What is your FOC for Footed Shafts?????

[Jack Skinner]

Thanks for the kind words gentilmen.

Randy you may see them in Ft. Collins this weekend I am going to try and make it. My joints are getting better. I am having a time with stoping the check in the hardwood on inserting taper. But have more ideas to try.

Orion I figure there is not much really new anymore, just us reinventing it. The bloodwood seems to be slightly heavier than the purpleheart, but the purpleheart is more difficult to sand. I really havent weighed the different footings yet but am pleased with the longer 4" foot over the 2.5.

Bjorn thanks I agree my shorter shaft and heavey 190gr point weight help alot with my FOC, which I think is pretty good for wood shafts.

Getting FOC better flight and a heck of a lot of enjoyment out of building my own, WIN-WIN-WIN

[snag]

I tried bareshafting these tapered shafts this morning. At 29" bop they were way weak even with only 125gr tips. But what I can't figure out is the heavier the head, the less weakness it shows...? Am I getting a false weak reading with the lighter tips. I went up to 190gr and it was still weak, just not as much as with the 125gr. I usually don't have this much trouble tuning shafts....?

[Jack Skinner]

Snag,  your results are different from mine for sure. Just going from a 160gr to 190gr point required an ajustment of 3-5lbs spine for me from my selfbow. Now when I make a say plain poplar shaft my spine at 26"center needs to be 60lbs at my arrow length and draw using 190gr head. When I added 100gr internal footing I had to go to 65lb spine. When I footed I needed at least a 70lb spine shaft to start, footing with hardwood lost 3-5lbs then the point dropped it another 5 so I am staying in the 60lb range overall. But the consistant thing was as I added weight up front I had to up the spine of my shaft.

[snag]

Can't figure it out....very weird. Not the usual reaction I get when tuning arrows. Think I'll stay away from footed shafts.