Making my own striker

[bowshooter85]

I am trying to make my own striker. I am in the making of making a slate call and I have considered making my own striker also. I figured if I was going to make one might as well make the other. I would like to make the striker out of a carbon arrow. The only problem I'm having is what do I put on the top as the handle part. I know the ones you buy at the store are normally wooden. Is that what I should use. The question I'm asking is what do you all use or what suggestions do you have. And question 2 is how long does it need to be?  Thank you for any comments

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[| Justin |]

Generally I make my strikers 7.5" (total length) with a 3.5" top and a 4" shaft. 

That's a neat idea using a carbon arrow shaft, but I'm not so sure it'll work out being that the arrow shaft would be a hollow tube. 
[EDIT]It looks like I was wrong about this and other users are having good results with the hollow arrow shaft[/EDIT]

As far as the material for the top goes, you could really use just about anything... the main purpose is to add weight.  Some people use plastics, acrylic, wood, etc, I prefer to make/use one piece strikers turned on the lathe.

[ky turkey hunter]

I made some with a carbon arrow I pick up a wooden dowel at lowes and made a top
I used a 6 in arrow shaft and a 3in top I let the arrow go up into the top 1.5 in   

[| Justin |]

I made some with a carbon arrow I pick up a wooden dowel at lowes and made a top
I used a 6 in arrow shaft and a 3in top I let the arrow go up into the top 1.5 in

I'm curious... did you fill the arrow shaft or attach some sort of a tip to it?  I don't understand how a hollow arrow shaft would work for a striker tip.

[ky turkey hunter]

All I did was glue the top to the arrow the

[| Justin |]

Very interesting... I didn't realize they'd run ok being hollow like this.  I'll have to make one of these with some of the old carbon shafts I have laying around too. 

[SCGobbler]

Primos used to sell one that was hollow like this.  It essentially was a carbon arrow shaft



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[mastevt]

you may find that it will sound screetchy.  If so, you'll need to add weight to the top some how.  You can do this by drilling out the end, and adding something heavy.  For instance, drill a 3/8 hole, 1 1/4 deep, then cut off a 3/8 in bolt 1 in long, and stick in the hole, use a 3/8 dowel as a plug, and leave it a little long at first, don't glue it, but stick it in to hold the weight, and run it, see how it sounds.  Once you get it tuned to your liking, glue in the dowel, and file/sand off clean.