Wow, 35 inches!!! Ever think of footing a full length shaft?

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Sounds like you can do one of two things. Buy one of those footing jigs and make them yourself, or buy some Black Eagle shafts, which are 34" long and foot with aluminum.


I don't know how long you can buy wooden shafts, but Reparrow makes those extension pieces you can glue to the end of your shafts. I think their just under 4".

 

Wow! I wonder if you called out to Easton if they would cut you a few long ones? I'm sure their equipment cuts to length automatically, but maybe they can hold a dozen back and cut them manually for you.


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How tall are you? Just curious, and I’m sure others are as well

 

I just talked with a friend who makes custom wood arrows. He said you can buy shafts in any length from Forrester.

https://forresterwoodshafts.com/

 

Yes; call Forrester.

 

I have a 32 inch draw and go to Wapiti which makes the longest Port Orford Cedar shafts that I could find. I was told by Rose City that the length is limited by their equipment.

My first arrows were footed shafts which you could easily shoot. The problem is that they are heavy and I shoot long, so I went shorter.

The problem with carbon is that they are made from 36 inch prepreg. Defects at the ends must be cut off. That limits the length. I was told by one arrow manufacturer (a smaller one) that they could try to sort out some longer shafts where less trimming was needed.

 

You might have to end up making extensions. Depending on what type and size arrow you end up with, you can cut small pieces the length you need, and glue in another short section of shaft from another arrow that fits inside the original snugly.

For example, if you select a 2213 aluminum shaft, it may come 33” full length. Cut some 3” sections of a 2213 shaft. A 2018 will fit snugly inside, so cut some 3” sections of 2018 and glue them in so half sticks out. Then glue on the 3” section of the 2213. That’ll give you a 36” arrow.

For carbons, I haven’t found a small carbon shaft that will fit snugly inside a “standard” .244” ID shaft, but there should be one that will fit nicely in one of those 9.3mm OD competition arrows. Just need to do some experimenting. Maybe raid your club’s lost arrow bin for samples to try out.

This may seem weird to some, but it’s perfectly safe to do at the front end of an arrow if the inner piece is snug and the same or thicker wall thickness as the arrow, and you’ve done a good job gluing. I wouldn’t try it for the middle or nock end of the arrow, though.

 

Thanks to all. I will call Forrester and play around with some of the other suggestions.

FYI..I'm 6'11 and have a little larger wingspan

 

Yes, you do. You'll need a long bow to avoid finger pinch and stacking I would imagine.

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My local archery store told me about selling a bow to the old Clipper center Chris Kaman who is about 7'0". They said they had to go down into the 20's to get a bow he could pull due to his long draw length.

And Chris Kaman was a pretty stout guy. Not a Manute Bol skinny type of center.

 

I played in the league for 5 years before knee surgeries took me out early. Bought my first trad bow in Denton TX when I was playing for the Mavs.

I understand the physics of stacking and string pinch, and have actually made a few bows that are 68 " ish... but funny thing is my curren go to is a 62" Centaur triple carbon. Doesn't stack all the way out to 35 and minimal finger pinch.. I know it sounds a little crazy but he makes a heck of a bow.

 

I test bows and have a database with about 70 bows in it. I accept data from others and do the analysis. If you have a good scale and can do measurements I will process your data. I am really interested to see how your bow goes out to 35 without stacking.

It may actually stack but you may be strong enough to power through it. The longest I take bows out to when I test is 33 inches. 35 inches would be new territory for me. I am interested in longer distance measurements to help me with some modelling I am doing.

I want to be able to predict behavior through stacking a bit better which means having data in the super long draw length ranges to validate my equations.

Basically what I need it pounds in one inch intervals during draw. The pounds must be on integer intervals, i.e. 10, 11, 12 .... If I get fractions then I have to interpolate the data. I need it that way so that the bow selection pull downs in my program work.

My program is setup to compare peer groups of bows. You can select up to four bows to graphically compare. I find this approach to be much more effective than looking at single bow data.

 

Kyudo or Korean traditional arrows might work if you can find a stiff enough spine.

 

Another vote for Kevin Forrester. His arrow shafts are excellent. Second to none.

 

ditto

 

Thanks to all.. I have a call into Forester and looking forward to hearing back.

Hank D- I have a scale. But just moved and no clue what box it is in.. was actually just looking for it.. When I locate I'll shoot you a PM and happy to try and provide some data.