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heat treating shafts
Pat B:
If you are just trying to do an overall straightening and not just in one place keep it moving as you spin the shaft. I have honestly never heat bent and cedar or other store bought shafts. I usually just do it with my hands without heat.
dmassphoto:
--- Quote from: Pat B on May 05, 2010, 06:21:23 pm ---If you are just trying to do an overall straightening and not just in one place keep it moving as you spin the shaft. I have honestly never heat bent and cedar or other store bought shafts. I usually just do it with my hands without heat.
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Ok, I'm really not looking to heat-straighten, just heat treat them so they're a little stronger/stiffer. I was told once that I should heat treat them since they're prone to bending so much after shooting.
AncientArcher76:
I just boil a pot of water and put shafts over the pot with a piece of foil for a few minutes then simply bend them on my knee or lip of counter. I think i saw a hand held device u might be able to copy urself that straightens arrows...my 2 cents..
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Pat B:
Most store bought shafts I've bought(POC and Ash) have kept their straightness well enough so only hand straightening was enough to keep them flying. Never heat treated any of them.
When I make shoot or cane arrows I do heat threat them to maintain straightness. Most of this shafting is quite crooked when harvested so they have to be taught to be straight and stay straight.
George Tsoukalas:
If we are talking a hand cut of machine cut shafts then my first step is hand straightening. Second step is bend the shaft slightly the other way and burnish it. That;s usually more than enough. Sometimes I have to heat straighten but that means the shaft is pretty badly bent. Jawge
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