He Guys,
A year or so ago a Buddy and I split a dozen raw Ash arrow shafts. I'm just now getting a chance to mess with them. The shafts were stored bundled and laying horizontaly. They don't seem to have any more kinks or bows than my POC or other wood shafts, but I sure am having a harder time getting them straight. I have used my normal methods as well as rubbing them with a cloth to warm and then straighten them. I even used a commercial type arrow straightner (hook style). They are still a little wobbely on a glass table top.
My Buddy put his in the kitchen oven at 150 for an hour or so and had some success, but after they cooled he was still unhappy with them.
These are quality shafts from a good dealer. Granted, we are both pretty meticulous about how straight our shafts need to be. We figure a straight arrow shoots better than a crooked one and we need all the advantage we can build into our equipment.
We sorted these from the pile and the dealer even let us sort by weight and spine, so they are well matched.
Anyone have any tips or tricks for getting these good looking, heavy weight Ash shafts suitably straight?
OkKeith