It seems to me that the most difficult part of making arrows is getting the Broadheads to spin tpue.Seems like I must heat them up and tweak them 'till they spin right.Is this normal or is there a different/better way of doing this?
Hey, at least you're spin testing your arrows, and so you're ahead of most. Sometimes you can roll an arrow on an arrow spin tester, see the bend in the broadhead, and simply press the tip the opposite way to straighten the arrow/broadhead. If you're shooting inserts, screwing a broadhead on a different shaft sometimes cures the problem. If you're shooting tapered inserts or wood, heating up the broadhead as you've described works. Good luck.
Ward
I use glue on adapters, so yes it is common for me to heat and set bheads to spin true. I use an arrow spinner gismo I think it is made by apple, really don't remember. I have been having it for a long time.
You got to get the angle right and it makes life a lot easier. I use a wood chuck taper tool for my cedars and seems to work well. The broadheads usually spin perfect.
It is fairly normal but it also depends on how accurate the broadhead's ferrule is and they vary.I found the STOS and new Grizzlies to have very accurate ferrules and took very little work to have them spin correctly,using steel adapters.
I used to spin mine,point down,on a board or table but in the last few years,I have used a spinning jig that I made and it is far ore accurate and shows exactly how much the point needs to move and in what direction.Putting my old arrows on the jig,told me they weren't as good as I thought.
A spinning jig can be fairly simple.It is just 2 "V" blocks spaced 8" or so apart.The arrow lays horizantally across the "V" blocks.There is a vertical surface in front of the arrow point and you establish a dot on that surface,using a point that you know is perfectly true.When you slowly turn your arrow,you can see instantly if it perfectly tracks on that dot or deviates from it.The jig makes it much more precise and much less trial and error than my old way and my broadheads have never flown better.
I spin test every arrow I shoot, broadheads and field tips.
I shoot Wood and Aluminum arrows with points glued on with Ferrel Tight hot melt glue.
It doesn't take but a dab of glue in the wrong place to make arrows not spin true. I mount the heads or tips, rotate the shaft several times to spread the glue as evenly as possible, then I tweak the head or tip until it spins true.