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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Any suggestions for fixing broken self nocks?
« on: October 12, 2009, 09:56:46 pm »
Anyone have any ideas for fixing broken self nocks on Tonkin shafts.  I hit a couple and don't really want to part with the arrows.
Thanks for any advice
Rick


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Offline boo

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Re: Any suggestions for fixing broken self nocks?
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2009, 10:11:56 pm »
Trim it and make another nock. thats what i do. You may have to cut some of the quills off the back end of the fletching?  depending on how much room you had to start with.
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Offline scattershot

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Re: Any suggestions for fixing broken self nocks?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2009, 12:04:37 pm »
You can either trim it like boo says or cut it off square and insert a wooden nock. You can make those by chucking up a piece of hardwood dowel in a drill and dressing one end down until you have a smaller diameter section to insert in the shaft, and then dress the outside portion to the diameter of the shaft and cut a new nock.
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Offline Cromm

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Re: Any suggestions for fixing broken self nocks?
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2009, 04:10:32 pm »
Hi,
I have taken the fletchs off,cut off the bad bits,re self nock, wrap with sinew, put fletchs back on and away I go.
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