So Im toying with trying carbons. Looking at the beeman centershots on big jims site. Im curious about cutting them. I bought a harbor freight 2 inch cutoff saw but I have read mixed reviews. What do you use to cut them? anyone using the HF saw with success?

Sir

The little HF saw works fine. Just go slow and rotate the shaft so it cuts all the way around. Most users recommend installing a grinding wheel, but I have used the saw blade that is sold with it on a few dozen shafts with no problems.

MP

I use the Harbor Freight saw (with an abrasive wheel, not the metal tooth saw blade that comes with it.) Works fine. Perhaps not as precise as the $150 cut-off saws, but makes a good cut if one is careful.

I think big jim sells a wheel for that saw that works well with carbons. I use a dremel that i set up in a jig. No worries youll be fine--- just be mindful of the dust and clean it out of the shaft prior to installing an insert. The bemans are good shafts.

Somebody I think did a build along where they used that saw and added a sliding adjustment for arrow length and so on.

If you have a bass pro or cabelas by you, they will cut them on a high speed saw for free. At least the one I used to work at did. Something to keep in mind if you HF saw doesn't work out.

I went to Harbor Freight for that saw. They didn't have any non toothed blades for it that I could find. I didn't want to try a toothed blade on a carbon arrow. I ended up buying the next saw up, a 6 inch chop saw. I couldn't get it to make a square cut in 5 or 6 tries. I took that one and just used my Dremel again.

I use a 4” angle grinder and a diamond blade. Works great. I don’t know how the diamond blade would work in the saw you are talking about. It works good in the angle grinder because of the high RPM’s (14,000)

Agree on the HF saw its awesome and as far as carbon I love em easy to tune and if you look you can get them really cheap

I use high speed dremel with small wheel

I use a Metabo, but if you have a fine toothed file you cut an arrow in a minute.Just keep circling the shaft.Then square it up.There is video showing how to do it. It,s simple.

I have one and use a 3” abrasive cutter. WARNING safety guard had to be removed. Was able to purchase a 2” at Ace Hardware.

RonL

Hacksaw blade

Stay with aluminum, less stress and save you on the money.

And make sure you wear a mask you don't want/need to breathe in that Carbon dust.

$15 grinder with thin (1/8") metal abrasion wheel. Rotate shaft so you are always cutting toward the center of the shaft.

I bought a Weston 8,000rpm Arrow Saw about 10 years ago for about 90 bucks, I think they are about $130 now and still worth it. It is an arrow saw made for what you want to do right out of the box with no mounting or Jerry rigging to make it work like an arrow saw. It has been trouble free for 10+ years and with the vacuum attachment a shop-vac can be hooked up with no danger of inhaling graphite dust, wood dust, fiberglass or aluminum.

I have the little HF saw and have cut a lot of shafts with it. Now if I could find my extra cut off wheels.

good choice carbons are straight as the day you bought them or broke iv been useing a copper tubing cutter for over 20 years with no problems trick is to find a Phillips or torx driver that fits snugly inside the shaft

HF saw works fine, but I did switch to the abrasive blades. I shoot those Beaman center shot arrows for 3D and really like them.

I agree with jjs. Carbons are SO overrated and aren't the be-all/end-all of arrow shafting.

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