Raw feather to fletching build along
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
Great build along! I've been chopping and burning feathers for traditional archery arrows for a few years. I made my own grinding jig out of a straight fletching clamp and use a dremel tool. The shop vac and a good mask are necessities as the feather dust isn't good to inhale. Do many people use real feathers for crossbow bolts or do they use vanes?
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
I would guess that the vast majority use vanes. Bill
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
bmac wrote:Great build along! I've been chopping and burning feathers for traditional archery arrows for a few years. I made my own grinding jig out of a straight fletching clamp and use a dremel tool. The shop vac and a good mask are necessities as the feather dust isn't good to inhale. Do many people use real feathers for crossbow bolts or do they use vanes?
I use and like my feathers over vanes, they each have they're use, but to me feathers win hands down,imho
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
I love my feathers too!!
Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
Just another example of the enthusiasm and resourcefulness the members of this forum have for their sport. I think its wonderful!
Good luck
Joe
Good luck
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
it look cool,,,i got the bug now for fletching,,you should do a video and ask excalibur to post it on theire video section ..
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
Nice read. I do the same except i use a burner{to make them all the exact same size on shaft} Even the blazer shape
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
I think a video would be nice to make as well, but i don't have the camera to make one. Bill
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
Secret, i have tried the burners as well, but i can't take the horrible smell they produce then burning the feathers. It smell like a whole chicken/turkey barn is on fire!! LOL Bill
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
ttt. Bill
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Hey Bill, top notch stuff for sure. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
Do you shoot feathers on your crossbow arrows and if so how do they fly?
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
Years ago I was in a primitive archery club, and fletched some arrows with feathers from a turkey that I had killed.I pretty much followed your procedure but used the clamp off a Bitzenberger to hold the feather for sanding. I cut the feathers to shape with a pair of sharp scissors as I didnt have a "chopper". They werent exact but I didnt figure the Indians feathers were either.I love the chopper tool. Thats keen. Where might one purchase one of those? My old bow broke and I have had a stave, worked down to a single growth ring and the ends sealed with parafin, sittin' in the shed for about 15 yrs.! Guess its dry by now!!! lol maybe one of these days I will get motivated to finish it.
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
I shoot both Blazers and Rayzr feathers. They both fly just fine. Fethers weigh a lot less so it gives you a little more FOC too - for free. The only downsides to them is that they are more expensive than vanes and don't last as long when shooting a bunch at a target. But there are many advantages to them too, the main one I like is that a feather acts the same regardless of temperature. Vanes don't do that.automated11 wrote:Do you shoot feathers on your crossbow arrows and if so how do they fly?
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Re: Raw feather to fletching build along
Interesting build-along!
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