Joining wood pieces

[bow101]

What is the easiest way to join 2 pieces of wood for making  arrows.  I have a few short chunks of Douglas fir but not long enough for arrows. 

[Bryce]

use glue 


footing the shaft is good way to lengthen a shaft

[bow101]

use glue...... smarty      my Douzuki saw is busted, how do I go about footing the shaft..? 

[Bryce]

john strunk showed me how to do it with a hand plane. flattened 2 sides of the shaft and then took a wedged piece of wood and slid it on. round it up and your good to go

[mikekeswick]

Aye it's as easy as that. 
You can make footed shafts with nothing more than a fine saw, plane, rasp and sandpaper.
As for joining stock - don't bother.

[bow101]

Thanks cone,  do you have alrger photo, just hard to make it out.  so what you are doing tapering both pieces with the hand plane..?

Aye it's as easy as that. 
As for joining stock - don't bother.

If you have a finger joint machine its easy.......