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Making Split Timber Shafts
duffontap:
Hey DT,
I've seen those around quite a bit, but it seems like it would be way inferior to the router system. With the router, your shafting comes out right on and with a shinny, burnished surface. How clean do your arrows come out of those tennon cutters?
J. D.
woody:
Good post. I have been itching to make my own shafts for a while. I am leaning towards method #2. Would you explain a little more about how you made all that stuff? - the board, the plane.
Thanks for your time.
woody
George Tsoukalas:
I inherited a molding plane with that type of circular groove in the blade. I've tried it. Jawge
Minuteman:
I use the Veritas doweling jig(3/8") that Dtiller supplied a link to above and it works incredibly well.You do need the out feed support or really long monkey arms like me. ;D
They are kinda big but once you've run them through you just spin 'em back out of the cutter, pick up ypur 22o grit paper give it a squeeze down the spinning shaft, pick up you next higher grit and hit it a lick with that and yer good to go. I usually sand my hunting arrows with 120 grit and thats it, they are gonna get broken anyway! I bet that you can turn out a shaft every minute and a half( not including tips, nocks ,or ripping out the blanks of course.)
I'd certainly be interested in a strunk style plane board build along as well. :)
woody:
That's what I am talking (writing) about.
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