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Left wing right wing and jigs...help me make sense
Eric Krewson:
I accidently put right wing feathers in a left wing clamp while making a dozen extra fancy arrows one time, surprisingly they shot just fine.
majsnuff:
I have friends who save me the wings from turkey and geese. I use primaries from both.. I do have to be careful when fletching to keep them separated. So far neither has made me shoot as straight as I would like. (SH)
Mesophilic:
--- Quote from: majsnuff on September 01, 2018, 09:32:39 am ---So far neither has made me shoot as straight as I would likye. (SH)
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Truer words have never been spoken ;D
Del the cat:
This topic keeps coming up.
If you hold the feather in the clamp from the jig and run the quill along on some 120 grit sandpaper you can take off some of the excess and the feather will sit much straigher. Basically fletchings are poorly prepared, but then they are relatively cheap. I actually touch mine onto the belt sander running an 80 grit belt, but it takes some care.
Note, this process can actually help 'em lie at the right angle as in the raw state they often don't sit up vertical from the shaft, more like this / than | . By holding the clap at the correct angle you can get 'em to sit much better.
For flight arrow fletchings I take 'em down so that there is barely any quill left, it also solves the problem of the quill scratching your hand.
Like most things, the finish is proportional to the time and effort applied... the devil is in the detail.
Del
Tom Leemans:
I just adjust my Jo-Jan multi as well. Set it to lay the feather on nicely. Or...You can buy an extra clamp in S, RW, or LW to go in the same jig. The commercial feathers I buy are RW, so I have a RW clamp for those. If I grind my own turkey feathers, I usually use the straight and offset it. I've been tying on southeastern two fletch the past few years so I don't use my clamp, other than to do my wife's arrows.
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