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Anybody into footing shafts?

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freke:
I am not up to footing, at least not as nice as the one you do.
But I repair arrows with a kind of footing by simply do a single cut in a fixture and add a broken arrow as tippet and I found this easy and fast repair but it do not look as good as real footing with contrasting darker wood

BowEd:
Good fix and hope it holds up for you.Personally I just make another shaft.
Split timber shafts alone need good straight grain.Even when putting footings on them.
I never need to foot shoot shafts as they are already full length tapered and IMO are noticeably tougher than most all split timber shafts.

freke:

--- Quote from: BowEd on February 25, 2022, 10:02:43 am ---Good fix and hope it holds up for you.Personally I just make another shaft.
Split timber shafts alone need good straight grain.Even when putting footings on them.
I never need to foot shoot shafts as they are already full length tapered and IMO are noticeably tougher than most all split timber shafts.

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I was really skeptic to this when I started but I needed a easy way to extend life although 90% of my reparations are nocks, and I repair an inch (+5" overlap) at most  but I have not had any failure.

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