Footed arrow making

[Schme1440]

1. Where can I find information on making footed arrows

2. Where can I get a footing jig or how do I make one?

I like making arrows and would like to have a good project to do.

[laminatekid]

Try pip bickerstaffes' book "The heritage of the longbow" which has step by steps on how to do it.....to be honest though you don't need a jig just a sharp block plane and be patient...oh and the footing material can be bought at steve strattons website http://www.diyarchery.co.uk/

[Schme1440]

Cool. Thanks for that. Ill see if I can find some one with the book to photocopy the footing section for me. I dont want to buy it cos I wont read the rest. I think I understand how to attach the foot to the shaft but its how to get accurate footed and slots in the shaft that will fit together perfectly that confuse me.

[ThePinkOne]

Hilary Greenland also has good stuff in her book "the Traditional Archers' Handbook: A practical Guide."

Turning spindles from a woodturning supplier a good source of footing woods on-line. Purpleheart is a good reliable start although walnut is easier to work.

Suggest you spend a few pennies and buy Hilary's book, there's lots inthere about arrow making, I found it a much better more practical (and less sexist!) read than Pip's book, more in it and it's cheaper.

Tools: yes, small block plane and sandpaper. I use a modeller's plane with disposable blades, works better than my expensive and tuned block plane! An arrow board is useful (can be obtained from Richard head).

I suggest you try a two-point splice first, it's easiest.

The most difficult part is cutting the footings- unless you have a decent-sized bandsaw or can use a friend's one. A 6tpi skip tooth I found gave the most consistent result on purpolehart and other exotics.

Regards,

DH.

[wingate_52]

Try this site

http://www.whisperingwindarrows.com/

[wingate_52]

And this one

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...1;t=022465;p=2

[Huffy]

There is a different style of jig on the Flybow.com shop website

http://www.flybowshop.com/assets/s2d...lybowshop.com/

Under the Arrow building material section.
An unusual method and I think recommended by someone on Archeryuk.

I do not know how strong the joint would be.

Best wishes, Mark Huff

[Huffy]

Hello Wingate

The trad talk link comes up with
"You have requested a topic that does not exist! "

I would be interested to find out whats at the other end of the link

Best wishes, Mark

[Schme1440]

Originally Posted by Huffy

There is a different style of jig on the Flybow.com shop website

http://www.flybowshop.com/assets/s2d...lybowshop.com/

Under the Arrow building material section.
An unusual method and I think recommended by someone on Archeryuk.

I do not know how strong the joint would be.

Best wishes, Mark Huff

Some of those fletchings look awsome. Tempted to try the eagle stlyes on my field arrows when I make them.

[Macbow]

Originally Posted by Huffy

There is a different style of jig on the Flybow.com shop website

http://www.flybowshop.com/assets/s2d...lybowshop.com/

Under the Arrow building material section.
An unusual method and I think recommended by someone on Archeryuk.

I do not know how strong the joint would be.

Best wishes, Mark Huff

Mark, the repair is very strong if you do a clean cut and a nice glue line with a waterproof wood glue. I have got a lot of use and value-for-money from one of these jigs. Very easy to use. It is more of a repair type footing as opposed to a footing in the usual sense. If I broke an arrow behind the point it was useless as it would be an inch to short. Now I can just splice on a new section and the arrow is good as new. This is really important when you have spent a lot of time and money getting a matched set of competition arrows. If you use the same wood the repair is actually hard to spot and has no effect on spine.