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Kegan:
Heavy arrows and light points don't make for a very balanced arrow, but alot of my shafts have swirls in the grain to prevent my from using hand planes. So I made up this sander jig- two guides and two runners with sanding belts glued to the inside. Tapers a 3/8" down to almost 5/16" in a few moments with a power drill. I drilled holes through the bottom of the channel for dust too. I was suprised- they come out alot ncer than I'd hoped they would, and balance properly :).

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swimbill:
Kegan  could you explain that jig some more, I have a bunch of 3/8 shafts that I would like to make smaller.  how does this jig work
swimbill

Tom Leemans:
Swimbill-

I've seen a couple variations, but they work the same. The two long boards with the sand paper applied to the inside are mounted to the base, at the taper you are looking for. There is an arrow stop at the far end. Looks like the cleats on top are used to keep the shaft between the sanding boards. You chuck a parallel shaft in your drill, then use the drill to spin the shaft as you push it towards the arrow stop. When you get to the stop, you have your taper! Simple and brilliant!

Kegan:
Tom- coudn't have put it better myself!

It's basically a guide of the desired shaft taper with sand paper on the inside. Works suprisingly well- even on less than perfectly straight arrows (but that does help) :). Had to do alot of fiddling with it to get it perfect- some had 1/4" nocks but didn't start until 5" from the end. After about six or seven scrap arrows it got to the point where I was happy. After running them though I just smooth them off with a piece of 150 grit by hand.

swimbill:
looks great thanks
swimbill

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