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in reply to: has anyone used a compression block for finishing arrows? #53446

I make mine out of hard maple, taper half the hole through a 1″ block and burnish the other half using the chuck end of a drill bit. The shaft turning with a 1/2″ drill creates enough heat to adequately compress and finish an arrow.

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in reply to: Arrow shaft making #53439

Here is probably the best way I have found to make arrow shafts. I have modified the design to accommodate a compression block as the first block the newly cut shaft passes through, if one is careful of their feed rate shafts come out with a clean compressed finish and are ready to seal.

[link=http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/dowelmakingjig.aspx]dowl making jig[/link]

Video showing how it works
[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lF2YXLdoiY]video[/link]

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