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Fletching jig?
gutpile:
when I make my primitive arrows I tie by hand.. I peel the feather from the quill it will be just like skin..cut to about 5 or 6 inch I remove some of feather from front and end to tie too leave some skin there with no feather .. I put a fine coat of hide glue on shaft then hold the tree feathers in my hand and wrap the front end down then spiral wrap till the end and wrap it ..all with sinew.. you have plenty of time to adjust your feathers to the orientation you need and even add a helical to it.. of course use either all right wing or left wing.. not sure that really matters if you peel them bit I still do.. you can cut in nock then or prior to wrapping if nock already cut..I then either burn or cut the fletching down or leave full for flu flu.. I have never lost a single feather off my arrows doing this way... and its so easy even a caveman can do it..haha.. gut
Fox:
thanks for all the good advice guys..... gut, thats pretty similar to what I've been doing... although I don't use hide glue, which I should probably do... and I put the glue on the feather not the shaft... and the fletching always doesn't look quite right... and only 1 out of the 30 or so arrows I've made has flown perfect... ill try fletching a few with your method and see how it goes
(these were hefted with dogbane I didn't have sinew at the time)
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Pat B:
I'd say you've got it. Nice arrow.
Are you orienting the shaft so the stiff side goes against the bow? That will make a difference how it flies.
Hawkdancer:
I agree with Pat B. Nice work!
Hawkdancer
Fox:
hm I must just be crazy ;D well thats good to know, I guess if you two think the fletches are good then it must be the shaft... I might try Tonkin cane from khans or something.... I've heard leaving arrows long can help with accuracy and getting around the shelf.. my arrows are all around 28" i guess thats pretty short... I mean they seemed to bare shaft pretty good, but I dunno...
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