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?

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...

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.

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..

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.

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

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.

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.

Yeah, just get some Surewoods.

might consider internal footing also!

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