I tried to tie on a nock last night, I started with some serving material my shop gave me.
This was OK till I tied the reef knot, I felt it was quite big, and trimmed the excess off quite close, and the knot came un-done before I glued it. Should I have melted the ends instead of trimming?
Then I tried nocks with normal cotton. Just kept on going till it was bulked up like nocks I have seen.
At this point I think I made the mistake, I saw somewhere that someone used fletching glue to stick the ends / final knot down, and I ended up smothering the entire nock in the fletching glue.... This glue, even this morning is still slightly rubbery, will this affect the release as it wont slip off the tab so easily?
Probably should have used super-glue, as I have plenty... oh well.
Please help!
This was OK till I tied the reef knot, I felt it was quite big, and trimmed the excess off quite close, and the knot came un-done before I glued it. Should I have melted the ends instead of trimming?
Then I tried nocks with normal cotton. Just kept on going till it was bulked up like nocks I have seen.
At this point I think I made the mistake, I saw somewhere that someone used fletching glue to stick the ends / final knot down, and I ended up smothering the entire nock in the fletching glue.... This glue, even this morning is still slightly rubbery, will this affect the release as it wont slip off the tab so easily?
Probably should have used super-glue, as I have plenty... oh well.
Please help!