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    • handirifle
        October 7, 2010 at 5:25 pm
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        #5143

        Greetings to all.

        It’s been a LONG time since I posted or even visited here. I have been unable to shoot traditional for a long time due to arthritic pain in the fingers, after practice, with my old recurves.

        That said, we just completed a long project of a tear down of an old termite riddled home and building a new one.

        Something I saved from the old home, that wasn’t affected by the termites at all, was about 100 or so board feet of clear doug fir T&G flooring, in the form of 1×4’s, usually 10 or more foot long. I have been wondering what to do with it, when the thought of making some arrow shafts came to mind. I do plan on making a few wood “board bows” for kicks and grins, so a few homemade arrows to go along with them would be a bonus.

        What I am wondering, is if anyone knows what type of equipment I’d need to turn these boards into arrows. I have a table saw for ripping, but no way of dowelling the shafts.

        Thanks

      • David Petersen
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          October 8, 2010 at 12:51 am
          Post count: 2749
          #37868

          Handirifle — I’m thinking you should bop this post over to the bowyer and arrowsmith forum, where you may encounter far more specific expertise … in particular, Fletcher. If it were me I’d make fine furniture from it and buy my shafts already turned. Best luck, dave p

        • bushmaster
            October 8, 2010 at 1:45 am
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            #37913

            Here ya go.

            Reply To: Elephant with a bow

          • handirifle
              October 8, 2010 at 4:01 am
              Post count: 409
              #38018

              David Petersen wrote: Handirifle — I’m thinking you should bop this post over to the bowyer and arrowsmith forum, where you may encounter far more specific expertise … in particular, Fletcher. If it were me I’d make fine furniture from it and buy my shafts already turned. Best luck, dave p

              David

              Good points, and nothing has been ruled out just yet. Checking out my options.

              bushmaster
              Thanks for the link. Will investigate, and consider the costs. Retirement is fun, but doesn’t pay well.

            • sagebrush
                October 20, 2010 at 4:20 am
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                #52012

                I’ve been thinking of doing this for a while. What I was going to do is mount a router upside down to the bottom of a table with the tip coming through. Then set up a jig so I could turn on the router and just put the wood chunks that have been pre-ripped in a drill and run them through. I don’t know how good of shafts it would make but it is worth a try. Gary

              • handirifle
                  October 21, 2010 at 6:52 am
                  Post count: 409
                  #53198

                  I have read of this before, but it seems very tricky to get and keep them consistant from one shaft to the next.

                  I may look into one of the doweling tools. Seems like something like a power pencil sharpener would be just he trick. 😉

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