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rkeltner:
i've done the sort and then weigh at the hardware store. love the strange looks ya' get! >:D O:)

Kegan:

--- Quote from: jackcrafty on November 25, 2008, 01:05:32 am ---To answer your question, yes, it's cheaper to go to the hardware store and hand pick the dowels....but you'll have to weigh the dowels to get the best match.  I forget who, but one of the guys here actually brings his grain scale into the store. ;D

I get my hickory dowels from atlasdowel.  You can make extremely tough arrows with them.  About half the dowels are suitable for arrows that are 24" long.  Maybe 1 in 4 is good for an arrow 30" long.  There is a LOT of variation in weights and spines, so you'll need to buy at least 100 dowels to make a good matched dozen.

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If you don't mind slightly didfferent center diamteres, you can sand your own. Then just sort them by spine. It was in an issue of PA a few months ago, and on Jawge's site I think, but with shoots. Applied to dowels, you just sort them by weight.

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