Does anyone know if and how soild fiberglass shafts can be straightened? Or do you just have to go through 100s of shafts for the straightest you can find? I wanted to make up a half dozen Monty Browning type arrows just because. I need more info first however.
I remember talking to a guy one time who was shooting them and he just went thru batches of them to find straight ones. Don't know if there is a good way to straighten them. dino
I do a lot of bowfishing and I've never heard of straightening them. If you get with a dealer like Sully's bowfishing stuff he might get you enough straight ones.
A few years ago Monty was the key note speaker for our UBM festival. He said he had swithced to carbon arrows with #12 copper wire inside. The copper had the plastic on the stranded wire.
This gave him the weight he needed and was almost industructable.
Ron
I always wondered if those four foot long driveway marker poles they sell at Lowe's would do the trick?
-Rob
Well Rob, it looks like you just volunteered to be the research engineer on this one!
Rob,
I made several fish arrows out of those driveway markers this spring. I liked the bright colors. Most of them I got were really straight. I ground the nock tapers with my Woodchuck! They should work great!
Rob, my experiances have been the same as inrut. You just have to be sure to always, ALWAYS, check for straightness...they sure make for tough shafts though...