Veritas Dowel Cutter to make wooden arrow shafts

[RBLusthaus]

SS - Thanks for the tips.  I really appreciate them. 

If I may ask you one last question - since you say you cut square end off and just pull the shaft thru the dowel er rather than backing it out, than what do you use to hold the shaft with when you spin them thru the burnisher?  I always backed my shafts out of the dowel er, keeping the square end, and using the square end to spin the shafts thru the burnisher, then I cut the square end keeping the best section for my finished shaft. 

Russ

[stringstretcher]

I just chuck the dowel in the drill.  That way I can pull it backwards also.  Using the chuck for the square end, and you can not back it up.  Then that short section will get cut off.

[RBLusthaus]

Ok - - I get it.  You just cut the chucked end off again anyway when you cut to 32, I assume.

Since I had been using a block of wood with a hole for a burnisher, I just spun the shaft using the square end in a socket chucked in the drill, and moved the burnishing block of wood up and down the shaft.   

Much thanks for the insight.

Russ

[Gus]

Excellent Thread!

This cleared up numerous questions and concepts that I have been trying to Reinvent.
I've been trying to break this Bad habit (Reinvention) for some time.
Progress is slow...



Thank Y'all again, for the Great Information.

-gus

[toomanyknots]

Excellent Thread!

This cleared up numerous questions and concepts that I have been trying to Reinvent.
I've been trying to break this Bad habit (Reinvention) for some time.
Progress is slow...



Thank Y'all again, for the Great Information.

-gus

I second all of this. Definitely proves the effectiveness of the veritas dowel maker and then some, at least for woods like poplar.

[Dan K]

Thanks for the thread Charlie!  I have the 3/8" Veritas and my shafts seem to have a twist in them.  Is this caused by feeding them to quickly into the cutter?

Also, if you mentioned this in the thread and I missed it sorry, do you run the blank through the cutter and the brass burnisher at the same time or cut to size first and then burnish?

Thanks again Charlie

Cheers,
Dan K

[stringstretcher]

Having not used that jig, but when my blades start to get dull, they will spiral down the shaft.  and I found that the faster drill motor you use, that helps tremendously.

The doweling and burnishing are done in two operations, two different jigs.