Spiral Footing... job done, next !

[MikeW]

That's cool!! Now how did you get the twist in them?

Yeah, what did you do? Steam them and twist?
Nice work!

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by Dave Bulla:
Do you have some sort of mini router you are cutting the grooves with or is that a dremel in the vise?

What is the jig you are using?  Is it something available for sale or home made?

You can make a jig yourself for less than $5.00.

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[flint kemper]

Al, very nice indeed and as others have said let's see the twisting process. Flint

[FerretWYO]

That looks awesome Al. Thats craftsman ship at in its finest form.

[steadman]

Al your craftsmanship is unreal. Looking forward to the finished product.

[Al Kidner]

Hi fellas,

 The footed shafts in the first pic came from Ted at Raptor, I just put the twist in 'em when they landed at my place.

Now to the twist; all I did was soak 'em in warm water for 1/2 an hour while I let a pot of water boil on the stove top. I then placed a shaft over the pot and held in place with a small towel so as not to let any of the steam escape. I waited about 5-10 minutes then pulled the shaft out and twisted it slowly buy hand with a rag as the shaft will be warm.

After I was happy with the amount of twist I then eyeballed the shaft to get it back to stright.

I'm getting the foots of my shafts cut this week so I'll put up a "how to" when I'm done.


al.

[CJC]

i feel embarrassed to ask but whats the deal with footing?  what is its purpose?

[b.glass]

The footing adds wt to the front of the arrow, strength at a common breaking point and it's pretty. Also it is impressive!

[b.glass]

Come on Al! We want more!

[Joseph]

I do like the hat, obviously I have been working to much to notice but I did catch the beard.  Now if you would just let your hair grow out!    :D

[knife river]

Al and/or Ted, what glue did you use to foot the arrows?  It must be waterproof and flexible, which sounds like a demanding combination.  How do the footings hold up after twisting?  Any sign of joint failure?  Anything that beautiful must come with some negative trade-offs (learned that from my wife...).            

[vermonster13]

Sweet!

[dino]

Woody,
Rusty Watson used weldwood plastic resin glue.  Its a powder glue that you activate by mixing with water.  Not sure what Ted is using, but Rusty made alot of twisted shafts and he swore by the stuff.  dino

[bowhunterfrompast]

Nice    will be following this one.

[Al Kidner]

Woody, I had no failures at all but I did twist 'em slowly so as not to bust out the splices.


AK.

[goodolboy94]

just a question what is footing

[Crooked Stic]

Them are awsome looking!!

[Guru]

You are a true craftsman Al    

As usual..top notch    


I sure miss messing with wood arrows

[b.glass]

Goodolboy, footing is the splicing of a harder, heavier wood to the point end of a lighter, easier to keep straight arrow wood. It is either a 2 point footing (splice) or 4 point footing. Which gives it added strength and wt.

[Pat B]

I believe the Weldwood Plastic Resin is very similar to Urac. I was told about it from a guy from Italy a few years ago and used it on a few backed bows with good results.
  Nice spiraled footed shafts and build along, Al.
    Pat