I like finding good deals on stuff...I just bought 3 Easton Axis 400 spine shafts for $18 and want to experiment with them for FOC setup's.

Question is with the 100 gr brass inserts...do you use the regular HIT epoxy or is there something else that is used.  I'm going to try to use them with between 100 and 150 gr heads for turkeys and deer.

Just wondering what people are using to glue them in?

Josh

Josh, use the 24 hour epoxy. It comes in a syringe. Two vials one plunger. You can get it at Home Depot or similar for about $3.00.

I use the hit in mine and have never had a problem

Josh, you'll find no better epoxy for arrow building than JB weld.

I just done a dozen with the hit epoxy and have not had a problem.

Sounds good...I was thinking about getting the HIT epoxy in the syringe but I don't know the cost.  

The JB Weld is a great idea plus the two minute type sounds good too.

Thanks,

Josh

Never tried JB Weld before.  I have been using Powerbond and getting along great with it for the brass inserts.

QuoteOriginally posted by Oliverstacy:
Sounds good...I was thinking about getting the HIT epoxy in the syringe but I don't know the cost.  

The JB Weld is a great idea plus the two minute type sounds good too.

Thanks,

Josh

QuoteOriginally posted by Oliverstacy:
I just bought 3 Easton Axis 400 spine shafts  and want to experiment with them for FOC setup's.


Josh

I was wondering about that.
Let us know how it works out.

QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Orton:
Josh, you'll find no better epoxy for arrow building than JB weld.

Is this a good glue for installing points onto adaptors?

Josh

QuoteOriginally posted by Hoytman:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by Oliverstacy:
I just bought 3 Easton Axis 400 spine shafts  and want to experiment with them for FOC setup's.


Josh

I was wondering about that.
Let us know how it works out. [/b]

I'll let you know what I find...I just put an order into Kustom King for the brass inserts and others misc stull.  I'll post my results when I get the supplies in an do some testing.

Josh

I've used Easton axis 400's and 500's and have found they are good arrows.  I use the 500's for 48# down to 43# and they work out well.  I have Robin Hood two sets of the 400's each arrow held together and one went down the shaft 10 in. and the other went down the shaft at 8 in.

Six days apart, I have a complete set (12) that I have fleached and have not used (400's), because I plan on using the 500's with the bows that I have now.  Both of them the "whip" is 43#, and the Bob Lee " Hunter" is 43#  set up is 5 in. left helical parabolic 150 gr. stinger up front.  Works out great.

Carl

Any epoxy works good for the inserts. I prefer a few drops of super glue when I'm tuning them so I can knock out the inserts without ruining the arrow if they need to be cut or changed.
I have 300's, 340's, 400's and 500's for different bows but shoot 400's the most.

Dave

Like Mike O., I think nothing works better than JB weld for inserts on carbon. Big difference between it's strength and all the others I've used. Rough up the inside of the shaft (I use a .17 caliber stainless bore brush on a dremel tool), and the outside of the insert (whether brass or aluminum, I rough them with a larger stainless wire wheel on the dremel), prep both with acetone, + jb weld = no more mushroomed shafts even from my heavy bows. I may break the shaft behind the insert but not mushroom the shaft.

Kind of a little off original post, but I've read some other threads about using syran wrap or teflon plumming tape for tuning.  Does this work?