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katy

katy

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I remember seeing this on a website sometime ago, sorry but dont remember which one. But I was at WalMart looking at fishing gear with my daughter, and I saw the thill light, then a light went off. The lighted nock. I bought just one to try out. I got home and took the Easton nock out of my 2315 and drilled into the bottom of the nock and stopped it just before it poked through the plastic where it hooks to the string. I inserted the light/battery into the nock and pulled it down to light it and put it back into the arrow. Holy smokes, this is the brightest damn nock that I have ever seen. It totally outshines the lighted nocks that you would pay $11-$15 dollars a piece for. Needless to say I went back to WalMart and bought them out. I will try to get some pics up soon.

Project cost:
Easton Nock $0.50
Thill Light $2.50
Total cost of lighted nock: $3.00

Tools needed:
Nock Remover/Installer Tool
Cordless Drill
5/32" drill bit
Vise to hold the nock while you drill (PRICELESS)
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Here they are:
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This was with using a flo orange nock. I found the website, he suggests using a black nock so it does not glow, but this is awesome for checking your arrow flight. I need to go to CIA to find some black easton nocks to try out. Pretty cool though.

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Supertec, I saw that somewhere as well. I wasn't sure what a "Thill Lite" was. Did a search and saw that it was a lighted bobber. Did you get it out of a bobber or does the light come by itself. I'm sure if Wal-Mart doesn't have them here then Bass Pro will. Yours looks great. How do you turn it on and off? Do you have to pull the nock out to do it? Last question, Does it add much noticable weight? I've been wanting to try it and now I will for sure. Thanks for sharing your work.

Doug
 
you can get thill lights in the fishing section of walmart for around 2 to 3 bucks...If they are out they will order more...
 
Yeah you can buy them for $2.50 at Wally World. It is just a little cylinder with a led light on top. Have not weighted it yet, but guessing around 15 grains. Only draw back is you have to take your nock out to activate it and to unactivate it. You dont have to buy the whole bobber. I'll try to get a pic of the package and the thill light on here.
 
usually ol' 'turd shoots those lincoln log sized arrows. plus, if you have to drill out the nocks, how would you get that to work with gold tip's lock nocks?
 
Those are the same directions I saw a few weeks ago.

I made one today and it works pretty good. They're right about using a black nock for hunting. The white one I used glowed like a demon tonight but it was great for targets after dark. Really shows your arrow trajectory.
 
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