Deburring aluminums

[gobblegrunter]

What do you guys use to deburr aluminum shafts after cutting them?

[far rider]

Try a deburing tool made for reloading. RCBS makes one for sure, but I expect any of the reloading companies have one. Fairly cheap.

[Red Beastmaster]

I use an old pocket knife. Works good enough.

[MercilessMing]

I use countersink bit.

[bulldog18]

When I shot aluminums, I used the RCBS deburring tool.

[Javi]

Originally posted by bulldog18:
When I shot aluminums, I used the RCBS deburring tool.

I use it for carbon as well.. works great and I've been using the same one for over 30 years..

[Jim Boettcher]

Drill bit.

[30pointbuck]

Chain saw file

[topGUN]

I also use a deburring tool made for reloading. Mine is made by Hornady, but any of them would work.

Jeff

[gobblegrunter]

Great, thanks everyone. These are the kind of great ideas I was lookin for

[Archie]

Countersink drill bit is the way to go for me.  Fast, clean, easy.

[Night Wing]

Drill bit for me too.

[yaderehey]

The nice thing about the reloading tool is if you ever put aluminum footings on arrows you can use one end of the tool to deburr the insides of the piece of shaft and the other end of the tool to bevel the outside of the piece and "blend" it into your arrow nicely.

[RM81]

deburring tool for me too.  Will debur the inside and outside edge.

[gjarcher]

Any steel blade at about a 45º angle will debur aluminum if you spin the shaft on the blade.

I use a Standley Utility knife.

You can spend more money on specialize equipment, but it really doesn't work any better than a Stanley Utility knife.

[Longbowz]

Dremel makes some cone shaped abrasive cutters that are pretty inexpensive.  That's what I use

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

I am a bit fastidious about deburring mine.. I typically like to square the end of the tube with a mill file,, then "slightly" deburr the inside with a deburring tool.

A large chamfer on the inside of the tube promotes splitting out if you hit something too solid such as a hard stump.. The smaller the chamfer, the more tube in contact with the insert, the less likely it will be to allow the insert to push inside the tube.

[Javi]

I like to use the G5 arrow squaring tool on both aluminum and carbon to guarantee the end is square with the shaft,  after that a twist with the RCBS deburring tool on the inside and one on the outside remove any burr created in the cutting or squaring process.. It’s a handy tool to square the end of the insert as well making sure that the BH has the best chance of spinning true to the shaft..
 
If you haven’t seen the G 5 Arrow Squaring device  you should Google it, the thing will save you both time and headaches fooling with BH alignment…

[pauljr]

if your using a tubing cutter most of them have a deburring tool mounted on the side. Just slide it up and your ready to go. Thats all i uver used.

[Sharpster]

We use aluminum arrow shaft tubing for a lot of different shop related stuff. I used a large countersink bit for years but I recently discovered that an old 3 blade BHD like a WW or Snuffer works great for this. Just a light twist or two and done!

Ron