Home Made Arrows
I found place that sells cheap target points and plastic nocks for roughly $0.20 each and bought a small handful of each. Then I bought some poplar dowels and some duct tape in red and black at Lowes. When I got home I picked out one of the dowels and tried to straighten it. I managed to snap it right away, but it was long enough to try making my first arrow. Didn't do so great for the tip end, but I really needed to use my belt sander to get a good fit there. A standard pencil sharpener was fine for the nock end. Once I got those fitted, I cut and arranged some lengths of duct tape for the fletchings. After a little bit of trimming they look sharp . I made them 5" long, but for my bow I should really have them at 4" or 4.5". No idea how it flies yet. I'm concerned that the poplar will shatter, but given how cheap these are to make, I'm not too concerned. We're talking maybe $1.50 or so per arrow.