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Arrow shafts
Grunt:
I've made a living turning wood for thirty years. My big machine in 3hp and will swing 24" inside and has a 12' bed. Even with a couple of steady rests it ain't going to be time effective and two same diameter shafts will have different spine. Tonkin cane or shoot shafts are the way to go.
Swamp Bow:
I agree. The only reason I would even consider to try is if I wanted to do a turned and carved one piece arrow(art piece). It would be where the arrowhead and fletchings were carved after the turning. I'd still only do it if I was bent on using the lathe just because. It would be easier just to carve the whole thing. A doweling jig and/or hand plane would be my primary tools for shootable shafts (non cane or shoot shafts that is).
Swamp
George Tsoukalas:
I make them by hand with a plane. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
Greatgoogamooga:
If you do a google search you can find plans to make a router table jig to make smooth, straight dowels. I have tried the saw blade trick found on youTube also. it works, but makes a rough shaft.
Goog
El Destructo:
--- Quote from: Greatgoogamooga on February 27, 2010, 01:13:44 pm ---If you do a google search you can find plans to make a router table jig to make smooth, straight dowels. I have tried the saw blade trick found on youTube also. it works, but makes a rough shaft.
Goog
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this one makes some nice Shafts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lF2YXLdoiY
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