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What tools for making shafts

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cutty:
Need to get away from alum and carbon shafting. What tools do I need to get starting on wood arrow making.
I plan on getting my own Sitka spruce for shafts. Not wanting every tool out there, just what do I need to get started?

DC:
A saw for cutting 7/16" square strips. A table saw is best, a skill saw would work. A board with a "V" groove cut in it with a stop at one end to hold the arrow for planing. A block or small plane. A cup of coffee. Maybe a pot of coffee. :D

Pat B:
If you are buying commercial shafts you shouldn't need many tools to build arrows. A simple pencil sharpener type plastic taper tool will give you the taper for the point(5 deg) and the nock(11 deg) or you can use a belt sander with a gauge for the proper tapers. If you go with self nocks a single saw blade kerf can be adjusted to fit the string with a thin bladed knife and sand paper. A spine tester is a good tool to have but you can build good arrows without one. A fletching jig is handy but hand wrapped 3 fletch is easy enough as is an Eastern Woodland 2 fletch.

willie:
this

DC:
What is that!!!??? ;D ;D ;D

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