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Feather grinder[Dana]

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DanaM:
I already talked to Chris and he don't work cheap and he's even tighter with his money than me :o :)

Ryano:
Dana, I just use two 10" pieces of 1x pine boards duct taped together on one side for a hinge, and one squeeze clamp to hold the feather in place.....works fine for me.  ::)

ricktrojanowski:
Dana- I made one really similar to Pappy's.  The only difference that I see is that my clamp is two pieces of metal yard stick.  I screwed these to the blocks and let them hang out for about 3/4 of an inch.  I don't know if it would hold the feather under enough pressure to use a drum sander.  I cut the quill, then put the feather in the clamp.  Then use a small block plane to get most of the remaining quill off.  Then 80 grit to the desired thickness.

Pappy:
I used a old fletching clamp and a belt sander for a long time that did fine.I will say this
rig is pretty slick tho ,if you do a lot of feathers. :) The drum sander has a wheel on the bottom
so you can't go to far,you just grind till it quits cutting. :)
   Pappy
   

DanaM:
I've been using a clamp and a dremel and its a pain in the butt. Ryano I like the red green idear :)
Dang I'm cheap, I'll have to get the duct tape from work ;) :D

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