Making shafts from store bought dowels

[ThePushArchery]

Does anyone here make arrows from store bought dowel rods bought from their local hardware store??

[cooncrazy]

yea i have but they ussally spine pretty heavy unless you turn them down i turn my down to  11 32 size and can usally get about 60 to 65 spine out of them but you cant beat the price let me know how it goes         COONCRAZY

[Sharpster]

I have a friend who has used nothing but store bought dowels for shafts for at least ten years now. I don't think that spine has been as much of an issue for him as finding straight ones. He will go to several hardware stores and pick only the straightest ones from each store.

He stains, dips, and fletches them and they look and fly great.

Don't bother looking in the hardware stores around here though, you'll only find the crooked ones left.  :D  

-Ron

[Patience]

Split timber for me. I found them less trouble then dowels.

[Jacko]

My favourite dowell is Hoop pine , makes arrows that fly similar to Scotts pine . They recoveror from paradox very quick , 1/2 price of dowells sold as arrow shafts ,stay straight ,tough enough to survive my frequent misses and polish up real pretty , usually come in around 550 grains for 50 # spine

[deadpool]

I get my 5/16" red oak shafts from home depot, suprisingly tuff arrows for the buck!!

[Ramsey]

I bought a few 5/16 poplar and oak dowels and fletched
them put a hex nut on the end and went out to see
how tough they really are so I stood about 10 yards from my ford tempo and let them fly.the oak
stood up really impressive while the poplar didn't do so well(the car--who cares it was a ford)  :p                                                                        BILLY