Footed carbons

[stabow]

When footing carbons with aluminum footing what 's a good length 4 or 5 inches or longer and what epoxy do you use for gluing them on with.
Anyone knows the size that fits a CX 250......stabow

[stabow]

I did find out that a 2114 would fit a CX 250 but need to apply before the insert is applied or it won't slide over......stabow

[benny]

I do 1.5" and use JB weld.

Benny

[BobW]

Justed (torture) tested out some this morning on a 30 target course.  2" of lap (but a little different story for me as I use an additional 2" to lengthen my arrow, and a cut piece of carbon shaft riding between my full length shaft and the aluminum insert).  Glued up with Powerbond.  I lost one in a repaired foam target - that repair material is brutal.... and bulged one on a steel drum - thanks Brent for putting that image in my head.  I use 2216's on Heritage 250's.  My prep work may have not have been stellar on these.  I usually like GoatTuff for my glueing.  I don't like the "mess" of JB Weld.

[Shawn Leonard]

Ya only want the footing to be a bit longer if any than the regular insert or else you just move the breaking point farther back. I use 1.5"s. Shawn

[BobW]

I know what you are saying Shawn, but my failures on plain carbon shafts are "mushrooming" and "end splits".  We hunt a few rocks around here....lol.

Bob

[stabow]

I did a few today on my CX 90 I used 2114 1.5 '' long and use beyond bond to glue them to the shaft will see how that works......stabow

[BLACK WOLF]

I just do enough to keep the ends from splitting. My footings were 1" but I'm now experimenting with 3/4" and haven't had any problems yet.

Ray  

[Bill Carlsen]

I'm with Ray on this one. It just seems to me that the whole idea of the footing is to stop splitting and mushrooming so a footing of an inch or less is good enough.