compressing arrow shafts

[walkabout]

just wondering if anyone has built something to compress shafting for arrows. im currently doing mine by hand with a padlock, which is kinda labor intensive and not very carpal tunnel friendly. i thought about making one from a couple of drawer knobs/handles that were attached to a piece of wood one above the other, then spinning my shafting through them. any idea if this will work?

[Jim now in Kentucky]

Probably would work--the knobs, I mean.

You could just drill a slightly undersized hole in a hardwood board and spin them through that...

[walkabout]

thanks for the reply. i was thinking the knobs because you can get some good hardwood ones, and theyre pretty well rounded and finished.

[Stone Knife]

I use the compression block that 3rivers sells, I chuck mine up in a drill heat up then block then go to town. Can you put your shafts in a drill to cut down on some of the hand work.

[Smallwood]

3 rivers sells a shaft compression block and i think you use a drill to spin the shafts thru.
don't know much else about them though.
http://search.3riversarchery.com/search?asug=compress&w=compression+block

[walkabout]

yea ive seen the 3rivers ones and was wondering if you could just make one.lol. i do chuck my shafts in a drill to work them but the final compression i do by hand over a jig i made to keep them straight while im doing it. its just a piece of scrap wood with a groove cut for the shaft to rest in. i think ill try just drilling a smaller hole in a hardwood block and spinning mine through, see how the end results turn out. thanks for the posts

[2treks]

a story in one of the mags(TBM or PA) years ago showed how to make a jig with a series of holes in a thick plate of steel. you would then run your chucked up shaft thru the holes to get it to the desired size. all the while compressing the shaft. see if you can find that back issue, it looked like a cool thing to try.

[walkabout]

thanks, ill look for them

[Zbone]

Question - Does compressing the shafts affect spine?

[walkabout]

it might if you compress them alot, but the shafts ive used so far it hasnt affected the spine at all. before i start i test them and then i test them again when im finished and theyre always within the same spine range unless i add a drastic footing.