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?


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Looks good to me!

looks nice good job

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

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.

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

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.

How many grains did you gain up front?

By the way great job.

Really nice job. That is inspiring!!  

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

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

Looks real good.

One down, eleven to go!!!!        

Good job.

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

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

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

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!!!!

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

Jon-That is looking very good. Hap

thats pretty impressive!