Ace Roll-R-Straight experience?

[Adam]

Anybody have any experience with the Ace Roll-R-Straight?  I just tried one out and must not have been doing something correctly.  I put the arrow on a flat table with the curved side up so it was above the table then rolled the tool back and forth on the shaft.  Nothing seemed to happen?  How hard should I be pressing?  I was afraid to push too hard and crush the fibers.  Maybe it's just the arrow I was working on.  It was a hardware store dowel (good grain) and is pretty curved.  Thanks!

[TimBo]

I have used a similar tool (Shaft Tamer), but not the Ace version.  I think if you are not getting results, you need a bit more pressure.  Use the minimum it takes to straighten the shaft.  It is supposed to compress the fibers somewhat - that's how it works - but I'm sure you don't want to overdo it.  Those tools probably work best on softer woods like Port Orford cedar. 

[Pat B]

I have one I use occasionally and it always worked fine for me.

[Lumberman]

I saw someone using one and it had to be pushed past the "level" plane.

[mullet]

Pappy made one with, I think a cabinet drawer roller that works good.

[Pat B]

I've seen a pulley used as an arrow straightener using the pulley wheel as the roller.

[DC]

I made one. Turned the wheel on the lathe and mounted it in the handle of my arrow straightener. I must of done something wrong because it doesn't work for me. I almost have to put my full weight on it to get any result at all. Maybe made the radius of the groove too small.

[Adam]

Thanks guys!  You're all a wealth of information!  It sounds like I wasn't putting enough pressure on it.  I was pressing down with maybe a couple pounds of force.  I've seen enough pictures of shattered arrows sticking out of forearms that I'm leery of damaging shafts.

[turtle]

I have one and it seems towork alright. I pull up a little on one end of the arrow so its a little past straight as I roll it across the bend . Try light pressure at first and if it doesn't  straighten i increase pressure a little at a time untill it does. Different materials require different amount of pressure.

[Blayne]

I have one, works really good for me. Bigger bends I straighten by hand then do the small tweaking with the tool. I lay it on my desk top and roll it. My mate who taught me to make wood arrows built one from a pulley and a piece of yew for the handle. He reckons rolling it on the carpet works a bit better because you can put more pressure on it.

[Pappy]

I have several of them and they work fine for me, you have to push pretty hard and roll back and forth pretty fast. I use it for mirror crooks mostly and sometimes use a little heat.
 Pappy

[Adam]

Well, I tried again using more pressure and it worked much better. Thanks all!