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Author Topic: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?  (Read 13424 times)

Offline Smossy

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Have a few arrow shafts of assorted lengths that have cracks along where the nock feeds in and or near where the broadhead seats...
Are there any known way to make repairs or get use out of these? Or do you guys just toss them into the trash? Being as Im working on limited funds id hate to just trash them but dont want carbon splitting off into my face  :dunno:
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 03:02:55 PM »
Chop them down then put them with my son's little compound. Or...chop them down and donate them to any archery program you can find.

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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2013, 03:17:28 PM »
Same as H2O. I cut them down with my saw, rebuild and used to give to my kids. Now that mine shoot normal length arrows, I give them away to other younger kids. I keep a bunch in my quiver for 3-d's and when i see a youngster who only has a few arrows I ask his parents if it would be OK to donate to his/her cause.

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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2013, 03:28:51 PM »
Thatx nice of you guys. I have a mini cobra 50lb crossbow. Should i just chop them down for that? And if so what length should i chop them down to... the length of the shaft receiver or maybe a few inches more? Also lol. What tools work best for cutting carbon.. i have a dremel.
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2013, 03:39:22 PM »
I have heard of people using a dremel with the fiber cutoff wheel.  :twocents: I'm guessing that the cross bow is one of those that does not have cams like a compound bow? if so you could cut them down for that. IMO.
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2013, 03:47:26 PM »
I have heard of people using a dremel with the fiber cutoff wheel.  :twocents: I'm guessing that the cross bow is one of those that does not have cams like a compound bow? if so you could cut them down for that. IMO.
Yeah, there are no cams. Its a single string recurve mini crossbow.
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2013, 03:48:11 PM »
Cut down and shoot away!  :tup:
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2013, 04:17:07 PM »
I turn em into range markers.

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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2013, 04:42:06 PM »
Antenna decorator.

If you are a long draw archer, consider donating or selling at discount to short draw archers.  Like me, I shoot 25.5" - 26" length.

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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2013, 04:46:13 PM »
I turn em into range markers.
Ooh i like that idea. The worst one is cracked on both sides so its for sure trash. But the others are mostly hairline stress fractures where the nocks insert.
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2013, 05:24:28 PM »
Junk them  :tup: dont risk a facial
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2013, 12:44:44 PM »
Not worth taking any chances with them. Garbage.
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2013, 12:47:47 PM »
Mine are 30". I send them to my ex-wife so she can measure how wide her butt is. I need bigger arrows. :yike: :yike:
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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2013, 01:18:08 PM »
Mine are 30". I send them to my ex-wife so she can measure how wide her butt is. I need bigger arrows. :yike: :yike:

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Re: Broken, Cracked, Damaged arrow shafts...What do you do with yours?
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2013, 01:55:22 PM »
Hey pianoman, that's GOLDEN!! :tup: :tup: :tup:

 


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