Veritas Dowel Cutter to make wooden arrow shafts

[woodystyle777]

ok heres the pic of the red mountain cedar we ripped:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/111293557@N06/11332062335/

Here's the dowel we got. It's short cause the wood busted as we were trying to push it threw the dowel maker based on that last video.

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/111293557@N06/11332147014/

well thats after cutting off the ends that were busted and just slight sanding.

[woodystyle777]

hey snapper, is that the $40 Veritas Dowel Cutter 3/8's you used?

[snapper1d]

I dont remember the cost on my dowel maker.I bought it years ago and at first I didnt like it.I used the 1/2" stock in it like they said and it was work to run those through.I added the board and guides and finally put it on the shelf.A while back I just decided to try a 3/8" stock in it and WOW!!! Big difference! Much much better.One other thing I have learned is to use wood that is fine grained.Thick grain wood like pine will tend to not cut good.By that I am meaning a dowel thats not good strait.Thick grained woods can give you some snakey looking shafts.I just went to Lee Valley and looked and yes that is the $40 one.

[feathercast]

I made some shafts this fall & loved them. Made them from ash & grain was a big deal. Mine ended up bigger too, but I'm going to leave them big.