Homemade arrow saw

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I built two of these arrow saws and finished them this afternoon. If you are not familiar with archery, they are used to cut carbon arrows to length without splintering them.  They both have the same 8000RPM Dayton motors that Apple uses on there top end saw. I also used the same arbor, to attach the blade, that Apple uses. I found the motors on E-bay, and got a good deal on them, the arbors I had to buy from Apple because I couldn't find any others made like them. The rest was either standard hardware or I fabricated itThis picture shows the motor and blade with the attachment for a shop vac. The shop vac eliminates more dust than I would have expected.This picture is a closeup of the business end of the saw. The rest for the arrow can be adjusted in as the blade wears. I also tried the graphite impregnated abrasive blade from Apple on this saw. I'm not sure if it makes much difference yet or not.  The next two pics are closeups of the length adjustment for the saw. The bearing has a piece of formed 1/2" steel tubing in it with a roll pin through it to hold it in. The nice thing about this arrangement is that the measurement is taken from the same place regardless of wether the arrow has a nock on it or not.
Reply:Nice setup there. I play with my bow on occasion but never was serious enough to make my own saw. Have a Behr Kodiak Magnum set at #85 and can usually hit a 9" plate @ 50 yards. It's getting a little harder to do that lately Good job on the saw!!!
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