I have some easton fatboy carbon arrows I'm going to build. They have G uni bushings and the points are 120gr inserts (no thread, the field point is the insert). Excuse my target arrow build ignorance.
I build my hunting arrows with easton HIT epoxy. I don't think that's necessary here though.
I've watched videos of people using hot melt. And I know allot of people use some sort of super glue.
What should I use for these inserts and why??
The G-nocks just push into the unibushing. No glue required.
The 120 grain "inserts no thread", are called target POINTS.
The shaft of target points have no threads. So, that means you use hot melt to glue in TARGET points.
Nope, a lot of people do NOT use super glue, to install target points.
Target points are installed with Hot Melt glue, so you can remove the target point and try a different weight later.
Take a stick of hot melt, and heat the end of the hot melt stick. When the color goes clear,
and the end of the hot melt stick goes bubbly, take the hot melt stick out of the propane torch flame.
Smear a blob of hot melt on the end of the arrow shaft. Yes, the hot melt blob on the end of the shaft will cool down and solidify. That's ok.
Now, hold the target point, with the shaft with no threads, in some pliers.
Heat up the stick of hot melt again, by putting the stick of hot melt into the propane torch flame.
The color will go clear and the end of the hot melt stick will get bubbly.
SMEAR the hot melt stick onto the shaft of the target point, the point with no threads
like spreading peanut butter.
When you have too much hot melt smeared on the shaft of the target point,
rotate the point and insert the HOT target point through the blob of hot melt on the end of the arrow shaft.
Cuz the fit is sooooo tight, most of the hot melt will create a donut ring around the end of the arrow shaft tube.
Cuz you are shoving the HOT target point through the blob of hot melt, this guarantees that you will have a thin film
of hot melt between the arrow shaft inside walls and the outside of the target point shaft.
PUsh the now warm target point 1/3rd of the way into the arrow shaft.
Wait 2-3 seconds. Now, push the warm target point 2/3rds of the way into the arrow shaft.
Wait 2-3 seconds, for the hot melt to continue to cool, and it gets a little stiffer to push in the target point.
Now, push the target point all the way into the arrow shaft,
and dip the target point and arrow, into a cup of cold water.
This will cool the hot melt all the way back to solid, and the target point is now installed.
BUT, what do I do about this DONUT ring of hot melt at the end of the carbon tube?
Well, test the donut and see if the donut ring of hot melt is stiff. IF the donut ring of hot melt is not stiff yet,
dunk again into the cold cup of water, or do this by the kitchen sink, and hold the arrow under cold running water.
When the donut ring of hot melt is cold enough, the donut ring will be stiff enough to CLEANLY tear away from the arrow shaft, by prying off the donut ring with your fingertips.
