How to Make Your Own Lighted Nocks

Adding a lighted nock to your arrow will help you find them when shooting in dark or messy areas. You can make a simple lighted nock yourself by using a simple lighted float. A float is a small, cylindrical light that is battery controlled. The mechanism is turned on and off by pushing in and pulling out the end of the float. When you build a lighted nock, the impact of the bow's string on the end of the arrow where the nock is inserted will compress the nock, turning the light on and allowing you to find your arrow when it lands.

Things You'll Need

  • Superglue
  • Paper
  • Lighted float
  • 2 translucent nocks
  • Vise
  • Handsaw
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Instructions

    • 1

      Run a bead of super glue on a piece of paper.

    • 2

      Roll the very tip of the lighted float in the glue. Make sure that you get glue only on the tip where the actual light is.

    • 3

      Insert the float into 1 of the translucent nocks. Gently push it into the nock until it is fitted tightly within.

    • 4

      Cut off the stop of the other nock by inserting the nock with the open end up into a vise. Saw off about 1/2 inch from the end of the nock with a handsaw. This piece will act as the stop for the new nock.

    • 5

      Fill the stop with glue by placing the tip of the tube of glue at one end of the stop and squeezing until the piece is full.

    • 6

      Slip the stop onto the exposed end of the float, the end opposite from the lighted tip. The stop should be attached by the sawed end not the original end. Let the glue in the stop dry for several minutes.

    • 7

      Insert the stop into the end of an arrow as far as it can until the lighted end.