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Mesophilic:
I have a bunch of commercial right wing fletches  my homemade jig took a dump on me so I think I'm going to order a commercially made jig.

In doing some research I've become at odds with  what I'm seeing.   My right wing fletches naturally curl to the left, so do I want a jig with a left offset or helix?  The jigs sayjng "right wing" seem to want to glue the fletch to the right for a clockwise rotation.  But if I attempt to bend these fletches to the right, opposite of where they naturally want to curl,  they scrunch up.

In the image below they show the "left wing" glued in the same direction my right wing fletches want to be naturally.

So do I actually want a "left wing" jig?  Is this one of those situations where they are avtually referring to vanes amd calling it left wing because it points left, so as not to confuse the wheel bow guys?

PEARL DRUMS:
When you look down a RW feather from the rear the quill is on the left. That image is correct. LW start out and go inward. RW start in and go outward. Again, looking from the rear.

Mesophilic:

--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS/PEARLY/PD/DRUMS on August 22, 2018, 04:09:36 pm ---When you look down a RW feather from the rear the quill is on the left. That image is correct. LW start out and go inward. RW start in and go outward. Again, looking from the rear.

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My quills run down the left side as you describe.   But they also curl to the left.

So do I want a jig that will force them to the right?

Pat B:
If you are going to buy a new fletch jig get a JoJan Multifletch straight fletch. You can adjust it for right or left wing by just offseting the jig one way or the other.

PEARL DRUMS:
If you plan to stick with RW and are intending on buying a single side jig. Buy a RW jig. The JoJan are pretty slick as well. I've used both extensively, but own a Bitzenburger.

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