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DC:
I was asked for some pictures of my new arrow lathe. It's made from an old sewing machine. I kept the foot pedal. Using the tension knob works well. I turned a new idler pulley to slow it down a little more. It has a separate power supply for the feather burner. It could still use more stuff, like a paint brush rest for cresting. Let me know if you want more.

rebsr52339:
Who says we are not a nation of very clever folks  8)
Nice job

TSA:
that is awesome, so it is a thread wrapping lathe, cresting jig and arrow burner all in one ??
very cool :OK

DC:
Yup. Wrapping two threads at once looks cool. I'm still learning how to do that. It's a tad fast for learning. The original reduction was 9:1. The new idler pulley I made dropped that to 13:1. 15 or 16:1 would be better I think. The lathe I had before used an old cordless drill for power. It worked but it was very noisy. This is nice and quiet, I can still hear my tunes. I got the inspiration to make this new one by watching a video for a device called an "Arrow Wrapper" It's on youtube, take a look.

Pat B:
Does it have a fletch burner on it too, DC?

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