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Title: Mounting 4 blade Magnus on wood shafts
Post by: BrianH on June 19, 2007, 11:00:00 PM
How do you guys mount these on wood shafts?  I have only shot the 2 blade but was thinking of trying the 4 blade this year but was wondering how you deal with the bleeder blade with the wood taper.
Title: Re: Mounting 4 blade Magnus on wood shafts
Post by: Brutus Hedgeapple on June 19, 2007, 11:09:00 PM
Brian, I took a coping saw blade and snipped the end off then mounted the head and then sawed through were the bleeder goes. A friend of mine just makes his tapers real short. I like my method better.
Title: Re: Mounting 4 blade Magnus on wood shafts
Post by: Charlie Lamb on June 20, 2007, 07:44:00 AM
Tons of ways to skin that cat...

Dry mount the head and mark through the slot with a very sharp pencil, then take off the head and ...

use a band saw... very quick

use a Dremel... also quick

use a Hacksaw...not as quick

use a Coping saw...also not as quick


Try Brutus method... sounds like a winner to me.

If you use any of the dry mount and remove methods, put a bleeder blade part way in the head when mounting them back on the shaft to help with alignment of slot.
Title: Re: Mounting 4 blade Magnus on wood shafts
Post by: BrianH on June 20, 2007, 05:45:00 PM
Thanks for the great info guys.