Hommade Arrow Straightiner

[kybowhunter2]

Anybody made anything to make them wood arrows straight. I need somthin but dont want to pay big bunch of money. Thanks.

[Stumpkiller]

Have I got a deal for you!

Two pieces of 1" x 6" poplar dowel.  Drill a 3/8" hole in the end of one and one 3/8" hole and one 11/32" in the other.  Open the two holes in the second dowel out to the side.

The dowel with the single hole is for field points.  The one with two holes for broadheads or other arrow points the first dowel won't slip over.

     

     

     

     

     

To use, look down the arrow and place the tool at the kink.  Use enough pressure to bend it back the way you want it.  As an alternative, set the shaft with one end on a table and rub the high spot hard with the tool.  The heat and pressure will work the bend out.  It takes a bit of practice to get a feel for what the wood will take.  Practice on a dowel or broken arrow.

Bend in the fletch area?  Use the larger screw eye cemented in the tip of the dowel with one hole to slip over the feathers and apply pressure with that.  These work great and go back to antler tools used during or just after the ice age.

[wooddamon1]

Very clever!Man,I love this place...

[jdemoya]

Stumpkiller, that is as cool as it gets! Thanks. I will make me one of those for sure.

God bless,

Jose

[kybowhunter2]

Thanks for the help does anyone have any ideas of a hommade roller type. Thanks

[Mike Vines]

I just use a piece of 1/2" copper tubing that is about 5" long.  I find the high side of arrow, and rub with pressure to get it straight.  Or you could just look down the shaft and bend with your meaty part of the palm, but it will go right back doing it that way.  To get a kink/bend in the shaft out permanently, you need heat.  A heat gun works great.  A hair drier just dosent get warm enough to melt the lignens in the wood.  Try a hear gun, and you will be a happy wood arrow shooter.