10 yr old video but it's still teaching! Made the switch to shooting wooden arrows but I struggle to get them straight. Used your technique today and got the ones I was working on straight as an arrow! Ha Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Rob, nice video, very helpful. I hope you will show more of how you make arrows. I found you kid stix arrows, great idea and beautiful arrows. Questions - how permanent is the straightness achieved? Can this method be used on finished arrows? Maybe a video on how to heat straighten the less cooperative shafts? And again, thank you for this one.
Peter - they're available from 3 Rivers Archery Supply, Kustom King, and any of the American archery suppliers. I'm sure there are suppliers in Europe that sell them as well. Good luck.
Thorsman - How permanent the straightening remains, is in direct proportion to what you shoot it at. Lol. Seriously, depending on the type of wood you use, they'll stay very straight. I use the same technique for touching up their straightness once they're fletched. If I need to apply pressure in the fletched area I make sure I press straight down and only roll towards the nock end.....with the lay of the quill so to speak. Primarily though, with finished arrows, any maintenance straightening is done from the point end. Good luck!
Hi Rob, Peter from Italy here. Thank you very much for the video, it is very very useful!! A question: where can I find the tool you are applying to the shafts (you call it "spinner", right?). Peter
Yes, some are easier than others to straighten and get to stay straight. If a variety of wood resists this method after several attempts....heating the wood mayl be necessary.
Both components are available via 3Rivers. The color has changed on the spinner as I bought it 20 years ago.....they're black now I believe. But the Ace straightener is still the same.
Hey peter thanks for the video man. I saw the spinner thing at 3 rivers but where can you get the yellow roller thing the arrow sits on? What is the correct name for this device?
Woody - this is an arrow spinner that's also available at 3Rivers or any other archery supply outlet. This one is 20+ years old and the ones I see offered nowadays tend to be painted black.
Hey Rob, I’m building arrows with barrel tapered shafts. How does that effect the process? I imagine that if I’m rolling them on from the nock end, there’s going to be wobbling from the tapering itself?
Justin - I've used tapered and barrel tapered in the past and treat them all the same. With barrel tapered, Center the shaft on the spinner and rotate it from there first. That will give you an indication of which end is off center the most. Straighten that end first. When done with both ends, center the shaft on the spinner and recheck. Good luck!
Rob Green that makes sense. I guess now that I think about it, if I’m spinning the shaft from the tapered end, it would angle the tip on the other side up a bit but should still roll with consistency. Thanks for the advice!
Certain woods like Port Orford Cedar, Sitka Spruce, and Douglas Fir are naturally pretty straight and only require an occasional restraightening. Other woods such as Ash, Maple, etc (hardwoods) require several straightenings over several days at the outset to get them to stay straight prior to building your arrows. Those type woods benefit from the use of heat in the straightening process to get the fibers to relax so that the process of straightening "holds". Hope this helps.
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I tried so many methods before seeing this video, now this is exactly how I straighten them. Thanks for sharing
Still the best wood arrows I have ever had came from Rob
True skilled arrow builder
10 yr old video but it's still teaching! Made the switch to shooting wooden arrows but I struggle to get them straight. Used your technique today and got the ones I was working on straight as an arrow! Ha
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the kind words and glad you're able to make the most of your shafts. Good luck with your arrows!
@@08Roadgl thank you sir. I'm in the process of building my first set of arrows. Pretty cool! Hopefully, when I'm finished they will shoot straight!
I have seen a few methods of arrow straightening in my short life as an archer and this one I really like and could use. Thankyou very much☺
Very good demo, like it. I've got several arrow shafts that I've made that need this treatment, before I can finish them. Great stuff Rob.
Best arrowsmith I have ever got arrows from!!!!
Very good video, straight forward and to the point.......Thanks
Very useful to me. Thank you!
Thanks Rob, nice video, very helpful. I hope you will show more of how you make arrows. I found you kid stix arrows, great idea and beautiful arrows. Questions - how permanent is the straightness achieved? Can this method be used on finished arrows? Maybe a video on how to heat straighten the less cooperative shafts? And again, thank you for this one.
Great! Any suggestions on how to straighten aluminium arrow shafts?
Peter - they're available from 3 Rivers Archery Supply, Kustom King, and any of the American archery suppliers. I'm sure there are suppliers in Europe that sell them as well. Good luck.
Thorsman - How permanent the straightening remains, is in direct proportion to what you shoot it at. Lol. Seriously, depending on the type of wood you use, they'll stay very straight. I use the same technique for touching up their straightness once they're fletched. If I need to apply pressure in the fletched area I make sure I press straight down and only roll towards the nock end.....with the lay of the quill so to speak. Primarily though, with finished arrows, any maintenance straightening is done from the point end. Good luck!
easiest way to straighten shafts........thanks very much
Hi Rob, Peter from Italy here. Thank you very much for the video, it is very very useful!!
A question: where can I find the tool you are applying to the shafts (you call it "spinner", right?).
Peter
Thanks!
Thanks for your video.
Can all types of wood be straightened?
Yes, some are easier than others to straighten and get to stay straight. If a variety of wood resists this method after several attempts....heating the wood mayl be necessary.
Good video. Thanks
best video out there, i'd say ;)
man that looks easy what type equipment did use?and where can I get it?
Both components are available via 3Rivers. The color has changed on the spinner as I bought it 20 years ago.....they're black now I believe. But the Ace straightener is still the same.
Rob, once the shaft is straightened, what keeps if from developing runout once again over time?
Maintenance! LoL. I periodically straighten my finished arrows. There's another video on how to do this with finished arrows.
Hey peter thanks for the video man. I saw the spinner thing at 3 rivers but where can you get the yellow roller thing the arrow sits on? What is the correct name for this device?
Woody - this is an arrow spinner that's also available at 3Rivers or any other archery supply outlet. This one is 20+ years old and the ones I see offered nowadays tend to be painted black.
Where do you get 25 lb shafts
Thanks!
Hey Rob, I’m building arrows with barrel tapered shafts. How does that effect the process? I imagine that if I’m rolling them on from the nock end, there’s going to be wobbling from the tapering itself?
Justin - I've used tapered and barrel tapered in the past and treat them all the same. With barrel tapered, Center the shaft on the spinner and rotate it from there first. That will give you an indication of which end is off center the most. Straighten that end first. When done with both ends, center the shaft on the spinner and recheck. Good luck!
Rob Green that makes sense. I guess now that I think about it, if I’m spinning the shaft from the tapered end, it would angle the tip on the other side up a bit but should still roll with consistency. Thanks for the advice!
What about the memory of the wood is doesn't want to go back after you've shot it a few times?
Certain woods like Port Orford Cedar, Sitka Spruce, and Douglas Fir are naturally pretty straight and only require an occasional restraightening. Other woods such as Ash, Maple, etc (hardwoods) require several straightenings over several days at the outset to get them to stay straight prior to building your arrows. Those type woods benefit from the use of heat in the straightening process to get the fibers to relax so that the process of straightening "holds". Hope this helps.
Thats green arrows are nice!
What is straightener you use?
Please read the reply's below. I have posted a link.
Several folks have asked about the tool used. Here's a link www.3riversarchery.com/ace-roll-r-straight-arrow-straightener.html
How much pressure do to apply to roller tool? Thanks video oneofthe to most useful ever.
what name tool for make shaft to be precision like a video?
Ace Arrow Straightener.
thanks sir...
please tell me the name of the instrument
Please see the answer to the question below this.
Surewoodshafts.com has low spined Douglas Fir shafts available. They were my sole supplier when I built youth arrows several years ago.