I'm putting together some cane shafts to shoot out of my BBO and was wondering what type of field tips work well. I've made some blunts out of rifle casings, but I need something to use for target shooting. I was thinking of inserting a nail and brazing some brass on the point and shaping it.
I've also thought about gluing in an insert, tapering it and using some 5/16" tapered field tips.
What do ya'll use?
Go get yourself a box of duplex nails. Grind the top head off and into a point. Drill out your cane shafts to fit and glue the nail in the shaft. After trying these I'll never, ever attempt to taper a cane shaft again.
Oh yeah, be sure you wrap something around the shaft to keep it from splitting.
I think I'll try that.
What I've seen were "footed" with a piece of wood shafting and a regular glue-on point was used. Also works for glue-on broadheads.
I use glue-on points. If you're careful with your tapering tool, you don't even need a dowel in the hole. Try to get a size that will slide over the shaft a little, so that it will reinforce the shaft at that point.
i just use screw in heads i epoxy them in then smear epoxy around the out side of the rivercane just incase ya hit somthing hard then it dont split it works real good.
I taper on a disk sander. Just spin against the disk agains wood clamped at right angle.
Iadd a small wood dowel, then taper like any wood shaft. Add a brass glue on field point.
I like 'em!