From: Wudstix
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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What is the best way to straighten Hickory arrows
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From: fdp
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Dry heat such as a heat gun is the best way I've found.
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From: George Tsoukalas
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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This is how I straighten wooden arrows of all types.
Step 1...Hand straighten. Sight down the arrow and bend the other way from the crook. If that does not work go onto Step 2.
Step 2...Get a screwdriver with a rounded shaft; bend the crook the other way and giver it a rub. If that doesn't work go the Step 3.
Step 3...Get some gloves and heat the arrow and bend the crook the other way. Watch the feathers so you don't burn them (or you). Kitchen stove will work. :)
Jawge
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Like a hair dryer?
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From: deerbow55
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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I heat them up using the kitchen stove being careful not to scorch them
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From: M60gunner
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Heat gun X2 with my Shaft Tamer.
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Electric stove might be a challenge.
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From: Pa Steve
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Heat gun. Very tough to straighten hickory shafts without heat.
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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So hair dryer and bend opposite direction.
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From: Jim
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Heat if needed and hand straightening only. I believe that rubbing the wood shaft with round metal tools can damage or dent the wood.
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From: BR
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Hair dryer will probably not get hot enough. There are heat guns made pretty much like a hair dryer that will put out some serious heat. They are relatively inexpensive.
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From: Jeff Durnell
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Date: 25-Feb-21 |
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Are these raw shafts or finished arrows?
I've been shooting hickory arrows for twenty years. Ya know how people moan about how they're hard to keep straight? Ya ever heard me say that? Nope. And you won't. I don't have that problem.
Use shafts with straight grain/rings, practically no runout.
Use a heat gun, not a hair drier.
Get it equally hot to make every single correction, no matter how mild you think the bend is.
I use an aluminum arrow straightener for tighter kinks or bends closer to the ends of the shaft where it's hard to do by hand, or too hot.
Heat each correction area until the shaft is hot enough you can't hold it.
That's pretty much it.
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From: Murray Seratt
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Date: 26-Feb-21 |
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I straighten all my wood shafts on a glass top kitchen stove. Just rotate it around until it gets pretty warm, and hand straighten. I don't get them too hot to handle. I have some hickory arrows that are several years old, and I've not had to work on them since I assembled them. Love that hickory!
Murray
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From: DaGunz
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Date: 26-Feb-21 |
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I find Jeff’s post very interesting. I got my first hickory arrows last summer. Due to excessive work requirements, I’ve barely shot any of them. They’re finished with linseed oil and stored upright. I noticed the other day that one was essentially cork screwed. How would that come about?
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From: Eric Krewson
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Date: 26-Feb-21 |
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You can use a hair drier if you use and angled reflector to concentrate the heat, I use a heat gun but with this setup a hair drier on high should work.
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From: fdp
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Date: 26-Feb-21 |
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Wood can't corkscrew without twisted grain.
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From: NY Yankee
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Date: 26-Feb-21 |
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I once watched a video of a Japanese master arrow fletcher building cane arrows. He had a small "hibachi" type charcoal fire going in front of him as he sat on the floor working. He would heat the shaft and use a wooden tool in his other hand to gently bend the shaft. Heat, bend, heat, bend, on and on until he had it perfectly straight. The shafts came out with a light brown color from the heat. Same idea here. There are plans on the internet for making this flat wooden tool that helps straighten the shafts. The key is the heat.
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 26-Feb-21 |
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Jeff these are arrows I traded for they shot well when I got them and trimmed them down a bit. Now have a wiggle when I spin them.
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From: fdp
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Date: 26-Feb-21 |
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NY Yankee I watched that video. It was amazing.
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 28-Feb-21 |
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I'll try the piece of angle with a hair dryer first.
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From: Sawtooth (Original)
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Date: 28-Feb-21 |
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I use a heat gun and a brass pulley. I use this method on all wood arrows that need to be straightened.
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From: Wudstix
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Date: 28-Feb-21 |
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I'll have to look into the pulley
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From: fdp
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Date: 28-Feb-21 |
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I use a pulley like that as an arrow straightener as well. It does a good job.
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