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Title: Nock Glue
Post by: celticknot on September 04, 2009, 05:38:00 PM
I have been building arrows for a while and I am having trouble with a certain set of nocks. I can't seem to get them glued on my ash shafts. I have tried duco and fletch tite and they just won't stay. I'm gonna try super glue in a minute but It's driving me nuts. I have never had this problem. Any ideas?
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: mqqse on September 04, 2009, 05:45:00 PM
Epoxy works for me, the 5 min version.
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: celticknot on September 04, 2009, 05:48:00 PM
I think I have some 2 ton. I'll have to look and try if the super glue doesn't work. I also have barge cement I might try it too. Thanks
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: champ38 on September 04, 2009, 05:56:00 PM
Gorilla glue works for me.
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on September 04, 2009, 06:05:00 PM
Super glue gel works for me.
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: Fletcher on September 07, 2009, 05:38:00 PM
What kind of nocks are they?
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: ishiwannabe on September 07, 2009, 05:44:00 PM
What type of finish on the shafts? Some glues are not compatible with certain finishes....

I had that issue once, using poly and fletchtite. I sanded the nock taper to rough it up and expose a bit of the wood. End of problem.
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: celticknot on September 07, 2009, 09:09:00 PM
I am using daly's profin. It's what wispering wind uses and they say to use duco. They are bohning index nocks. I used this crazy super glue my local archery shop sells and it worked. Have any of you ever had touble making spiral fletched flu flu's with duco, cause I tried and it just kept peeling right off even after sitting for a few minutes.
Title: Re: Nock Glue
Post by: longstiks on September 08, 2009, 03:59:00 AM
I agree that sanding the nocks should work for you. If you use Duco on the fletches they will need more cure time than a few minutes. I give mine a mininum of 15 min for a standard fletch and severl hours for a spiral fletch.
Denny