Home Grown Broadhead Picts

[ChristopherO]

Thought I would share a project I've been working on lately.  These are out of a piece of large bandsaw blade right at 1/16" thick glued and double pinned into a slot cut in 125 grain field tips.  True, that is thick but I don't suspect the tips will ever bend over due to bone.  They are heavy at 240 grains +/-.  The carbons I'm using are pretty light so I figured these would be the same as adding weight inserts.  Shot well from a 50# Martin longbow the other day.  2 are beveled on both sides and 3 are right hand single bevel to see how that works.


Honestly, it would be cheaper in time to just order them but it is fun working on them myself.

[Leftieshot]

They look great!

[BenBow]

Cool!

[New to Traditional]

Awesome!!Now go stick something with them this fall.

[J.Williams]

That's cool...sounds like they're real tough,they should be some real bone busters and you already know they fly well.Bet you can't wait for deer season,huh?  

[Bonebuster]

They look deadly! Not to mention tough.

[brettlandon]

Neat!  Those look like they would be wicked on a deer.  I made these for turkey hunting...
That's a .38 shell casing with two standard utility blades silver soldered in place.  I shot this through (not the whole head, but a 1/4" of the tip was exposed on the other side) a sheet of 3/4" OSB with my 55# selfbow at 18 yards.
   

-Brett

[Aggie1993]

you guys are awesome!

[Leftieshot]

What did you use to cut the slit in the field points for the BH's?

[mmgrode]

Cool heads Christopher...nice and heavy also(I like it!)!  I'll bet that will be really neat when you stick a deer with one!  Nothing quite like homemade equipment!    

[Eastern fisher]

Deadly looking.  What would the average weight be????

[ChristopherO]

Thanks for the comments, men.
Sorry to be tardy in reply but down with the flu this weekend with not the energy to sit at the computer.
Brettlandon, that is one cool looking broadhead.  I've read here that the late Jack Howard used something similar to kill deer with.

Lefieshot,
I used a hand held pneumatic cutoff tool with a thin wheel and free handed them.  Truthfully, there was a light reflection along the length of the field point that I followed to keep a visual center while grinding.  The slots were usually a tad bit oversized but the epoxy putty filled up the space and held them giving me time to straighten and align to broadhead.  Then superglue on the joint, two small holes with the drill press with finish nails as the pins hammered in place.
I've tried the Drimel tool for the slots but it just doesn't have what it takes to get the job done.

Easternfisher,
They average out to 243 grains.

[buckshot95]

that looks like that would kill a turkey. deader then heck!!!