Footing woodies... Idea...

[Badwithabow]

Ok so I'm gonna be building me some woodies for this year, But i shoot a 30.5 in arra and want to beef it up a lil on the end for toughness. Is there an easy way to foot a 23/64 arra?

I know what i'm about to say is probably blasphemy but i'm an archer on a budget. I thought about trying some of that spray on bed liner on the last 2-3 inches of the shaft? Any thoughts? They sell it in a rattle can and its pretty easy and cheap to apply.

Anythoughts?

[bigbadjon]

I doubt that would be rigid enoungh to make a difference. You are probably better off finding some metal tubing or aluminum arrow that would slip on behind the tip. That or foot them the old fashioned way...

[Bjorn]

You could sand the end of the 23/64 down to 11/32 pretty quick and foot with a reparrow. Or just buy 11/32 to start with-Surewood Doug Fir is my recommendation.

[Mike Most]

I think min-wax makes a wood hardener, liquid that applies to wood in other circumstances, it might make your arrow tips mighty tough, with just a quick dip and let dry, that would be after putting on your point taper.

Just a thought..

[meathead]

The reparrows are the easiest way.  2 point footed shafts are pretty simple to make too.  There are a couple past threads on 2 point footing here on tradgang that you could search for.

[iohkus]

Easton 2512 (eclipse) shafts would be a good fit, being .3667 inside diameter.  :cool:

[gringol]

A 23/64 Doug fir or ash arrow is mighty tough on its own.  Traditional footingight be best, but that's not cheap.  I'd try using a piece of aluminum or just go with ash or something real tough to begin with.

[TSP]

A simple/cheap way to reinforce your wood arrow tips behind the point is to put a heavy coat of 2-ton epoxy over the last three inches of shaft, including the lower part of the target point.  I just smooth it on the shaft with my finger during point installation.  Not exactly pretty, but it adds a bit of point weight, dries hard/strong and will stiffen the point quite well. If the tip does break just fix it with a reparrow tip and do the same thing all over again.  Your mileage may vary, but I've found this trick to extend the life of my wood target arrows considerably.

[Looper]

Yeah, just get some Surewoods.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

might consider internal footing also!

[Roadkill]

I have used a bandsaw an cut a 4in slot in the point end.  I cut some hard wood the same thhickness and glued the in.  Then i sand them to match before tapering.  Add some weight and strength to. The shaft.  We get to hit lots of rocks here.
I made internal footing jigs for years.  I use bamboo food skewers for the footing as it flexes a lot without breaking