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Bowman4269:
Do wooden dowels work for arrow shafts? I'm crunched for time. I need a quick way out. Any other ideas?

white wood:
bowman, ive seen many people use hardwood dowels. usually if you can find ramin hardwood dowels they work the best. hope this helps, -jesse

white wood:
oh and most important is make sure the grain is as straight as you can find  ;) - jesse

Kegan:
I've tried them with little success. Making them takes little time:

Use a badnsaw with a guide or a table saw to rip out 1/2" squares a few inches longer than your draw out of a board or split of a tree (like hickory, spruce, cedar, etc.).

Chuck these up in a good electrical drill with a good bit of power in it.

The run them trhough a piece of metal with several graduated holes from 1/2" down to 3/8". Then sand it.

Takes about half an hour to make up six to twelve shafts from a soft board like pine, longer for hardwoods and tree pieces.

stiknstring:
I have used poplar dowels from lowes with a fairly good amount of success.  Get the straightest you can and work them down just as you would any square blank with sandpaper and a plane. There was an article in TBM recently applauding the use of bulk dowels (ramin is preferred but I have had great luck with birch and poplar as well) in making small game and stumping arrows.  You have to have a spine tester if you hope to make consistent arrows though

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