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Offline loon

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heat straightening tools
« on: April 10, 2016, 02:31:49 am »
I want to make a tool like the ones shown at the top here

http://www.primitiveways.com/arrow_straightening.html

Has anyone used this sort of tool? Does it make it much easier than just doing it by hand with a towel or gloves? (for cane, specifically..)

Maybe I should just buy some soapstone at a craft store or something. Are there any good alternatives? Maybe clay, though the heat capacity would be much less I think. I could maybe put some sort of burner or something under a clay tool with that shape.
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Offline dylanholderman

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2016, 12:29:05 pm »
i don't know how much this will help but here's what i use.
its based on the one used in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_5Ha1qyFDo&nohtml5=False which  everyone on this forum should watch once or twice or maybe twelve times ;D

just a quick aside my tool is made for a lefty. and the wood is HHB. you should use something that is diffuse porous wood like maple or sycamore, sycamore and HHB also have interlocked grain making them even better for this type of tool ;)


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Offline loon

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2016, 01:43:41 pm »
Nice, I tried to make one out of antler but it's so hard to carve out... feel like hammer and chisel would work well, though. with a stable vise...
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Offline Knoll

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2016, 06:14:39 pm »
Made mine from hunk of osage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIcnl-_13i8
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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2016, 07:26:56 pm »
Mines out of Ocean Spray. I made the slot at a shallower angle so I can use it with one hand like the old Japanese fella in the video. The hole is for sharper bends(nodes). I put the traditional aluminum >:D wheel in it to do minor bends. That part doesn't seem to work very well.
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Offline loon

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2016, 10:08:31 pm »
Thank you
Does it really have to be tough or can it just be some random fallen branch, pine or something?
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2016, 10:17:44 pm »
Quote from: loon on April 10, 2016, 10:08:31 pm
Thank you
Does it really have to be tough or can it just be some random fallen branch, pine or something?

I made my first from a poplar branch and it lasted for at least 2 dozen shafts.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2016, 10:19:11 pm »
Quote from: loon on April 10, 2016, 10:08:31 pm
can it just be some random fallen branch, pine or something?

Possibly ok. At the least you'll learn how better to make the next one.
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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2016, 10:20:10 pm »
Like yours, DC. May give that a go.
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Offline loon

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2016, 10:42:48 pm »
Really hoping I can eventually find some Ocean Spray here in Southern California...
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Offline DC

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2016, 12:14:54 am »
Quote from: loon on April 10, 2016, 10:08:31 pm
Thank you
Does it really have to be tough or can it just be some random fallen branch, pine or something?

I think tougher is better. Splitting that tab off the end is a real possibility. That said they're not that tough to make so use what you got.
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Offline loon

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2016, 04:28:54 am »
Even with nothing more than a few trash knives, a Shinto rasp and a few stones?  :P
Thinking I should get some chisels... and just use them with a hammerstone. Should i get a masonry or wood chisel for cutting antler?
The Korean arrow straightening tool seems slightly different from the japanese one...
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Offline DC

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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2016, 01:51:13 pm »
Quote from: loon on April 12, 2016, 04:28:54 am
Even with nothing more than a few trash knives, a Shinto rasp and a few stones?  :P
Thinking I should get some chisels... and just use them with a hammerstone. Should i get a masonry or wood chisel for cutting antler?
The Korean arrow straightening tool seems slightly different from the japanese one...

Cutting that notch without a drill could be a real chore. A rat tailed file I guess. Or the edge of a piece of sandstone. It's fun trying to figure out how they did things. It looks impossible but you know they did it. I guess once you stomach was full you had nothing but time.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2016, 02:51:21 pm »
Here are 2 I made...




...this old insulator works well for straightening arrow shafts...


...and a few of my other arrow making tools...

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Offline DC

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Re: heat straightening tools
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2016, 03:17:38 pm »
I like the insulator, going to look for one of them :D
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