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Title: What method to attach fish point
Post by: jamesh76 on May 26, 2011, 01:10:00 AM

What is the preferred method to attach a fish point to the fiberglass shaft?

I was thinking epoxy?

James

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: CoilSpring on May 26, 2011, 02:14:00 AM

2-hr set and pinned... drill a small hole thru the parallel portion of both after epoxy cures. add a dab of epoxy to the hole and drive a tight-fit nail or cold-rolled pin thru and peen the ends or grind/file flush.

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: jamesh76 on May 26, 2011, 02:24:00 AM

Excellent. That is just what I needed.

James

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: LoweBow on May 26, 2011, 07:59:00 AM

I use only epoxy.
I found that pinning my shafts caused a weak spot in them. After breaking several on rocks and Gator Gar I went back to only epoxy and have never, ever had a head come off.

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: PowDuck on May 26, 2011, 12:12:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by LoweBow:
I use only epoxy.
I found that pinning my shafts caused a weak spot in them. After breaking several on rocks and Gator Gar I went back to only epoxy and have never, ever had a head come off.

Interesting. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on May 26, 2011, 01:08:00 PM

If you are not going to pin heads (and I don't either), I would suggest 2-ton epoxy. The 5-minute kind doesn't hold nearly as well.

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: robtattoo on May 26, 2011, 01:10:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by LoweBow:
I use only epoxy.
I found that pinning my shafts caused a weak spot in them. After breaking several on rocks and Gator Gar I went back to only epoxy and have never, ever had a head come off.

^This^

I've broken more pinned shafts than I've ever had heads come off. It's very rocky around the lakes I fish & the weak point where the head is pinned has let medown on several occasions.
Since I stopped pinning & use nothing but SLOW set epoxy (the slower the better) I've not lost a point or broken a shaft.

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: WPAtrapper on May 26, 2011, 01:53:00 PM

Gorilla Glue!!

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: Flingblade on May 26, 2011, 08:08:00 PM

JB Weld

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: Stone Knife on May 26, 2011, 08:14:00 PM

Gorilla glue, never had a point come off.

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: tim roberts on May 26, 2011, 10:28:00 PM

The longer the epoxy takes to set, the more flex, or "bounce" it has. If you can find some, 24 hour cure is about the fest you can get, for epoxy.

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: jamesh76 on May 27, 2011, 01:38:00 AM

Thanks guys.

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: frank bullitt on May 27, 2011, 11:13:00 AM

Devcon 2-ton, or the same hot melt I use for my woodies!Never lost a point in almost 30 years,

I shoot mostly in ROCKY criks, for suckers, carp, and gar. Haven't done the big game fish "yet"!

If anything, I blow nocks off from the hard impact! Always carry nocks and some superglue, too!

Never pinned a point, have pinned a osage spliced bow, no real benfit there either!

Have a great time, James!

Title: Re: What method to attach fish point
Post by: Warden609 on May 27, 2011, 03:52:00 PM

another vote for two ton epoxy :thumbsup:

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