first self made arrow!!!! :)

[fujimo]

most consistent arrow wood i have found is sitka spruce- all within a few ponds of each other, want greater spine- just up the diameter!!

a bit tougher to make in a spin type doweller, as the interfiber strength is so high, that if your tool is not razor sharp, it will rip fibers up from underneath.
have seen nice dowels /shafts made with a router, and i am sure hand planing will be just fine!

[fujimo]

chundoo, or lodgepole pine is beautiful, has a lovely colour and an awesome waxy feel to it that polishes /burnishes up really nicely- doesnt take stain very well though. can get good( higher) spines with it too!

[Art B]

I've used all the type shafts mentioned here, but for my use, day in and day out, I'll stay with poplar as long as I can. Wood is very durable with good hunting weight. But I'm getting to where I need lighter spined arrows and I can't get that with poplar. Very tough to find boards that spine under 50-55#. Most spine about 60-65# @ 11/32".............Art

[Mike Most]

I got lucky and found some Douglas fir in telephone pole cross ties that were being sold by the local utility as scrap.

[Humble Archer]

can you use honey locust for arrows

[fujimo]

make em skinnier Art!

[Roy from Pa]

But I'm getting to where I need lighter spined arrows and I can't get that with poplar.

That means your getting older, Arty:)

[Art B]

Not getting Roy, gotten!

I keep everything at 11/32's fujimo. Just for consistentcy's sake.

[George Tsoukalas]

Keep sanding. Again you can walk the tightrope between sanding the ends and the middle as I have explained in a previous post above and on my site. Jawge