Broken dart shaft – what to do? It's considered one of the most annoying things for a dart player : broken tips or shafts on darts. We'll address this topic in this blog post.
We will give you some advice on how to best repair broken shafts or tips .
There are now several tools available that will help you get your arrow ready for action as quickly as possible. We'll give you an initial overview.
Dart shaft broken – the most annoying situation in darts
Every darts player, whether amateur or professional, has experienced this. The tip or shaft of a dart breaks off during a shot. It's nothing unusual, but it can be quite annoying over time.
And that's not all. Even though a broken part of a dart is a common occurrence, it brings with it two unpleasant consequences.
- One is the problem of whether you have enough spare parts . Shafts and tips are consumables. Therefore, the first step should be to ensure that you always have enough spare parts available.
- Otherwise, you will probably have to resort to replacement shafts or tips that do not correspond to your normal equipment .
Changed flight behavior
This, in turn, results in the repaired arrow exhibiting a completely different flight behavior . This makes it impossible for you to throw all three arrows in a controlled manner.
And therein lies the greatest danger. Nothing is more important than three identical darts in weight and composition . If just one dart falls out of alignment, you'll unfortunately no longer be able to throw consistent shots.
Try it out for yourself, for example, by deliberately changing the shaft or tip of a dart. The effect on the flight behavior is enormous .
Added to this is the unpleasant situation of having to repair the dart, especially if the dart shaft is broken.
This interruption completely throws both you and your opponent off their throwing rhythm . This doesn't really help anyone. It's all the more important to keep the interruption as short as possible so you can return to the oche quickly.
Dart shaft broken – what to do?
So what can you do if a dart shaft or tip breaks during play? There are several options for dealing with the problem of a broken dart shaft.
We'd like to explain all the alternatives to you one by one. Then you can decide for yourself which one you prefer.
Removal of the remaining pieces without any tools
Dart shaft broken, what now? There may be a remaining piece sticking out of the dart by a few millimeters. It might help if you try to grab the piece and simply twist it out .
As luck would have it, this rarely happens. The break usually occurs at the exact point where the tip or shaft is screwed into the barrel .
It's definitely worth a try. However, don't expect this method to work right away. So let's move on to the second option you can use.
The Shaft Remover
The Ex-Shaft Tool, also called Shaft Remover in German, is probably the easiest way to remove smooth breaks in a shaft.
Many players carry the Ex-Shaft Tool as a keychain on their keys . The tool is small, practical, and very effective .
The ease of use is probably its biggest advantage. You simply have to press the Shaft Remover firmly into the broken piece .
The tool drills a few millimeters into the broken shaft through the sharp metal. This allows you to easily twist it back out of the barrel.
However, this does n't always work so easily . If the broken piece is too deep in the barrel, the Ex-Tool often no longer engages the barrel.
If the barrel breaks are not straight or smooth, the shaft remover may not grip properly on angled breaks. The next chapter provides another solution to this problem: Broken Dart Shaft.
The lighter – the most popular method among hobby players
- You hold your lighter with the flame to the broken piece , which you can no longer use anyway.
- After half a minute the piece is now so hot that it begins to melt.
- Now, press the heated piece against the remaining piece still in the barrel as quickly as possible . This must be done quickly, otherwise the heated piece will lose heat too quickly.
- Now press the two broken ends together for a few seconds . While they cool, you're essentially reassembling the shaft.
- After it has cooled down, try to unscrew the entire shaft again to replace it with a new one.
But be careful! With this method, you have to be careful not to burn yourself, as the temperature of the fire is, of course, enormous.
This method works similarly well with a screwdriver . After heating, the screwdriver can be pushed into the broken piece in the barrel. The heat melts the plastic , allowing the screwdriver to "bond" to the shaft.
Now you can unscrew the broken piece without any major problems.
The dart tip remover
The last option, especially for broken tips, is the dart tip remover. The tip remover works similarly to the Ex-Tool for shafts.
At one end of the tip remover is a needle. This can be pushed into the tip so that you can then twist out the broken tip .
Again, we'd like to point out that this is only possible with plastic tips . If you have broken threaded steel tips, you'll usually have no trouble twisting them off the barrel.
However, if the tips are permanently installed, you still have the option of replacing the steel tip with our dart tip changer. Steel tips are irreparable once they break.
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