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sailordad:
--- Quote from: Tsalagi on January 02, 2010, 10:58:21 pm ---I have to say, Sailordad, you do a good job straightening those shafts. In the picture, I can't tell the difference between those and a picture of Port Orford Cedars from an archery shop. I'm still learning the straightening technique---hope mine will come out that straight!
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thanks
its not that difficult.but ya just gotta be patient with them when straightening them.i usually go thru about 3-4 sessions with each shaft before i get them as straight as i want them
the first session is to just get them roughly straight,the second one gets them closer,the third one gets them even closer.then i cut them 2" longer thani want the finished shaft.
the last session is the one that gets them almost store bought straight,but they are never perfectly straight.then i heat temper once i have them as straight as i can get them.
after each session i leave them alone for atleast a week so.
Tsalagi:
Thanks for the tips! :) I think I have the straightening "feel" down now. It took me a few tries, but now I have the feel down. I've gotten a couple shafts done and am pretty happy with myself. Thanks, Sailordad, for the tips. Thanks to PatB for his advice and the shafts! This is fun!
sailordad:
stringstretcher: just curious if youve mailed your end of the trade out as of yet? ??? ???
peace,
tim
stringstretcher:
I have them in the box, and will be going to the post office the first thing Monday morning. Hope you like them....Now I will put an extra one of two in the box if they will find there way back on an arrow? Just hopeing I guess.....lol I have some other stuff that I am throwing in the box as well.
stringstretcher:
I have also been playing with the RO tha sailordad sent me. When I first grabbed one, while bending it, I felt and heard a snap. I lightened up my pressure...lol...and have now taken them through about 3 hand straightening. They are getting straighter each time. I have them on my basement floor, right under one of the heat vents, so air is moving around them all the time. Be a while before I get to the heat part.
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