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Offline Matt A

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white cedar split shaft
« on: February 24, 2012, 01:34:35 am »
how do you round your split shafts
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Offline GaryR

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2012, 10:55:00 am »
I believe most use a thumb plane, or whatever plane you have. I haven't used splits, I'm currently working on some shoots.
Gary
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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2012, 11:57:20 am »
  PLANE
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Offline Matt A

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2012, 11:58:33 pm »
plane with a jig of some sort?
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2012, 12:02:18 am »
I have used a plane with a 'v' notched board to hold the stock while I round it.
I also own 'shaft shooter' that uses a router and a drill to round the stock.
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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2012, 03:19:34 pm »
so technique is- lay it in make a pass, turn it over make a pass, repeat till round somewhat?
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2012, 03:27:58 pm »
I take a couple of passes on each corner. (I keep my plane set shallow). With practice you will now how much to take of each corner before going on. but my process is
1 - take a square and make it octagional (remove each corner)
2 - take the octagional, remove each 'corner' making it 16 sided,
3 - depending on the wood used, you can repeat and make it 32 sided or sand. Softer wood like ceder sands down real easy.
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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2012, 04:31:55 pm »
alright thanks i'll give it a shot!
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Offline Jim Davis

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2012, 09:32:37 pm »
Referring to the title, white cedar is a very poor choice for arrow wood. A white cedar shaft  would have to be at least a half inch in diameter to have enough stiffness to be of any use.

But maybe you are writing about is not northern white cedar???

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Offline Matt A

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2012, 02:42:41 am »
more than likely is. i'm from northern minnesota and i checked it out on our MN DNR website and it matches specs.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2012, 08:45:46 pm »
I handplane the shafts and how I do it is on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2012, 10:29:45 pm »
Well, make one or two and spine test them. I think you will find them off the bottom chart. Not trying to discourage you, just forewarn you.

Jim, who has found that red cedar is too wimpy too.
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Offline Matt A

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Re: white cedar split shaft
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2012, 02:02:57 am »
k thanks for the insight ppl :)
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