Arrow Plane Plan
Does anynoe have any plan for building traditional arrow plane?
There are some pictures of arrow maker's planes in the book "T?rk Ok?uluğu", author Dr. ?nsal Y?cel.
Are you interested more in recreating an old style of an arrowmaking plane, or rather getting a plane that would be useful in making arrowshafts?
If the second, you can just do with a small ordinary plane with a straight balde, the blade being sharp and set up so to remove just fine shavings.
There also have been some arrow making planes with a concave shaped blade and a groove in the plane's sole.
Both types of planes were used by fletchers.
When planing shafts it is essentail to have a sharp plane and a straight surface to rest the shaft on, a 'shooting board' with a V-shaped groove to rest the shaft in is also useful.
Are you interested more in recreating an old style of an arrowmaking plane, or rather getting a plane that would be useful in making arrowshafts?
If the second, you can just do with a small ordinary plane with a straight balde, the blade being sharp and set up so to remove just fine shavings.
There also have been some arrow making planes with a concave shaped blade and a groove in the plane's sole.
Both types of planes were used by fletchers.
When planing shafts it is essentail to have a sharp plane and a straight surface to rest the shaft on, a 'shooting board' with a V-shaped groove to rest the shaft in is also useful.
Thanks for your answer.i'm trying to recreate the old versions!
There are several shapes of planes used in making traditional arrows in Turkey. They start off with a plane with a fairly straight blade and progress to blades with progressively more concavity. The final "throat" plane has a curved blade and it is mounted forward in the plane body so that the curve of the nock does not lift the blade off the arrow body.
Von Hammer-Purgstall had the complete set of planes in his paper. Many are in Turkish museums as well.
However, with patience and a little ingenuity, most of the process can be done with a straight bladed plane and a jig as mentioned earlier. 3 Rivers Archery sells a product called an Arrow Shaft Plane which is a plane, a jig with a groove to hold the shaft, and a track for the plane to run along. It can easily turn a square sectioned stick into a round shaft. Another product called a 10" Taper Plane and Jig is suitable for tapering shafts to make barrelled arrows if you use separate nocks. Both these jigs can be improvised at home once you understand the principles. Essentially, you build a jig with a groove to hold the work piece. There has to be a stop at one end to prevent it moving. You also need slightly raised sides to keep your plane moving in a straight line. The makers of the 3 Rivers item have ground off all but an arrow width of plane blade so that the plane does not dig into the track.
Von Hammer-Purgstall had the complete set of planes in his paper. Many are in Turkish museums as well.
However, with patience and a little ingenuity, most of the process can be done with a straight bladed plane and a jig as mentioned earlier. 3 Rivers Archery sells a product called an Arrow Shaft Plane which is a plane, a jig with a groove to hold the shaft, and a track for the plane to run along. It can easily turn a square sectioned stick into a round shaft. Another product called a 10" Taper Plane and Jig is suitable for tapering shafts to make barrelled arrows if you use separate nocks. Both these jigs can be improvised at home once you understand the principles. Essentially, you build a jig with a groove to hold the work piece. There has to be a stop at one end to prevent it moving. You also need slightly raised sides to keep your plane moving in a straight line. The makers of the 3 Rivers item have ground off all but an arrow width of plane blade so that the plane does not dig into the track.