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Timmah

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #30 on: September 24, 2007, 05:11:29 am »
Fred, Make your standard footed arrow, heat the living daylights out of the join and slowly twist. It works great with a hardwood foot and POC shaft, hardwood shaft and hardwood foot is not so great. I found that the glue will give up before you get much of a twist going. It may be OK if you find a good heat resistant glue though.

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Tim
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MattE

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #31 on: September 24, 2007, 09:31:02 am »
You need a jig for maintaining straightness and something to control the distance of the twist which is 45 degrees, slightly past is better if you try to make them a true 45 degrees. If you don't use a jig each arrow will be slightly different and not straight at all, you might get lucky but it is doubtfull. If you try to twist the shafts free hand you won't be pleased with the results! .....I believe I saw spiral shafts with Purple heart footings  in "Three Rivers"  catalog? They were costly.
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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #32 on: September 24, 2007, 11:32:44 am »
When I get back to England at the end of the month ;D LOTS  to keep me out of trouble >:D with Archers Rest I am the resident trouble maker ;).  >:D ;D ;)THANKS YOU LOT
Fred
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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #33 on: September 28, 2007, 01:44:26 am »
Absolutely beautiful!  You have the touch!

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2007, 09:11:06 pm »
     Could you post some pictures of the jig you used, and how you heated, and twisted the shafts?  Perhaps an article in the next PA publication.

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Offline Michael C.

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #35 on: December 15, 2009, 02:46:04 pm »
Woah those are wicked!!  :o :o
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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #36 on: December 15, 2009, 04:07:02 pm »
U N B E L I V A B L E !!!!
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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #37 on: December 15, 2009, 05:44:27 pm »
Boy somebody dug this one out of a dark corner.  ;D
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Offline Michael C.

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #38 on: December 15, 2009, 05:53:11 pm »
Hah, yeah I was just looking through the arrows archives because I have some boo coming in and wanted to read up what others had done and happened on this post. Glad I did, those are crazy looking footings, I haven't been doing this long but I haven't seen any like those, clever way of doing it also.
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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #39 on: December 16, 2009, 09:45:57 am »
how do i do that?

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Offline Keenan

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #40 on: December 16, 2009, 10:05:14 pm »
Those are sweet, I'm only seen a few people be able to do that and keep them straight. Take allot of skill. Congratulations. Can't wait to see them when they are done. ;)
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #41 on: December 16, 2009, 10:22:30 pm »
Very nice, I have only seen that done once before by Rusty's Feet.  I never knew how he did it.  That is awsome, very nice work.
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #42 on: December 16, 2009, 11:58:06 pm »
 :o Those are amazing! Good job!
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Re: (more pics!)Purpleheart 4-wing spiral footing
« Reply #43 on: December 18, 2009, 03:32:12 am »
I haven't been able to find anything on how to do footings other than Sam Harpers youtube video.  He does a simple wedge, how do you do the 4 spline??!
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