runr]

Very nice build-along. Good looking heads.

[Ketzi]

Very nice looking heads! I wish you the best for the season!

[Falk]

... and even a Gun Blue finish! Very very nice    
Looks quite similar to one of the early ACE Standard heads from the 1940th

[V I Archer]

I did almost the same thing for the Longbow safari in 2001.  Too cheap to shoot heads I had to pay for.  I used 100 grain field points and wide banding steel.  I silver soldered them, no edge as I was only using them for the safari, and tremclad black.