There are several precautions to take to get full enjoyment of shooting your new arrows.

1. Always inspect your arrows before shooting.
2. Flex the shaft gradually and look for nicks, cracks or splits.
3. Do not attempt to shoot damaged shafts as they may fail causing injury to yourself or others near you.
4. Before shooting, check nocks and points to insure that they are securely fastened to the shaft. Look for cracks in your nocks. If they are cracked replace them immediately.

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

1. Cut shafts to length with a high speed abrasive wheel like the Apple Cut Off Tool. It is a good idea to use a vacuum tube next to the cut off tool in order to collect as much dust from the cutting. Make sure you use a NIOSH approved dust mask and eye protection such as safety glasses when cutting arrow shafts.
2. Clean the ends of the shaft with denatured alcohol. It is important to clean out all carbon dust for good adhesion.
3. Points/inserts.Apply a small amount of epoxy glue to the surface of the point/insert. Rotate the point/insert slowly while applying it to the shaft. Stand the shafts on the opposite ends and let sit. This prevents glue from getting into the threaded area). Let sit for 24 hours for a complete cure. For even better adhesion, score the inside of the shaft before installing the point/insert.
4. Nocks. Although most archers want a self tuning type nock, once it is tuned to the proper location, it is advisable to use Bohning’s PowerBond Glue. This gluing process will cut down the damaging vibration discrepancies between carbon and plastic (this causes cracking!). Other glues may attack the plastic and cause it to fatigue, become brittle or soften to a point serious damage. That is why we only recommend Bohning’s PowerBond glue. It does not attack the plastic in any way. Also, if you damage the nock while shooting, you can lightly heat the damaged nock and pull directly out. The heat will break the bond between the nock and shaft.
5. Nock adapters. Apply a small amount of glue to the surface of the adapter. Rotate adapter slowly while applying it to the shaft. We do not recommend any type of super glues. They appear to become brittle and crystallize which will break the bond that holds the nock adapters to the shaft. If you bend or break the adapter, reheat the metal adapter lightly and pull directly out.