I shoot a 20 inch, XX-75, 2219 shaft, inserts in each end, 4 3/4 inch AAE vanes, and Muzzy 100 grain head. Total arow weight is 460 grains.
Before I cut the shafts, I use a converted cartridge case trimmer and square the open end. I then use a case neck turner, converted, and square the back sholder of the insert. I then install the insert with low temp hot melt glue. I cut the shaft just a little long. The cut end then gets the exact same treatment as the open end. I polish the shafts with 0000 steel wool. After that I clean the shafts with 90% alcohol. Next I square the inserts and make sure they are perefectly flat. I put on 2 coats of Meguires NXT auto wax down to the foreward end of the fletch. I fletch every arrow with the same Bitzenburger jig and clamp, one arrow at a time. Finally, I put 2 coats of NXT between the vanes and on the back 1/2 inch of the arrow.
I use a ceramic stick on the trocar tips of my Muzzy's. I have a home brew jig that lets me screw them onto and holds them squarely in place. I strop the blades by putting them into an X-acto knife handle and I treat a 18 inch mounted leather with baseball glove oil and Jackson #5 red rouge.
I do all of this because it is what I did when I made compound and recurve arrows. Everything else exists for the puropse of launching an arrow at a game animal. I want that arrow to be, in my opinion, as perfect as I can make it for the best possible flight and terminal performance. Also, it is part of the total experience that I greatly enjoy
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I never was as good as I used to be.