Author Topic: My first attempt at footing arrows. PICS (Read 1517 times)

jonsimoneau · « **on:** January 26, 2009, 08:09:00 AM »

I decided to try the two wing footings first. It's a piece of purple heart footed to a sitka spruce shaft. What do you guys think?

Glued up

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Finished product

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ductape · « **Reply #1 on:** January 26, 2009, 08:13:00 AM »

Looks good to me!

tradtusker · « **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2009, 08:43:00 AM »

looks nice good job

Chris Surtees · « **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:05:00 AM »

Very nice...what tool did you use to round the footing?

jonsimoneau · « **Reply #4 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:18:00 AM »

Chris, I did everything by hand. Just rounded the footing by using a small wood plane or a thumb plane. Just kept taking the corners off. Also I used a wood rasp now and then. Once I got it close it was down to sandpaper. I checked the diameter with a caliper as I went.

Tique · « **Reply #5 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:33:00 AM »

Nice job.. did you cut the taper on the spruce with a plane too?

jonsimoneau · « **Reply #6 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:36:00 AM »

Tique, yep. Sure did. Cutting the taper on the arrow shaft was the easy part. It really only takes a few minutes. The purple heart is much harder to work with, because it is so dense. Actually, though, the whole process was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I've got some more glued up and ready to go.

unclewhit · « **Reply #7 on:** January 26, 2009, 10:14:00 AM »

How many grains did you gain up front?

By the way great job.

Bjorn · « **Reply #8 on:** January 26, 2009, 10:17:00 AM »

Really nice job. That is inspiring!!

Guru · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2009, 10:18:00 AM »

Very nice Jon....your hard work was worth it bud

jonsimoneau · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2009, 10:24:00 AM »

unclewhit, I have not weighed it yet since a finished the first footing. I'll weigh it tonight when I get home.

Izzy · « **Reply #11 on:** January 26, 2009, 11:18:00 AM »

Looks real good.

Dave Bulla · « **Reply #12 on:** January 26, 2009, 02:09:00 PM »

One down, eleven to go!!!!

Good job.

BMN · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2009, 02:32:00 PM »

Very nice. Is the beer one of the key ingredients to doing this successfully?

jonsimoneau · « **Reply #14 on:** January 26, 2009, 02:52:00 PM »

BMN, yes the beer is essential to any basement tinkering project. Just keep it cold!

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2009, 05:17:00 PM »

Looks good, John. I haven't forgotten about the web page I promised you on footings. I am about to post it on my site. Jawge

Plumber · « **Reply #16 on:** January 26, 2009, 06:13:00 PM »

I WOULD LOVE TO DO THIS. THAT LOOKS REAL NICE. ITS STUFF LIKE THIS THAT MAKES NUTS OVER TRAD ARCHERY P.S THAT IS ONE HELLOFA BUCK!!!!

steadman · « **Reply #17 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:29:00 PM »

Very nice! I was wondering about the weight as well.

Hot Hap · « **Reply #18 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:45:00 PM »

Jon-That is looking very good. Hap

pete p · « **Reply #19 on:** January 27, 2009, 12:38:00 AM »

thats pretty impressive!


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