Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: richardzane on March 26, 2013, 08:42:54 pm
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since i've been using alot of wild rose and other wavy shoots that can be a bear to straighten,
I made this adjustable shaft press from scrap wood and have been enjoying it..in fact i maybe addicted now.
the press sits on my work table with an anchored hook behind it to make it a one handed operation.
it takes a little getting used to..its easy to dent a shaft with too much force, so i put a piece of leather around the handle for a bit of cushion.
which can be slid away if I'm working a hard wood.
I've never seen anybody make one of these , but i'm sure its been done. :)
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Interesting! I like it. I have some wild rose shoots also so might have to try one of these out.
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Holy crud that is nice... How did you make it?
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Ingenious tool for straightening. I've seen other devices but like this one. That rose shaft looks really good!
Tracy
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Great idea. I like it.
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Necessity is the mother of invention! 8) Cool tool. It would work great on some of those kinks that are hard to remove.
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Very cool,I may try and make one of those.Thanks.
Pappy
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Very inventive. Glad its working for you.
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thanks for the comments!
I was getting frustrated with some of the "kinks" as Pat B called em,
it just seemed the arrow wrench could take out drift and sway but shoots with risers like ====^=====^==== were still a problem.
Tracy, the shoot there on the press is hazel and didn't have too may kinks to start with.
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squirrelslinger,
its pretty simple really... do a few sketches, look in the workshop and see whats laying around and have at it.
I'm sure it could be made a lot easier than this... you could use a door hinge or a heavy eyebolt as the "hinge" with a thick dowel or broomstick handle passing through it.
My handle is just a 1 1/4" dowel with a 3/8" dowel passing through it.
the two rounded walnut "hinge"pieces are screwed and glued from underneath with deck screws.
the blocks (on the press part) are simply scraps of walnut clamped together and drilled where the two pieces meet. I made mine 1/2" and the other side 11/32"
the 1/2" for preliminary straightening on partially seasoned shoots like these 65 or so wild rose in the pic.
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I like that I have to make me one.
Rob
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Great idea! Looks like it would work well.
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OK... where are some wild rose shoots? I want to make some arrow shafts:)
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Somebody call the cops! I'm totally stealing that idea.
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Very nice, I like the looks of that.
Matt
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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.
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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? ;)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Great idea!