Multi Fletcher

[Barrage]

Hey Kegan, thought you might be interested in this.  This one is pretty similar to the one you made; the major difference is that you can adjust the offset so you can use left or right wing feathers, or make small adjustments for different sized shafts.  Here's some pics...

[hedgeapple]

A really newby question:  What's the difference in spiral and offset fletching?

[Dustybaer]

great job, kegan.

barrage, how do you get the arrows out, after fletching?  do you have to disassemble every time?

[Barrage]

Hedgeapple, at the end of the day, mostly just the amount of offset.  Helical jigs will have a twist in them though, to account for the wrap around the arrow.

Dustybaer, usually I take off the front piece - it's really quick, especially if I didn't have a 3 foot bolt on it .  But if you made the front holes a little bigger, you could just pull them out.  If I were to make another one, I would make the front hole bigger (which I could still do now ) and I would consider a method of putting some pressure on the clamps to get better, more consistent feather / shaft contact.  That said, this one works really well and I've been happy with my scrap heap fletcher.

[stickbender]

     Hey, Kegan was that Mullet heading for his shop?  I think he will have a couple in his shop.  That is a neat idea.  I had been thinking about something like that, but never got around to trying to figure out how to do it.  Now I don't have to figure it out.
Thanks for sharing that.
                                                                                     Wayne

[Kegan]

Thanks guys .

Barrage- neat! I was sort of guessing when I tried to get the offset the first time. I'll looking for more clips so I can make anothre set of clamps- this time with a curve in them to get some more helical.

Or maybe just a little sanding, or maybe...

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