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straightening shafts?

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Pat B:
With the heat that guy in the video was using to straighten/temper his shafts it would probably be better to put in a small hole to relieve any internal pressures. My arrows aren't that precise. I've never had on split either.        Pat

D. Tiller:
I've put bamboo in a fire before and the pressure created between the nodes is enormous! They go off like a gun shot and throw splinters everywhere. Its a safety precaution. With Arrow Bamboo I would definitely do this!!!!

Hillbilly:
Yeah, any cane or bamboo will explode if you heat it too much and expand the trapped air, but you shouldn't be heating it anywhere near that much to straighten it. It usually has to have flames coming out of it before it goes kapow. I've seen big piles of bamboo and cane being burned, and it sounds like a war in progress. Butch, I usually don't have to worry about keeping arrows that long, either. :)

Scowler:
I normally use the compression method for straightening cedar arrow shafts.  I use steam to straighten out my atlatl darts.

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