This machine is easy to build and easy to use turns out great looking shafting with very little after sanding

Welshman,

Is that the exit or entrance? Square in, round out?

Welshman,

Is that the exit or entrance? Square in, round out?

looks good. Do you spin the in with a drill?

so is this all you have? whats it all about?

Lets see more. I tried a differnt jig with less than desirable results. This one looks alot more simple. Details please.

What type of bit are using in your router?

R.W.

Welshman, looks good but we need a little more info! If you call the dog, you gotta pet him!LOL

This view is the front the stock is 3/8 straight grain pine and it is turned with a drill and the bit is a tapered bit 1/2" This is a picture of the pvc pipe that the shafting goes through to keep it from breaking .

This is the receiveing blocks as the wood is pushed through the machine it is picked up on the other side through the recieving block which has either a 5/16 or 11/32 hole in it . The size of the shaft it controled by raising or lowering the the tapered bit it is set a little offset to the shaft to allow the shaft to pass by it. If ypu dappen the shaft with water it will cut cleaner than if it was dry

This site just taught me something new! Amazing! Welseman the pvc pipe idea and wetting the stock before turning, very good! Thanks. I use the router jig myself to make shafts and those ideas I know from experience are good.

You can use a similar jig with a table saw instead of a router also. Just crank up the blade to where you need it.

Reinventing the wheel are we? Some of us have been using a simpler and more adjustable set up for half a decade and its been described and illustrated on this site many times.

Here are some photos of what we do:

rudimentary drawing

Reinventing the wheel are we? Some of us have been using a simpler and more adjustable set up for half a decade and its been described and illustrated on this site many times.

Here are some photos of what we do:

rudimentary drawing

sorry for the double posting of text. Makes it seem even more sarcastic. Sorry, sorry, sorry... 8-(

My setup uses steel bushings that can be changed out for a different size. It also can be adjusted on a pivot at the near end to make different sizes. The dial indiator shows just how much to move the rig. It is also on a hunk of salvaged cast aluminum that can be bolted or clamped to any flat surface.

Here is how I drive the square shaft with a drill:

That's a nice rig but as far as reinventing the wheel mine has been making shafts since 2000. I guess i have made thousands of shafts since then. Here are some of the shafts it will make

If you are going to make shafts from pine then this is what you need to look for in the wood

Those shafts look very nice. It's a real joy to make them yourself, isn't it? You must be selling some or otherwise passing some along to others since you have made that many.

I got the idea for my setup from the above drawing that was on the Highland Hardware Website and they had taken it from an old Fine Woodworking magazine, if I remember correctly. I also was influenced by the "Shaft Shooter" that I saw advertised in Primitive Archer back in the late '90s.

Don't really know exactly how long I've been making them, but it felt like getting free shafts when I started.I've probably only made a few hundred shafts, since they are just for the use of me and any family members I can interest in archery.

Of course, I also use the setup to size my Reparrows.

I have bushings to make shafts with diameters of 1/4", 5/16", 11/32" and 23/64".Here are some shafts I made from yellow pine wainscoting.

Nice, the url didn't take. Will try again:

am not sure when in 2000 but I got the idea off stickbow myself and a friend of mine Troy Breeding AKA( arrowman ) begin build shafts for the public for a while then Troy move on to MO, I built a machine that makes the 4 point footed shaft never could figer out the three point foot We would make shafts with ebony, rosewood ,bloodwood. epi ,zebrawood ,osage , purpleheart, wenge. They were all great looking shafts and we were able to make the fingers 5 in long. Don't have the machine any more but the plans are still in my head. I have made Atlatl darts about 6ft long and 11/32 dia.

Pretty cool. I've done a little two-footing, but would rather spend more time shooting, so, Reparrows.

Expect I will always make my own shafts. Can't imagine I'd be much good with an atlatl, but maybe on a buffalo at 10 yards...!

Jim

Thank you both for the info on shaft making. I have been a cabinetmaker for 17 years and I plan on making my own shafts to shoot from bows that I have built. I recently finished a tri-lam R/D longbow (hickory back, maple core, ipe belly @ 64"). The hunting season is in full swing right now so I will start turning shafts as soon as my free time opens up. I have the tools and know-how and thanks to you both, I have visual of the set up.

Baby Crunch when you start making your shafts move the stock into the cutters slow until you get the hang of it. Both of these machines will do the job which ever one you choose and I,ll be around to help get you started and I am sure Jim will be here also. Jim the footed shaft is very time consuming and I don't blame you on that one

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