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Jgrden

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Living in Lake Arrowhead, with a ton of pine cones, I am going to produce a slimline of pine cone. I need a Arrowhead to place onto the clip or the source of a manufacturer of clips. Please advise.
 
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Fibonacci said:
Do you mean a real arrowhead sized correctly for a slimline? Or an imitation one to make clips off of?
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Tiny ones to fit on a clip. I used the Bass Clips and acutally had a set returned because the Bass was too big and caught on his shirt sleeve while he was reeling in a 3.12 lbs. small mouth bass.
I am wondering if I could make them of deer antler using a Dremel and small files, polish them and then how do I affix them to a clip with any hopes of it staying on???
John, in Lake Arrowhead, CA.
 
Fibonacci said:
Do you mean a real arrowhead sized correctly for a slimline? Or an imitation one to make clips off of?
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Sized to fit onto the slim line clip.
Hey Buddy, how ya doin'? We did not consummate the deal in Tehachapi. The house needed too much work for our budget.
 
deer antler sounds nice. How about if you cut a groove in the back of your antler arrow head so it fits tight over the clip..like a mortise. Then drill a hole through the clip. Rough up the clip a bit where the arrow slip on to it. Add just a drop of 5 min epoxy. Insert tiny screw through hole screwing it into arrow, and a drop of loctite on the screw threads. Now the arrow is screwed on and glued on and the mortise helps it not come lose and turn on the clip. Then grind off most of the screw head but not all of it of course and make sure it has no sharp spots. That's my thoughts.
 
Another option to look into might be arrowhead beads. I am pretty sure I have seen them at shows.

That would be an inexpensive way to get the shape, then I would mortise them as described above.
 
workinforwood said:
deer antler sounds nice. How about if you cut a groove in the back of your antler arrow head so it fits tight over the clip..like a mortise. Then drill a hole through the clip. Rough up the clip a bit where the arrow slip on to it. Add just a drop of 5 min epoxy. Insert tiny screw through hole screwing it into arrow, and a drop of loctite on the screw threads. Now the arrow is screwed on and glued on and the mortise helps it not come lose and turn on the clip. Then grind off most of the screw head but not all of it of course and make sure it has no sharp spots. That's my thoughts.
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Great suggestion. I can do this. If your directions are followed to the "t", it will not come off.
Thank you,
John
 
hardest part will be drilling the clip. I would put clip face down on hardest wood you can find, and figure out a way to clamp it down on either side of the drill bit, then use lots of patience and very little pressure to drill through. If you drill to fast you can break bit but worse, damage the front of the clip like maybe bend it real bad and it has to be really secure so if the bit catches at all as it goes through it doesn't grab the clip and twist the snot out of it. Just go super slow and gentle and a few drops of oil will help. I've drilled more than one clip, so I know how important it is to go slow and patient and definitely know about how it needs to be really secure!

after the clip is drilled, it will be easy to slip the antler over the top and mark the spot to drill that. Don't drill them both at same time.
 
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workinforwood said:
hardest part will be drilling the clip. I would put clip face down on hardest wood you can find, and figure out a way to clamp it down on either side of the drill bit, then use lots of patience and very little pressure to drill through. If you drill to fast you can break bit but worse, damage the front of the clip like maybe bend it real bad and it has to be really secure so if the bit catches at all as it goes through it doesn't grab the clip and twist the snot out of it. Just go super slow and gentle and a few drops of oil will help. I've drilled more than one clip, so I know how important it is to go slow and patient and definitely know about how it needs to be really secure!

after the clip is drilled, it will be easy to slip the antler over the top and mark the spot to drill that. Don't drill them both at same time.
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I am concerned about the type and size screw.
 
If you decide to drill, make a bed for the clip out of some close grain hardwood such that the clip fits in a trough that will keep it from twisting by suporting it on both sides. The grove for the clip could be cut with your Dremil for a good close fit. Great idea John about customizing your clip to make it your own.
Charles
 
Use a flat bottom round top screw, not a countersink head screw. I would go with brass, easy to grind down the head when finished. You can get brass screws super tiny. If the screw is slightly too long, grind the tip down.
 
RDH79 said:
How did those pine cones work out that you found? I still havnt ordered any yet.
Rich H.
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Haven't gotten my lathe out of storage yet. I promised some pine cone to one of our members and haven't sent them. We have been concentrating on closing the escrow on the house we are buying. I cannot wait to see what happens. Lake Arrowhead Pine Cone Pen with carved antler Arrowhead. Man, these should fetch forty dollars a piece. y'think?
 
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