Want it bust the carbon unless use a high speed saw

 

There are a few good posts in the DIY section of the forum.

 

Do not try it. For the minimal charge at a shop, it is not worth the risk.

 

Before I started buying expensive arrows I would use to cut my own arrows from walmart with a normal saw tooth steak knife..I would start on the edge and just keep rotating the arrow until I could just snap them off at ease and maybe then if it wasn't a perfect cut, I would polish up with apiece of sand paper.....never had a problem with this method...at least with walmart carbon arrows.

 

I use a dremel and square the end with a chamfer stone. Works perfect if you know what your doing. I trust nobody though so I was kinda forced to do everything myself


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A 4 1/2" angle grinder works OK if you do everything right.

1. Use an 11,000 rpm (minimum) grinder with a very thin cutting disc.
2. Keep the cutting area of the disc perpendicular to the wall of the shaft.
3. Keep the shaft in alignment till the cut is complete.
4. Must have a steady hand or use a jig.
5. Square the ends when done.
6. If you screw up on a carbon shaft throw it away.

Be careful not to cut youth arrows too short.
The kids grow, but the arrows don't.

 

Used to use a dremel with thin blade. Take your time and keep the blade level.

 

I made a small wood block with a v-groove in the edge and cut a slot in it for the blade on my 14" band saw . I clamp the block on the saw's table so that the blade's teeth just peeks out of the block into the v-groove. only exposing about half the teeth's depth in the bottom of the v-groove. I use a 16 tooth metal cutting blade and high blade speed. the block is long enough for a stop to be clamped on one end for shaft length.
I bump the end of the shaft against the stop and set the shaft onto the blade and roll the shaft in the v to cut it.
I've been cutting them that way, ever since I started using carbon shafts. never had one cut go bad and the cuts are dead square.

 

dremel cut a lot of them this way

 

Dremel and a g5 asd.

 

This x2

 

Absolutely foolish to use anything but an arrow saw.

Not everything can be a DYI. I'm a fan of ******* engineering when I can, but there are many things that require the right tool for the job.....this is one of them.
Besides losing any bit of precision, the only thing that keeps it from being completely unsafe is it's at the point end.
Do yourself a favor and find someone with an arrow saw. Better yet, make the investment....it will last a lifetime for a home user.

 

I agree with this there might be a lot of lucky people that use DIY saws but all it takes is one bad cut.My hand is very important part of my body..........:banana:

 

I use a dremel

 

I duct tape a Dremel to my table saw and use the wood guide clamped to hold the length. I wear safety glasses too.

 

I use a high speed steel cut off saw, been doing it for years works like a charm!

 

Ditto, never had a problem. I square both ends with an ASD afterward irregardless of what the arrows were cut with.

 

I had a guy come into the shop with arrows he cut at home. Said he used a sawzall, looked like it, too! Looked like they were gnawed on by an angry beaver.

SCFox

 

i cut them in my metal lath , they are squarer then using an arrow saw

 

lmao... oh he77... the first time i read that i thought it read "meth lab"

the ASD would be the ticket for any method, particulary when not guaranteed a 90 degee cut

 

Dremel clamped to benchtop. Screw a field point into a block of wood and clamp it to the benchtop. Take nock off arrow, put nock end over FP. Measure to the cut length and clamp dremel with cutoff wheel to bench. Rotate arrow against cutoff wheel. Square up with ASD if you feel the need. This isnt rocket science, guys.

 

I've used a pipe cutter and a file

 

Well these arrows are for my son do safety is top priority. I'll just drop a few $ and get em cut with the proper saw. Eventually i'll come up with something that works great but for now its a trip to the bow shop.

 

Smart move sgt. If you get more involved in the sport, invest in an arrow saw.

 

Like others...dremel with cutoff wheel. I have a collar I slip over the shaft and lightly snug...cut and clean up with the face of the cutoff wheel. I think my collar is 19/64. Works nicely and no issues with square according to my bh tune.

 

I use a 2x4 block of pine then screw a 2x2 steel angle over it nice and square the drill it with a press so my arrow fit the holes tight and measure what I need to cut off and cut against the angle with a grinder using a 1mm disk

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I made my own saw for my shop with a vac attatchment as well to keep the carbon dust out of my lungs, before this I used to just have my friends shoot the uncut arrows at me and I would cut them to size with a samurai sword

 

I have used a high speed dremel to cut shafts for a couple years now with no problems with squareness. Take your time and check the square with an ASD and you are good to go.
Many will disagree and that's cool, everyone has their own way of doing things. All an arrow saw is basically is a little bit bigger mounted dremel with a squaring device built in.

 

I use a water cooled diamond wheel tile saw. It is mounted on its own bench, cuts perfect 90deg cuts and the water carries away the dangerous carbon dust. Less than $100 in Australia so probably much less than that in the States. It is also great for tiling.
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always use a high speed cut off saw.