Given up on arrow making

[DC]

This is odd. I was just telling my grandson that arrows always fly better with fletching . Do the arrows bob and weave or do they appear to fly straight, just not arriving at the right spot

PS Maybe it's something to do with the broadhead. Did you bare shaft with the broadhead on? I know nothing about broadheads.

[DC]

I've been thinking. I used to spend a lot of time trying to get arrows to fly right. I finally gave up. They either fly well or they don't except for one thing I found. If you have a slight bend in the arrow in the fletching area, or just in front of it, they fly like crap and it's hard to see when you sight down the arrow. I doubt that all your arrows are like that but it's worth a look. I can also see where they might fly OK bare shaft with that little bend and then go down the tube with fletching. Just a thought.

[Fox]

Thats a reall good point about the bend at the end of the arrow DC, ill go look... id be suprissed if that was the problem with all of them...and they dont fly stright there really sporatic... im thinking i could have given them too much helical twist, and it may be uneven between all of the feathers.

[paulc]

Change fetching on one...see what happens. I just this am did a 2 feather fletch w electric tape. Took 10 minutes and 8 was shooting to see how it flew...


Fwiw

[mullet]

Did you Bare shaft shoot them with the same weight point as those broadheads.

[jimmi the sammi]

Do the arrowheads spin straight and true when you put them on a hard surface and spin the arrow shaft?  If not that could be the problem.

[jimmi the sammi]

Standing straight up with the point on the hard surface.

[Fox]

I bare shafted them with the broad heads... some of them are not perfectly straight when i spin them... Most are correct but a few are not quite right..

[Pat B]

When I made a shoot or cane arrow I straighten them first then mount the head and spin each arrow on my finger tip or palm of my hand. If there is any wobble at all I recheck the straightness of the shaft and readjust the head and spin it again. Once it spins true it's time for fletching. Most of my shoot or cane arrows are not as straight as store bought arrows but if the point and nock line up the arrow usually shoots true.
 Another thought...are you putting the stiff side of the shaft against the bow?  Try shooting with the cock feather in towards the bow and see how they shoot.

[jimmi the sammi]

The point MUST be completely straight for the arrow to fly properly.

[Fox]

I mean as far as I can tell the point is straight

[jimmi the sammi]

No wobble?

[jimmi the sammi]

In the head or the shaft close to the head?

[HighEagle]

Is your brace height and string nocking point set right? It may affect arrow flight if wrong.  Is your string slapping your wrist?  I think if it slaps you low on your wrist BH is to low, higher on forearm BH to high.  If i'm wrong please correct me
    Good Luck Fox

[Hawkdancer]

Keep working on it!  Arrows are harder than bows!  Shoots are more challenging as you have found out.  I bet every one who makes arrows sooner or later has a bad set or a rogue arrow!  Most of us, sooner!
Hawkdancer