Good evening all the Hive DIYers.
Todays project is born out of necessity. When ever you have a Appetit for building and creating but you are low on cash you have to make due with what you have. With my new found passion for archery thanks to a 15$ bow I built. I really wanted to try and build my own wooden arrows. Unfortunately finding the right kind of wood or diameter for an arrow shaft proved to be impossible. Dowel making jigs are expensive. Luckily I happened to stumble upon a design for a cheap and easy DIY build!
This jig makes 11/32 dowels. Now for the build!
With a little piece of 2x4 drill a hole the diameter of the dowel that you want.
Now with a countersink bit or a Dremel just taper the opening of the hole you drilled.
Now draw two lines. You want to remove a quarter of one upper areas of your hole. preferably use a thinner saw but whatever you have will work.
I didn't take enough material away here. Open up yours more then this.
Clamp a chisel down and there you go nice little dowel jig that costs nothing!
Thanks for reading and watching hope you learned something today!