I don' t think it' s necessary to line your fletching and blades up.But it is important that your inserts are in straight and the arrows will spin without wobbling.I allways install my own inserts.I use slow setting epoxy and screw a broadhead in and spin it like a top to check for alignment before the glus dries.

CB

If you need to heat an insert in carbon, just screw in a tip and apply heat to that while you hold the shaft at the very end, right next to the insert. If you get it too hot, you' ll know it.

I just use hot melt so this works for me. I don' t know about epoxy.

-Chief

WEll not all people use epoxy i use low heat hot melt try this and u will be ok and u will beable to turn your inserts just fine

People always told me hot melt would not work on carbon, guess they were wrong. I have been using krazy glue from wal mart. It holds better than the epoxy and easier to use. I think I' ll swith to hot melt though, I' ve thrown arrows away with bad inserts because I couldn' t get them out.

BOWFANATIC,

Been doing that for years too. It works very well.

JRW

I don' t think is necessary to align your blades with the fletch but if you want to this is what I do. Screw a broadhead into the insert then put 2 drops of bohning powerbond on the insert. Next, stick the insert into the shaft and slowly rotatate the insert around while pushing the insert in. This spreads the bond out evenly. Wipe of the excess so you don' t get a bunch on the end of the shaft. Line your blades up with the fletch, then put your arrows on an arrow spinner and spin it while comparing the end of the broadhead to a fixed point like a line or dot on a piece of paper. Any wobble will be noticeable and since this bonding glue has a 8 hour cure time, you can adjust the insert until it spins true. If is spins straight, it will shoot straight. If you can' t get it at all, take it out, discard the insert and start the process all over again. Set the arrows somewhere with the nock down and allow them to dry. Hope this helps.