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Fletching with silk?

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Pat B:
Tracy, a few yours ago someone posted pics of a simple jig for hand fletching shafts. It may have been Jamie.  It is basically a small piece of cardboard(or another similar material) with a shaft size hole in the middle and slots radiating out at the appropriate angle(ie. 120 deg for a 3 fletch). This jig holds the feathers as you wind the thread.  There was also a jig for holding the shaft while working on it.
   Do a search to see if you can locate that thread.

Little John:
I think I will make a simular jig to mark the location of the fletches for hand fletching, to get them equally spaced around the shaft. Good Idea.    kenneth

Hillbilly:
I often use a little cardboard thingy to mark the fletching evenly on the shaft. As for wrapping through the feathers, it helps me if I say a lot of cuss words while I'm wrapping them and unwrapping and re-wrapping.

DanaM:

--- Quote from: Hillbilly on April 05, 2009, 11:57:34 am ---I often use a little cardboard thingy to mark the fletching evenly on the shaft. As for wrapping through the feathers, it helps me if I say a lot of cuss words while I'm wrapping them and unwrapping and re-wrapping.

--- End quote ---

Been there before Steve :D Think I may have invented a few new curse words in the process ;)

TRACY:
Does it make any difference if you start at the nock end and wrap towards the point or vice versa? I'm left handed and rarely in my right mind ;D

Thanks Tracy

Any preference on silk thread, heavy or lite?

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