cutting arrows w/o arrow saw

[Ron+dog]

thinking about going whole hog and starting to build my own arrows how many of you own an arrow saw i would most likely be building carbon or alluminum i was thinking about cutting them with my dremel and a cut off wheel just wondering what other people use  

[MSwickard]

I use my dremel to cut carbons.  

Mike

[swampdrummer]

I use the cheap harbor freight cut off saw. 30 bucks and it work great.

[BCWV]

I shoot wood but my wife uses carbon. I use my dremel with the cutoff wheel like you've mentioned above. It works great for no more carbons than I build.
 I picked up one of the Harbor Freight mini cutoff saws after reading post here about them. I never did get another wheel to cut carbons with it as I use it on my fir arrows with the standard wood blade. I'm sure it would work great with the proper wheel on carbons and it's very reasonably priced.

[Mitch-In-NJ]

For aluminum arrows I use a small pipe cutter.  Cost me about $5 and works just fine.  I do have to file off any burrs, but that takes about 10 seconds with a small round file.

[jsweka]

On aluminums, I've used a tubing cutter with fairly good results.  Once they're cut, just use and oversized drill bit to remove the bur on the inside of the shaft.  Not the preferred method, but it works if you don't have access to a cutoff saw.

[yukon chuck]

small pipe cutter for aluminums. Small brash deburring brush.

[stickbowmaniac]

I use a partoff wheel on my air grinder all the time .Works great for carbon and aluminum.

[COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE]

Hacksaw.      Maybe thats why none of mine fly straight.  

[Apex Predator]

Here is how I do it.

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=089267#000000

[Night Wing]

I've been using a tube cutter on my aluminum shafts for over 40 years

[BOWMARKS]

Get the Harbor Frieght cut off saw . Works on Carbon,Aluminumn and has a blade for Wood $30.00 and you are set.

[ohiodoeslayer]

I did a home improvement job and bought a ceramic
tile cutter with a 4 inch diamond wheel It does a great job aluminum and carbon just another idea.

[Pete Arthur]

I used to use a hand mitre saw before I got my Harbor Freight cutoff. It was cheap and by using the guide, you could make a straight cut. Wood only of course!

[JRY309]

I use the Harbor Freight mini saw,mine cost $19.95 and that was a couple of years ago.Still working great,made a jig from some scrap I had for repeatable cuts.It has more then paid for itself with as many carbons I've cut for myself and friends.

[daniel reynolds]

Hey JR which blade for carbons?

[dbishop]

I made my own jig using a dremel.  I use the diamond dust cutoff wheel they sell for the dremel.  It's a metal wheel about 1.5"- 2" in diameter.  It cuts like a dream.  It seems to last forever too.  I like it cause it does not have a tendency to come apart like some of the fiber cutoff wheels do.

Dave

[akdd]

For deburring aluminum arrows after cutting them with a tubing cutter I have been using a deburring tool for reloading rifle ammo.

[TooManyHobbies]

Small pipe cutter for me too.

[Tyke]

Luckily, I work in  machine shop, so I just take an indicator, indicate my vise within .001, (just to make sure my cut is square) touch the cut off wheel on the surface grinder off the end of the arrow, move back whatever distance I need and cut 'er off.  But that's just me.


Seriously, it took me longer to type that than it does to actually do it.  The diamond clad dremmel wheels work really well too.