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April 19, 2024, 02:12 PM | #1 |
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Oddball question of the year - arrow head dies?
Today I found myself wondering if anyone ever heard of or made a scrap metal sheering die set to use a heavy duty swaging press (Walnut Hill) to press broadhead arrow points out of 12 or 14 gauge sheet metal scrap...
I know - I know - crazy off the wall idea - One more way to use my swage press... Barring that - is there another piece of hand / bench equipment to stamp out broad head points? |
April 19, 2024, 02:21 PM | #2 |
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now see! that's what makes a man a genius right there.
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April 19, 2024, 04:38 PM | #3 | |
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April 29, 2024, 06:45 PM | #4 |
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I'm thinking a flat 2 bladed design - nothing fancy. A long mounting tang with two holes in it to possibly mount the point on a sharpening jig possibly made out of an old CD drive with a mounted sandpaper disk for roughing out and then a wet-stone for a final edge. The point should lend itself to both a typical hunting arrow or a crossbow bolt.
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April 29, 2024, 06:48 PM | #5 |
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further research on the arrow point notion
So 12 and 14 gauge stainless takes appx 1.5 to 2 tons of force to stamp out. The better more cost effective tool for this is likely a 3 ton bench arbor press which runs about $300 new - and a tooled die would be easier to use on an arbor press than on a swage press.
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April 29, 2024, 07:22 PM | #6 |
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You might find a market in the primitive bow world--more than once I've consider dropping a grand or more on a true high-quality primitive wooden bow, I love shooting them.
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April 30, 2024, 08:35 AM | #7 |
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Something like a Zwickey would be great!
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