Footed shafts?

[Stone Knife]

Now that I can make my own shafting out of square stock, I thought why not footed shafts. How do I cut the square stock so they can be joined together? and what is the best glue to use also how long should the footing be?

[aromakr]

If your going to start with square stock the the two point splice is by far the easiest. taper the square four about 4" and cut your footings about 7 to 7 1/2" long and make a bandsaw cut down the middle around 4". You will need to place a small "C" clamp at the bottom of the cut so the foot does not splitout, then just push the two pieces together.  The glue will act as a lube.As to glue any good wood glue will work, I perfer Epoxy.
Bob

[ishiwannabe]

Wow Jim...you are making it sound easy. I have all the cedar you want if you ever want to try it for shafting. Let me know if you are looking for anything else to make into arrows...I have a virtual forrest that I have permission to harvest from.

[Jim now in Kentucky]

ishiwannabe , I'm guessing that in New York, your cedar is Atlantic white cedar. To soft and weak for arrows, unfortunately.

Reparrow man

[Bruce Martin]

There was a real good tutorial in one of the archery mags not real long ago, but I can't remember if it was Primitive Archer or Trad Bowhunter. Anybody know?

[Al Kidner]

ttt for Bruce...