Help with making up arrows

[fezza]

Hi All,

Just received some new arrows from one of our UK archery shops, and wanted to ask a few questions before assembling them.

1. Which end of the shaft is meant to be cut, the pile or nock end?
2. What difference does it make where you place your fletchings, in relation to the back off the shaft, i.e. closer/further away to the nock?

Some answers would be nice tonight as im itching to put them together

Paul

[flamingbladerider]

First of all

1) What type of arrows are they ?
2) What components do you have eg nocks, fletchings etc ?
3) What Fletching equipment do you have ?

[LineCutter]

Cutting: Hopefully they are either the right length already, you have an arrow cutting saw or they are wooden shafts. If it's the last one then there is no reason for choosing one end over the other, just cut them as you see fit. For swaged shafts there is also no problem. Barrelled ones are usually cut from the pile end, but see the first sentence.

Fletching: you need room for your finger to come off of the string. I use about 1" from the nock groove. No real "best" position, although the basic physics favours putting them at the nock end of the shaft as far back as you can without problems with contact.

[fezza]

Originally Posted by flamingbladerider

First of all

1) What type of arrows are they ?
2) What components do you have eg nocks, fletchings etc ?
3) What Fletching equipment do you have ?

Cartel Triples

100g + 110g Arrowsmith Piles
Beiter insert nocks
Easton Tilt Flight (shield)

What about the cutting of the shafts, they have cut it from the nock end! if the shaft ends are the same way round as eastons

Paul

[Tom]

Originally Posted by fezza

What about the cutting of the shafts, they have cut it from the nock end! if the shaft ends are the same way round as eastons

Paul

Doesn't matter with Triples anyway. They're a parallel shaft.

[tel]

I would suggest cutting from the nock end in any instance where it 'makes no difference'. My thinking is that the front end takes most of the punishment and a less than perfect cut will cause more problems that end.
As for the fletches, what linecutter said

[fezza]

Thanks guys,

All made up, well the four that I bought Will test and tune tomorow

Paul

[Rik]

Originally Posted by tel

I would suggest cutting from the nock end in any instance where it 'makes no difference'. My thinking is that the front end takes most of the punishment and a less than perfect cut will cause more problems that end.
As for the fletches, what linecutter said

Hmmm. I ended up cutting from both ends.
The default cuts on the stock shafts weren't as square as I would like, and cutting both ends gave me the chance to get the logos lined up across the whole set.... but then I'm probably a little bit too fussy at times

[tel]

Originally Posted by Rik

Hmmm. I ended up cutting from both ends.
The default cuts on the stock shafts weren't as square as I would like, and cutting both ends gave me the chance to get the logos lined up across the whole set.... but then I'm probably a little bit too fussy at times

In that instance I'd do the same