denisdendenis wrote:it look great ...does it cost alot of $$$$$ for equipments and all
I don't think you are going to save allot of money doing it yourself but knowing you can refletch a dozen arrows in an hour or build form new in half that time combined with the consistency you should get and a little pride is why i did it but here are the costs I incurred:
Fletch remover $34 (Now this one I debated becasue some people have suggested everything from a butter knife to a box cutter. I couldn't see myself doing a good job with a butter knife, hell i can't even butter my toast that well, so I decide to spend the $$ and the tool worked great. It would have been much harder and I would not have gotten as good a result otherwise.
Arizona EA Fletch $64 Easy tool to use right from the start
Vanes $9.99 for 36 plane
$17.99 for 36 striped
Glue $9
Veyr light sand paper, adhesive remover $10
Grain scale $20 ( i consider this important but you don't have to weigh the stuff I was just curious)
All of this stuff can be bought cheaper than I got it but I wanted to more or less one stop shop.
Next on my list will be blank shafts and inserts so i can make some more from scratch, then an arrow spinner
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