Slotting for bleeder blades

[Fletcher]

I just had the honor and pleasure of mounting some Bear Razorheads on fir arrows for a customer.  I like a long taper for better alignment and strength so used a full 1.1" taper.  He plans to use the bleeders, so I needed to cut the slots.  I went to the local hobby shop and found a great little saw blade, the Excel #20013.  It is .013" thick and fits in a regular XActo type handle.  It fits thru the slot and did a great job cutting the wood and glue from the slot.  At $3 for 5 blades, they are a deal.  Thought I would share this great find.  Rick

[Shinken]

Thanks for sharin' the idea Rick!

AND - BTW - thoseare some great lookin' arras!

Shoot straight, Shinken

[Butch Speer]

Really good idea. I usually just use one of the old Razorhead insert tools but, that's a better idea.

[Fletcher]

Yeah, Butch, I had about 1/2" of wood and glue to get thru and knew I wanted something more up to the task than the regular tool.  The other option was to slot the tapers before gluing on the points, but I like this much better.

[Charlie Lamb]

Great tip Rick!! That's just the ticket and good for the harder woods as well. I'll be getting some of those for my Magnus I's for sure.

[seabass]

thanks for the tip.i already have the xacto handle.btw nice arrows buddy,steve

[SuperK]

Great info!  Thanks for passing it along.

[Fletcher]

Most of the other brand insert blades and slots are thicker than the Bears.  While checking, I found that Excel makes some bigger and I assume thicker blades, too.

[Derwood]

Great idea!  Thanks for sharing.

[kung fu kid]

Very clever idea, Rick.  Thanks for that info'.  Now I can put a longer taper on my woodies.