Arrow Straightening

[kmitch]

I have an Easton aluminum XX75 arrow that took a hit from another arrow and dented the shaft. It's also bent. Is this worth trying to straighten? If so how do I go about straightening it? I can measure the runout but am unsure of how to bend it back straight.

Keith

[coyote170]

Kmitch I think I would retire that arrow for safties sake
you dont want to chance it blowing be careful!!

[Passthru]

###i had a rule when i used alluminum shafts,once bent never right.

[ToddP]

Replace it. ###Not worth the safety risk in trying to fix it especially if it has a dent from another arrow in it.

ToddP

[kmitch]

Sounds like it would look good in my scrap materials box. I'm sure one of these days I'll need some aluminum tubing just that size.

Keith

[ToddP]

Cut it short up by the fletches then insert a Bic pen into the shaft. ###Makes a neat little pen to have laying around.

[snapper]

Kmitch, I also would use Todds pen idea. I did know a man named "Pop" Creason in Enverness Fl. that I watched straighten one of my arrows with his bare hands. When I asked how he did it he would not tell. He was about 80 then and I guess he took that secrete to the grave with him..

[kmitch]

Might turn it into a ramrod for my M/L. It's the right diameter. Machine a couple of ends from aluminum and loctite them in. Camo ramrod.

Keith

[shadow]

Put a couple of bent ones together with some rubber tips and make your own shooting sticks