Safety

The use of a bow and arrow requires considerable skill and should be treated with caution to avoid injury to persons and/or property. Bows and arrows should only be used by those who are properly trained in safety or under the supervision of a qualified instructor. Safety glasses and protective gloves should be worn while working with archery equipment. Read assembly instructions and all information included with arrows, hardware and adhesive packages. 

The use of an overdraw that allows a shooter to draw the point of the arrow past the shelf of the bow significantly increases the risk of injury to the shooter.

The use of an overdraw that allows a shooter to draw the point of the arrow past the shelf of the bow significantly increases the risk of injury to the shooter.

Always inspect your arrows before shooting. Grasp the shaft on both ends and flex away from yourself and others while visibly and audibly checking for splittings, cracks or dents. Gradially rotate the shaft and repeat the inspection. Repeat the inspection till you have tunrned the shaft 360°. Check nocks and points to insure that they are securely fastened to the shaft. Replace any nock that is damaged.

Do not attempt to shoot damaged shafts as they may fail causing injury to yourself or damage your bow. If you find any shaft to be damaged in any way please discard it immediately. 

 As in all hunting situations, when you have harvested your game, inspect the impact area, thoroughly clean the surrounding area of the wound, and make sure you have all fragments disposed of. Ingesting any item, such as broadhead, carbon, aluminum, or other metal fragments can cause harm.

A. Cut shafts to length with a high-speed cut-off saw blade like our new Diamond Blade using the Apple cutoff tool. It is a good idea to set a vacuum cleaner hose next to the cutoff tool in order to collect much of the dust from the cutting. Make sure you use a NIOSH approved dust mask and eye protection, such as safety googles, when cutting arrow shafts.

B. Clean the ends of each shaft with denatured alcohol. It is important to clean out all carbon dust from the inside of the shaft for good adhesion.

C. Depending on the requiements of installing your inserts, you can use hot melt glues in order to adjust your broadheads (but expect to lose inserts), quick drying glues (cyanoacrylates) such as Goat Tuff (make sure you can push the insert in immediately and once the inserts are in, do not expect to be able to move them), or two part epoxy (can adjust your broadheads once!). 

Do not apply flame directly to any carbon shafts.  Do not soak carbon shafts in any kind of solvent.  Flex the shaft after each shot!  The best way to flex the shaft is to hold the end of the shaft with one hand.  Lay the other end of the shaft on your knee.  Then press in the middle of the shaft with your other hand and roll the shaft (the Flex Test and Roll MEthod).