Feather Splicing Success!

[JONES45LC]

Looks good

[CaptJack]

great looking splices

I've built / fletched my own arrows since I was a teenager
one of the first things I got was my fletching jig
I still believe in fletching one arrow at a time
I use a digital watch with the count-down timer set for 20'mins
and just set the jig in front of me on the desk and get'er done

I have a straight clamp and a left helical clamp



as a target shooter, nothing makes a better set of competition arrows than a single clamp. every fletching is put on in exactly the same position.

[dmaxshawn]

looks great

[meangene1969]

Well done

[bountyhunter]

Those look great, you did an awesome job!!!!

[equin]

Nice!

[equin]

Those look awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been trying to figure out a way to do it with vanes, but have been unsuccessful so far.

I can get them stuck together just fine where they look good, but you have to glue them together the full length of the seams, and the glue lines make them to stiff.

I figure if I can ever get it figured out, I might get some of the folks (Deb) to stop treating me like a red headed step child for using them.

Rick

With vanes, would it be easier to paint or color on the design you want? I don't know what kind of paint to use with them, but maybe some of the Testor's brand paints used for making plastic model cars?

[caughtandhobble]

The feathers look great!!!

[kestimator]

Very nice Agtex42!

[agtex42]

Thanks for the kind words yall!

It was a bit intimidating at first but I got the hang of things pretty quick. I decided to go with a 5" shield cut chopper to give me some flexibility between carbons and woods, but I've been playing around with the "leftovers" in an attempt to maximize my feather use and I think I'll be able to get a full 5" feather and a 2.75" "custom" profile for a 4-fletch setup.

Derek, I have to say your video was as inspiring as it was informative! I already have several membranes stripped and cut, just waiting on my fletch-tite to get here so I can start splicing them in.

[bountyhunter]

Thanks for the kind words yall!

It was a bit intimidating at first but I got the hang of things pretty quick. I decided to go with a 5" shield cut chopper to give me some flexibility between carbons and woods, but I've been playing around with the "leftovers" in an attempt to maximize my feather use and I think I'll be able to get a full 5" feather and a 2.75" "custom" profile for a 4-fletch setup.

Derek, I have to say your video was as inspiring as it was informative! I already have several membranes stripped and cut, just waiting on my fletch-tite to get here so I can start splicing them in.

Glad the video help and I can't wait to see you next set.

[JMenendez]

Looks Great

[n8vtxn1]

Very impressive. Keep up the great work.

[Selfbowman]

Nice fletchings. I will leave that fance stuff to you guys. I have dumbo points for fingers and trying to do work like that is a challenge to say the least for me.

[edwardv]

That's awesome. They look great.