So I bought a pack of magnus 4 blades. I wanted to glue them on my wood arrows but the bleeder blade insert is obviously not allowing me to do so. How do you guys get these 4 blades mounted on wood arrows or did I buy the wrong heads? I can trim the taper off but that does not really allow much arrow taper to mount the head on IMHO. What am I missing here? Do i split the taper on a band saw and slide around it?
Same issue with Bear Razorheads. You just shorten the taper so it stops just behind the insert.
You can also leave a long taper for strength. Mount the head and mark the slot with a sharpie. Remove the head and cut the slot then remount. Or you can leave the head on and use a modified coping saw blade to make the slot.
Bear Archery sold thousands of cedar arrows with that short taper on them....similar to a regular aluminum BH adaptor. It will work fine.
I've been using the Magnus I w/bleeder since their beginning and use Canyon's method. Works fine and is nice and solid.
Gentlemen, I really appreciate your comments. I really like these heads with the bleeders. George, with the short taper, is it necessary to fill the front cavity with anything since the wood is removed? I am using 2 ton epoxy for the heads.
Eric, you don't need to worry about filling in the cavity in front of the taper. They will be fine without. Joseph