Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Kegan on December 11, 2008, 07:03:18 pm
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Is using heat when you are making the shaft up before hand to straighten them a better long-term plan than just using hand pressure? Seems like it would help "train" the wood to stay straight...-er.
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I think it helps to remove the crooks without stressing the wood and it also helps keep them straight by tempering the wood. Pat
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I think it would also keep you from breaking them ,because you really can't feel the breaking point untill it's too late.
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I think it would also keep you from breaking them ,because you really can't feel the breaking point untill it's too late.
Isn't that the truth. I hadn't bothered with heat on my previous batch, and was trying to bend out the kink right by the feathers, where the tapering started. *SNAP* That wasn't much fun :-[.
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YES! Heat makes the shafts bend easily and keep their bend (which in this case is a good thing ;)). Especially bamboo. :)
Speaking of tempering the wood, Have you tried putting grooves in your arrows? If done properly, it keeps arrows remarkably straight.
Sean
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YES! Heat makes the shafts bend easily and keep their bend (which in this case is a good thing ;)). Especially bamboo. :)
Speaking of tempering the wood, Have you tried putting grooves in your arrows? If done properly, it keeps arrows remarkably straight.
Sean
I tried grooving before, but my tool was jsut terrible. My arrows are ugly enough as they are ;D!