Making wood arrows

[dmcbride]

Would like to get into making my own Wood arrows. Would something like this work? Or what do you guy's who make your own arrows use?

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...,42288&p=42331

I have been just buying hardwood dowels and using a homemade spine tester to sort them.

I like doing things my self and this looks like it would be good for the long winter months.

[calgarychef]

Dowelling jigs work. Some guys start with 1/2x1/2 stock and use a hand plane and that works very well too, some of the nicest arrows I've seen are hand planed. Whatever you choose be prepared to see a huge difference in spine from piece to piece, even from the same original stock.

[calgarychef]

Some guys make a jig to run the stock through their router, too. YouTube is your friend by the way.

[Coiloil37]

I read an article once about making arrows and buddy was using this

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...80,42288,52401

After they were cut into dowels he was using a compression block from 3rivers archery like this

http://www.3riversarchery.com/Compre..._baseitem.html

I've got both of those pieces and never got around to trying to make arrows with them. Pm me if you want to make a deal on them.

[Coiloil37]

I read an article once about making arrows and buddy was using this

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...80,42288,52401

After they were cut into dowels he was using a compression block from 3rivers archery like this

http://www.3riversarchery.com/Compre..._baseitem.html

I've got both of those pieces and never got around to trying to make arrows with them. Pm me if you want to make a deal on them.