I am curious what everybody's process is for putting their adapters and broadheads together.  I haven't done it and am just trying to get some insight.  What is your gear list also?

Hot melt

Hot melt.  Just make sure both pieces are very clean, and free from any oils.

clean with acetone, two part epoxy.

process- (FOR CARBONS & ALI SHAFTS)

1: glue up all your inserts in the shafts.
2: glue up one b/head and spin test, let dry.
3: put that b/head on a shaft, for carbons just twist the nock till you get the b/head/string alignment you want. repeat for all shafts.
for ali, screw that b/head on a shaft and then glue your nock on to the alignment you want. repeat for all shafts.
4: screw the remaining adapters into the shafts and glue all the remaining b/heads onto the adapters. don't forget to use the same alignment you did before, this time using the nock as a reference. spin test and let the glue dry.

using this method you can put any b/head on any shaft and they will line up the same. the trick is to screw the adapters on with the same tension as the control b/head was when aligning the nocks.

What hot melt are you guys using?  The clear or amber color?  Are you using a flame or glue pot for melting?  I never considered the epoxy, does that seem to hold well?  Thanks for the help guys

dont use the amber stuff.  just the standard hotmelt, im not a big fan of epoxy just due to the ease of hotmelt to spin and redo

Question from a carbon newbie: When using hotmelt to insert an adapter into an alum shaft, we typically head the end of the shaft to expand the metal and make the fit easier and the bond tighter with water-quench. But I wouldn't think you'd want to heat a carbon shaft? And if you heat the insert without heating the shaft, I'd think it would expand and complicate the fitting? Thanks, dave

I use two-part epoxy or jb weld for glueing my inserts into my carbon shafts after cleaning both with acetone. I then screw in my broadhead adapters, clean both adapter and inside of broadhead with acetone, dry, and hot-melt broadhead onto adapter, spin, adjust, and spin.

Funny you asked about this today.I was wondering the same and thought Id try goat tuff.I guess Gt wont do?

Clean with acetone and amber hotmelt.  Apply melt to adaptor,  heat point and insert.  Wipe away excess and spin while cooling.  Works great.

QuoteOriginally posted by Dave2old:
Question from a carbon newbie: When using hotmelt to insert an adapter into an alum shaft, we typically head the end of the shaft to expand the metal and make the fit easier and the bond tighter with water-quench. But I wouldn't think you'd want to heat a carbon shaft? And if you heat the insert without heating the shaft, I'd think it would expand and complicate the fitting? Thanks, dave

You don't want to heat the carbon shaft. The adapters they're talking about I believe are just for the glue-on broadheads to screw-in. Not the like the broadhead adapters for the aluminum shafts.