Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters

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Ron Kulas
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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters

#11 Post by Ron Kulas »

I printed the latest version. I dont know that my scale is sensitive enough to capture the weight reduction. The calculated weight should have had this thing at 20 grains.

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Before any more design changes are made test shooting needs to be completed.

But................... Not today.

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#12 Post by Captainkirk »

I know, right? Tell me about it.
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#13 Post by Ron Kulas »

Having a 3D printer will suck the hours out of your day like you would not believe. I have too many projects as it is and not I can make more. I wonder what happens if you skip sleep???
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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters

#14 Post by Shadowhntr »

2 questions on the annular air foil fletch thingymabob...

1....where do I get a drop away rest for my longbow...

2....what happens to the thingymabob, if the arrow penetrates deeply up to its location, and still has the "stuff" to continue moving forward from that point of contact?
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#15 Post by Ron Kulas »

Digital manufacturing an an inventive mid do not stop at only trad archery. I use many forms of archery and the airfoils require a compound with a drop away rest.

Like the original FOB product, the annular airfoil fletch is designed to be a press fit on the nock and a slip or loose fit on the back of the shaft. The nock is a press fit inside the shaft. on a pass through, the nock and airfoil remain together but slip off and mark the area the game animal stood while the broadhead and shaft pass through. On target (while shooting broadheads) you dont have to unscrew the broadhead to pull it back through the target, you slip off the airfoil and nock and pull the arrow through from the back side to save on the archery target or having to unthread the broadhead.
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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters

#16 Post by Shadowhntr »

Thanks for clearing that up. 8-)

The longbow drop away rest was a bad joke..lol :D
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#17 Post by Ron Kulas »

No worries.
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#18 Post by Ron Kulas »

A little long distance testing of our 3D printed AAF (annular Airfoil Fletching) (for compound users.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJFB9sqp-7I
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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters

#19 Post by Ron Kulas »

We have a family friend that has a degenerative disorder that has resulted in her having to spend the bulk of her time in a motorized wheel chair. She is able to get out of it only to use the restroom. She can use the chair to get upright and then use a walker to transfer herself to the toilet. Sadly she is unable to bend over to reach the foot pads to swing them up and out of the way. She asked if we could design her an aid to allow her to reach the foot pads to lift them out of the way. Right now she must have a family member at home with her to lift the foot pads for her.

The criteria were that the aid has to have a large handle so she could grip it, it has to reach 24” but be able to be compressed into a smaller footprint to allow it to be stored in a bag attached to the chair and it had to be light weight. We began the project Friday night and completed it on Sunday morning so we were able to turn it around in less than 48 hours.

We were happy to help and to find another use for the 3D printer and to allow her to regain more independence. The final product weighed only 13 Oz.

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Re: Digital manufacturing and today's bowhunters

#20 Post by Captainkirk »

Cool beans! Nicely done, Ron!
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