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Kentucky Jeff
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Tapering 1/4" Kids shafts?
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July 12, 2011, 12:29:00 PM »
I'm building some 1/4" Ramin kids arrows for my little girl and was looking for a 1/4" taper tool and nobody I can see carries one. I was thinking of just wrapping the shaft with some painters masking tape to build it up enough to use in my Bearpaw tool for 11/32 shafts.
Anyone else have a better way?
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Grey Taylor
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Re: Tapering 1/4" Kids shafts?
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July 12, 2011, 12:59:00 PM »
There's a 1/4" guide bushing available for the Tru-Center taper tool but I wouldn't use that piece of droppings if you payed me.
If you don't have access to a sanding-type tool then shimming with masking tape will work fine. Although, I would rather shim to a 5/16" tool than an 11/32" tool, it probably won't make much actual difference.
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Re: Tapering 1/4" Kids shafts?
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July 12, 2011, 02:57:00 PM »
I have made them for my daughters using tape and a 5/16" taper tool and using a small 2-hole manual pencil sharpener. The pencil sharpener works fine just have to go slow and eyeball different tapers for nocks and points. Maybe not the best method but I have been able to get straight arrows and rarely do they lose a nock or point.
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July 12, 2011, 05:09:00 PM »
I used the 5/16" tool and wrapped them. They turned out fine.
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July 12, 2011, 07:32:00 PM »
3 Rivers sells a 1/4" bushing for the Tru-Center Taper Tool.
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Re: Tapering 1/4" Kids shafts?
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July 12, 2011, 08:12:00 PM »
I actually tapered some 1/4 birch last night. (After trying like the dickens to straighten them) I was able to taper them well enough using tape and my cheap 5/16 "Traditional Only" from 3R. I actually just finished putting the points on and didn't have any problems getting them spinning straight... well, as straight as the arrows are.
Has anyone tried to straighten the 1/4 birch shafts from Kustom King? I realize I only spent $5 for the dozen but some of them look like they came from a curly willow. :D
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Re: Tapering 1/4" Kids shafts?
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July 12, 2011, 09:13:00 PM »
Watch for used small disk sander at yard sales, Craig's etc. and make a fixture for point and nock tapers. No other way does anything like as good a job and a sander will do ANY size in the V grooves of the fixture.
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CurlyMcFletch
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July 13, 2011, 07:52:00 AM »
A little trick I learnt was to use the plastic bic pen tube...the 1/4 inch shaft should fit perfectly in tube and then it fits into the taper tool acting as a shim...too easy!!
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Pete W
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July 13, 2011, 03:40:00 PM »
A short section of carbon arrow also works as a guide/shim.
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