a shaft press for tricky shoots

[BowEd]

Good idea richardzane.I imagine you can feel the shaft bend good when you apply pressure to know when to quit and watching the ends of the shaft to see if they are in line and even.Like said earlier to get those kinks out is a bearcat once in a while.When I bend by hand I like to look down the shaft as I straighten it to know when I've got it right.

[richardzane]

thanks everyone,
I've been stealing ideas from PA for quite a while now!
maybe posting ideas can be an attempted pay back? like payback for rent due?   

[richardzane]

Beadman,
yep ,once you get some of the kinks out of a shoot, its much easier to use the wrench and sight down the shaft.

[crooketarrow]

  I made one about 10 years ago different but same principle. But I make mine with a hole up through the middle for my heat gun. Good for short bad kinks. But I eliminated that problem. I only cut good shoots now. I found out I didn't need it then. Matter a fact I traded mine off a couple years back. He right after using you hands for years it's easy to over bend with all the extra leverage.

[ncpat]

Looking at this again, I could also picture something like that being used centuries ago by an armorer of the day. May have been, who knows? Good traditional appeal.

[ga6693]

Great looking press. I have been using one based on the same principle for some time now to straighten the joints of river cane. Works great. But yours looks much better.

[PebblePlacement]

Great idea!