can you repair carbon arrows
 

While practicing I hit the nock end of an arrow. It broke the nock and the carbon arrow has about 3/4 inches of it starting to splinter. Will super glue or something similar work to repair it? I would just use it for practice if repairable.

RE: can you repair carbon arrows
 

No don't try it. It won't work.

RE: can you repair carbon arrows
 

Definitely not---if you have any 'extra length' on the shaft, just remove the vanes--cut off the damage part and refletch--but make sure the arrow doesn't come behind the forks at full draw.
If the arrow is already at its minimum length (for yourself) then the game is over--unfortunately.
Use only as a stake for your turkey decoys--or find someone at your pro shop who has a 'shorter' draw length than yourself and make a donation, you'll be helping a fellow archer/hunter.

RE: can you repair carbon arrows
 

Sure you can. Just invest millions of dollars in the equipment necessary for carbon fiber manufacture.;);)

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DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!

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I wouldnt try it, you could end up with a blown up bow and carbon splinters in your hand and arm or face, not fun.

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yeah definitely not a good idea that arrow could shatter in your face and the outcome would probably not be fun to say the least. Carbon arrows are either almost perfectly straight or shattered and totally useless, there really is no in between like there is for aluminums.

RE: can you repair carbon arrows
 

Don't even try, there could be damage that you can't see. It's not worth the possible consequences.

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Please, for your own safety, and the safety of anyone who may be near you while you are shooting, do not try to fix cracks in carbon arrows with superglue.[:'(]

The myth persists that carbon arrows will never bend or become damaged, and will last forever unless you see visible damage. They are, like other arrows; degradable, eventually expendable, tools to use while they last. If they are damaged by other arrows, shooting and pulling them out of hard targets, etc., they will have to be replaced. It is getting to seem kinda like "renting beer." [8D]

RE: can you repair carbon arrows
 

Nope

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I have 2 boys that shoot shorter arrows than me. So when I mess one up I cut them down for them. If you can find I kid to give them to.

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Okay, thanks for the advice. I will give it to a friend who has a shorter draw length. dabow

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If it's badly damaged, I chop it shorter, refletch, and give it to a buddy with a shorter DL.

If it's just slightly split (1/2" or less), I remove the nock, smear the end with epoxy, wrap it tightly with serving, smear a thin coat of epoxy over the serving, let it cure, and then reinstall the nock. I've done this many times with no problem (heck, it's stronger than the original end), and they fly fine.

It's the first arrow I use for steel does or plinking; that way I don't feel as bad about losing it.

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ok, obviously it is a bad idea, but I did the same thing, and it only split a little bit, bout 1/2 inch. glued a new nock on, and used some good fletching glue to hold the arrow, I have shot it about , oh I don't know, 2 or 300 times and it works fine. But, I can certainly see the safety issue there, now that I have thought about it.;)

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While I certainly wouldn't consider myself a rich man, and arrows are not exactally cheap, I wouldn't even think of using an arrow I suspected of being cracked, much less one that has visible cracks. Even after being cut down, you have put a tremendous stress on the fibers and the epoxy that holds them together. Cut it off and use it for a decoy stake or to hold up your tomato plants. Or you could cut it way down to like 8", fletch it up and make a pen. That's what I do with my broken ones.

BTW: My nephews think the arrow pens are just the coolest things.

RE: can you repair carbon arrows
 

if I crack the end I will cut it off for a shorter Draw length like someone else said

there is a Big difference between a cracked end on a shaft
and one that is ruined beyond repairing.

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I wouldn't advise to do so, unless you are willing to make repairs to yourself in the future when it explodes:)

Seriously. Throw it out. Even if you cut off the bad 1" you'll end up w/ a stiffer arrow that does not weigh the same as the rest of your arrows.