Originally posted by kpete: I taper in a more "low-tech" way. I take a carpenters pencil with a wide lead and "color" the shaft from the nock to 10 inches up the shaft. Then take my cabinet scraper and remove the lead marks on the shaft. Long strokes and try not to repeat scraping where the leas in already removed. Then take up your pencil again and "color" 7 inches of shaft. Remove that coloring of lead the same way. Then to 3-4 inches of shaft and remove the lead the same way. A bit of sanding and it give a pretty good taper. maybe not as precise as the tapering jig, but they fly well.2 cents worth.