broadhead alignment on carbon arrows?

[Dave Bulla]

Well, this year will be the first time I've ever used carbon arrows and I've hit on a dilema.

How in the heck do ya align your broadheads all the same?  I'm startin' to think screw in points kinda suck.  Glue ons were so much easier.  I guess I need something strong enough to hold the shaft and force the insert to turn?  I used brass inserts and they fit so tight I didn't glue them in so that should help but man! what a hassle.  I'm thinking maybe a pair of spark plug pliers would do the trick for holding the shaft.  I tried holding the shaft just by hand but no way I could rotate the insert.

HELP!!!!!

[Mike Burch]

Dave,

The way I do it is...Mount the broadhead and get them all spinning true,,,then I fletch them. You can turn the nocks until all the broadheads are positioned the same, before fletching.

Mike

[tradtusker]

why not use glue on broadheads and broadhead addapters

[sweet old bill]

why not get the little plastic or rubber washer for just this purpose.

You put them on the shaft of the boradhead and then screw in, when you get the BH lined up with the fletch you stop...

[ozy clint]

easy. what i do is 1- glue all the inserts in in the shafts. 2- then glue up 1 b/head. 3- screw that b/head on to a shaft and align the nock to get your preferred broardhead position. 4- repeat step 3 for all the shafts. 5- screw the adapters on to the shafts using the same torque for each then glue on the broadhead and align them using the nock as reference. 6- fletch them. the great thing about it is that i can interchange any b/head on any shaft and they are aligned the same everytime. hope this helps

[ozy clint]

hey for step 5 i mean align the b/head with the nock before the glue goes off.

[James Wrenn]

I have never seen an insert that fit so tight they could be used with no glue.I have all ideas that you will mess up some shafts on a hard hit or wind up losing points in a target.Sounds like the inserts were oversized for the shafts.
As far as lineing up broadheads go..I use adapters and glue-on heads most times so it is no problem.With screw-in heads most are small so I don't worry about how they wind up.As someone suggested above a small O-ring will allow you to turn them enough to line them up if you think you need too.

[doctari]

I use the plastic washer's, the rubber one's would squish to much. I shoot three blade razor caps and woodsmen, so I tighten to line up the blades with my fletching.

[Bill Carlsen]

Go to the plumbing dept. at the hardware store and get the samllest "O" rings you can (I can't remember the size). They make a tight fit over your threaded insert but once you get them onto the shank just screw on the bh and align them. The "O" ring will keep them aligned. It's what I do. You can get the same "O" rings from an archery mail oder place but you'll pay abut 4X the cost and shipping.

[mike g]

I second what Mike Burch said....
Mount the broadheads first and the the nocks and then fletch....

[Shawn Leonard]

I do not know why that is necessary, I shoot Snuffers and if tuned right they all fly the same no matter how the blades are positoned. If I wanted to do it I would put on the broadheads first and fletch them after setting all the nocks the same. Shawn

[SteveB]

Fletch the shaft - then put the inserts in with a broadhead attached and align them the way you want.

Or use low temp hot melt, screw in a practise matching head - apply just enough heat to realign.

Steve

[Dave Bulla]

Well a bunch of good advice for NEXT time...  I never would have thought about having to align the inserts BEFORE fletching but I guess that's just one of the quirks of screw in points.

Bill, your advice on the o-rings from the hardware store is the type of fix I need since the arrows are already fletched up.  Hope it works!

Shawn, I'm shooting 2 blade heads and I want them all aligned for two reasons.  One, I'm not a true instinctive shooter.  I'm aware of the point of the arrow and it is part of my sight picture so I want all the arrows to look the same at full draw.  Not one edgeways and one flatways then another in between.  Two, I really need full length arrows for proper broadhead clearance of my bow hand knuckle but I had to cut 3/4" off these to get them to spine stiffer so I have even less clearance.  A vertical broadhead would hit my knuckle and if I hit full draw, would probably pull the nock off the string.  I plan to mount them all horizontal for clearance and consistent appearance when shooting.