Would this work for nock and point tapers???

[Brutus Hedgeapple]

I saw this in the How To forum and wondered if it would work for nock and point tapers.
I might give it a go this weekend if I get time.

 http://www.tradgang.com/taper/

Brutus

[Jason Lester]

Would seem a bit much for thos tapers. 3rivers has a taper block that works pretty good though. it cost like $10.50 ... works with a disk sander.

If you don't have the sander you could try to addapt the taper jig to work. But it would seem like it would wear out the paper fast.

[Brutus Hedgeapple]

Jason, Why do you think it "would seem a bit much"? Not stirrin, just askin.

Brutus

[aromakr]

Brutus:
That particular devise would not work, but one like it set for the degree taper you need will to a certain extent. The problem being your going to have a very small piece of sandpaper doing all the work, that would have to be replaced quite often. When using a Disc or belt sander you have a much larger area of material doing the cutting. My machine has a five inch disc and it still needs to be replaced often with soft wood shafts.
Bob

[donw]

i made one like that and it does work well but the sandpaper must be kept 'fresh'.

i read about some using files doing the same thing and it worked even better.

[Aeronut]

That won't work for nock and point tapers.

I made one of those and used double stick tape to mount the sandpaper.  It worked fine for about five shafts and then the sandpaper curled up and the shaft stuck to the tape and came to an abrupt stop.

The Birch shaft I was tapering exploded into about a dozen pieces and one splinter broke a shop light.   Luckily I waasn't hit.  I haven't used it since.

Dennis