Your cones look good . That guy was really set up with special tools and jigs he made.
I used the cone off the broadhead darts that come with the blowgun, which has a smaller outside diameter than the mini broadhead cones. Being just a bit bigger than the shaft the small bit of hotglue I used to secure the shaft to the cone got that all cleared up.I've watched all of this guys videos on cone and dart making. Personally I'm shooting for his helical cones using forms and a vacuum former. This just makes way too much sense not to try.
Curious, seeing as how you used a Cold Steel cone as a form..........did you find you had to go to a larger diameter shaft as the outside dia. of the CS cone will now be the inside dia. of your home made cones?
Teach
Earlier while messing around with some thicker plastic I whittled down the outside diameter of the CS form I was using. Now, it's an even tighter fit for my CS mini-broadhead darts. I've also cut the rest of the cones off the other broadhead darts so I can make forms with different diameters for different sized dart shafts. Took the broadheads out of the dart too, now I shall sharpen them up and use them for making a hunting dart.I've watched all of this guys videos on cone and dart making. Personally I'm shooting for his helical cones using forms and a vacuum former. This just makes way too much sense not to try.
Curious, seeing as how you used a Cold Steel cone as a form..........did you find you had to go to a larger diameter shaft as the outside dia. of the CS cone will now be the inside dia. of your home made cones?
Teach
Yup, I like cutting out centre shot sized circles out of tape and sticking 5 of them to a square chunk of foam. 1 out toward each corner and one in the middle. then I shoot one dart at each dot.Robin hood shots are a bummer. Darts would last forever if it wasn't for that. I think I am going to make a target that holds 4 or 5 official blowgun target sheets.
I like using a multiple bulls-eye target such as this one: http://targets.s3.amazonaws.com/PDF/Bullseye2Multi.pdf That way I can shoot 5 or 6 darts before collecting.Robin hood shots are a bummer. Darts would last forever if it wasn't for that. I think I am going to make a target that holds 4 or 5 official blowgun target sheets.
I have done this many times but I quit because every time I do it I always have more success hitting the swinging bottle cap than I do at placing a dart into a target centre. Weird I know.I hang a bottle cap in front of my target and shoot at it myself. Maybe I should put up 5 of them and shoot at each of those.
I have a drawer full of bottle caps just for hanging target practice.. Always seems easier to put a dart into one of those than say a 2D target.I have done this many times but I quit because every time I do it I always have more success hitting the swinging bottle cap than I do at placing a dart into a target centre. Weird I know.I hang a bottle cap in front of my target and shoot at it myself. Maybe I should put up 5 of them and shoot at each of those.
Haha, glad I am not alone amigo!I have a drawer full of bottle caps just for hanging target practice.. Always seems easier to put a dart into one of those than say a 2D target.I have done this many times but I quit because every time I do it I always have more success hitting the swinging bottle cap than I do at placing a dart into a target centre. Weird I know.I hang a bottle cap in front of my target and shoot at it myself. Maybe I should put up 5 of them and shoot at each of those.