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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Come on Al! We want more!

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

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...).            

Sweet!

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

Nice    will be following this one.

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


AK.

just a question what is footing

Them are awsome looking!!

You are a true craftsman Al    

As usual..top notch    


I sure miss messing with wood arrows

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.

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