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Offline Eric Krewson

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How I glue on an arrow rest
« on: March 15, 2020, 11:29:40 am »
I see a lot of varied arrow rests on selfbows, I prefer to hide mine under the handle leather, it looks better and doesn't leave a bump showing from under the leather.

I start by filing a cut-out place at an angle into the handle.



I chose a piece of oak burl for a rest, I test fit the piece to make sure there are no gaps between the future rest and the cutout I filed into the handle.



Next I rough up both glue surfaces with a toothing plane iron.



I like super glue for glueing on the rest, quick and easy.



 
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2020, 11:43:20 am »
I clamp the pieces together and wait about 10 minutes.



I use a belt sander to get rid of most of the excess wood, a half round file works as well, just takes a little more time, the burl wood is extremely hard.



Just off the sander.



I do the next part of the shaping with a half round file.



Ordinarly I use a bur on a dremel for the final shaping and to make a lip for my leather to rest against. This wood is so hard it only wants to burn so I finish up with a file.



A little blending with an orbital sander. I can see a little gap, a little super glue and sawdust will make it invisible.



Roughed out and ready to finish sand, I radious the rest so the arrow only sits in the middle, I radius the sight window to match the rest.



At this point I leave the rest alone until I shoot a few arrows and adjust the rest and sight window for optimum arrow flight. I can go lower on the rest or deeper on the sight window.



It looks like this when finished.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2020, 01:07:04 pm »
Very nice work, Eric and I'm sure it will be a big help for folks.
Thanks for posting this.    :OK
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Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2020, 01:25:07 pm »
awesome... thanks.   :OK
Seems like common sense isn't very common any more...

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2020, 01:47:46 pm »
Very nice! Jawge
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Offline Weylin

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2020, 03:24:00 pm »
Thanks for sharing. That looks good.

Offline silent sniper

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2020, 03:34:18 pm »
Very nice, Thanks for sharing!

Offline RyanY

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2020, 11:06:26 am »
Very cool method cutting into the wood like that. I may have to try this one.

Offline PaSteve

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2020, 04:29:01 pm »
Interesting method. Thanks Eric.
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Offline Swampman

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2020, 06:25:03 am »
Thanks Eric.  I really like how that looks.

Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2020, 10:07:08 am »
Very neat job there Sir. That undercutting the handle idea is brilliant!  :OK

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2020, 11:39:10 am »
Neat idea and great step by step instructions!  A big help to everyone, especially newbies!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: How I glue on an arrow rest
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2020, 07:24:10 am »
The mods could move this to the how to section if you think more folk would like to see it.