I did years ago. 3Rivers had/has plugs that are tapered already, just glue them in. Or like I did I made them from dowels and bamboo skewers . lots of work especially without a lathe. Used my drill motor as a turning device. At the time I was heavily involved in making bamboo flyrods so it seemed natural for me to use bamboo arrows from my longbows. I even used my silk thread for cresting. i even made a set for a friend who was going on safari in Africa. He shot a few plains critters with them. They are a pretty tough arrow and did take some abuse that would have shattered a Cedar arrow. BUT, lots of work to get them close in spine and weight. Not all the shafts maybe the same diameter so lots of hand fitting of those nock and point tapers. The normal taper tool doesn’t work well because of the bamboo fibers. That’s why the plugs. Maybe today’s press in nocks would make it easier? I can’t comment on the shafts available at EBay or Amazon, I bought the ones I used from a man who made Japanese bows and arrows.

 

Was looking at some at 3R,maybe gonna try making some

 

There is a reason that hardly anyone makes them or shoots them

 

they're very popular here in the UK

 

I have about two dozen or more of them, which I made myself from bare shafts.
I enlarged the ID for a thin wooden rod to be glued in.
You have to ge very careful with drill bits here, I did 1/10mm increments and drilled slowly.
Otherwise, it will split lengthwise.
I had used 3mm or 4mm OD beechwood rods, and the water-resistant kind of elmer's glue.
Then, you can just take the "usual" sharpener tool for nock an tip, and glue on both.
I did a few self-nocks, but that was a pain in the behind, to be frank ...

And a few additional comments ...
Bamboo shafts are most often sorted for spine.
Which means, both weight and outer diameters will be different.
For instance, you might use a 5/16" tool for some, and a 11/32" for some others.
A few suppliers (at least here in Europe) offer shafts sorted by spine and by weight - which of course costs extra.
For the spine-sorted shafts, +-25gn is normal, and +-50gn is not unusual.

On the upside, they are very robust, and have a natural taper and thus an inherent positive FOC.
Which means, you get away with relatively light tips.

 

Thank you,I was thinking about wood dowels myself.

 

Good for stumping arrows but not precise enough for real accurate work in my experience.

 

Yeah, It's is really superb in workinh.

 

Made them when I was a youngun out of river came. We just cut the nocks with a chainsaw file and whittled a point with a pocket knife. We just beer cans and sometimes rabbits. Accuracy was kinda release and hope lol. We had no idea of spine or weight or anything like that, just kids with bows made from hickory saplings, brick masons string for strings, river cane, and dogwood suckers for arrows. Straightened them over fire scraped them smooth with the same pocket knife. Got a fat rabbit for supper once in a while with them, instead of just beans, and cornbread, fried potatoes. Man I wish I could go back to those days. And yes river cane when hardened over a fire to straighten were pretty darn tough. God bless y'all, and safe shooting.