So i am working on a few dozen chundoo shafts and finding some need a little help getting straight. So far the best way i have found is using a heat gun and sighting down the shaft ,heating the problem areas and bending back in line. What other methods do you fellow wood shooters use to get your shafts straight.

Thanks in advance gentleman.

Compression straightening lay shaft on a flat surface use round rod (screw driver shaft) to compress high spots.

Rollers & an indicator if you are looking for perfection. Heat gun if necessary & round rod compression.>>>----> Ken

I’m still sighting down them and bending the high spot in the palm of my increasingly arthritic hand. It’s worked pretty good for me all these years, and just worked over six dozen shafts in the last couple of weeks.

I never could get the compression roller treatment down on the times I’ve tried it, including this week, and haven’t tried heat yet on those few stubborn shafts. It sounds like everybody but me can make it work.

I use something like Tater uses for compression.

It can take some work sometimes and some shafts are more stubborn and time consuming.Keep after it Mark.

Regardless of method,dont rush it. I run through my set several times over the course of a week.

All the methods work. Heat is my preference.

Ace roller with shaft on top of my table saw.

I roll them on a table top and use this hook to straighten.

Thanks for all the info guys. Do i need to wait till they hold straight before i seal them? I am sealing with a thinned out oil based super gloss poly.

I will be working on them again tonight as i heat straightened them last night and see if they held true? If they have gotten outta whack again i will try some of the other methods. Thanks for the info as always.

Hand straighten soft woods. Hook hard woods.

Heat when initially making the arrows. I also apply heat again down the road as necessary.

bustedarrow2 It depends on how long & how you are storing them. If they are not sealed and absorbing or losing moisture they may keep changing. >>>----> Ken

hand straighten but you may have to do it multiple times to get to stay straight.

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