G'day all,

Well I'm currently in many stages of the footing process. I did order some of Ted at Raptory Archery a few weeks back for a close mate of mine.

These were spruce footed with Wenge and I must say the craftsmanship was 2nd to none. These were footed straight but I thought I'd try out some spiralling to really bring out the eye candy. Thats what good mates are for arn't they?

Here is a few pics...




And here is me footing my own in my workshop. I've just got to put the cuts into the foots and I'll be set for glue up....







I'll post some more when I get to the glue up stages.

AK.

Wow very nice!


"I love that glorious bastard" General Patton when asked about Rommel.

I'll be watching this one close!  Footing has always looked like magic.

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?

Check 3rivers arrow making section Dave.

Dave it's the footing jig from 3Rivers and I put in in a samll trimmer (router) and build a type of platform for it to run along. A bit of tril and error at the start, but in all it works rather good.

al.

Al....very very nice. I'd like to boast that i'd do the same if i had the time....but with all these thumbs i can barely glue my nocks on ! Remind me of the one's Rusty's Feet made. Jealous of the arrows and your skill in making them! Well done mate...they need to get pointed at some chital eh!  Ben

Al....very very nice. I'd like to boast that i'd do the same if i had the time....but with all these thumbs i can barely glue my nocks on ! Remind me of the one's Rusty's Feet made. Jealous of the arrows and your skill in making them! Well done mate...they need to get pointed at some chital eh!  Ben

Too deadly, Al!

Those are good lookin splices!

Al those are beautiful. So you do both right and left hand twist? :-)

Why naturally mate, to suit whatever wing feathers and bevel heads your shooting...lol.

You like the cap Jo-Jo?

Those look sharp, Al!

Looking good Al  

VERY Nice!  

Wow! Keep it coming Al. How about a how-to story?

That's some mighty fine looking craftsmanship Al.        

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

Mike

Thanks Mike! I was afraid I was the only one wondering that. I just gotta see pictures of that process!

Impressive craftsmanship, especially the twist-it looks like magic. Were they done by Ted Fry at Raptor?