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heat treating shafts
Pat B:
I have not tried it with store bought shafting. When I made POC arrows a little hand straightening was all it took with no heat. The should be plenty of shoot and cane shafts there at the Classicso I can show you on them if you want.
dmassphoto:
--- Quote from: Pat B on April 20, 2010, 05:19:57 pm ---I have not tried it with store bought shafting. When I made POC arrows a little hand straightening was all it took with no heat. The should be plenty of shoot and cane shafts there at the Classicso I can show you on them if you want.
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Pat,
Sorry I wasn't able to get in touch with you at the Classic, but I did come home and try to heat treat my shafts over a stove, by holding them about 2-3in above, hands on either side, and slowly turning them. One thing I noticed was that when the arrows got pretty hot, they bent like no other. Is this normal, or should there be another method, like placing them in an oven or something?
dmassphoto:
Just wondering if anyone else has more info on my above post. Thanks!
Pat B:
I do all my arrow straightening over our stove top. Works well. Heating wood makes it very bendable.
dmassphoto:
--- Quote from: Pat B on May 05, 2010, 06:05:46 pm ---I do all my arrow straightening over our stove top. Works well. Heating wood makes it very bendable.
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Do you have any sort of special technique when you're heating them over the stove? I was turning mine slowly, but they were bending pretty good. Should I have pulled while I was turning? I have one shaft that looks like it was bent around a tree lol.
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