i was thinking about how i had been cutting my feathers and how it wasnt clean enough. so i went to the homedepot bought one rack of cedar shims and one pac of blades for a insulation knife. i drew the shape i wanted on a shim and began digging a narow groove untill i passed throught the shim. i inserted the razor, they bend really well, and epoxyed it in place. second i cut a shim the exact same shape as the frether so i put the small piece of shim on top of the feather flush at the quill set the razor over the uper edge and push.
Sounds like a neat idea. Any chance you could email me some pic's of the final product?
Sounds interesting. Tutorial may be needed here...
Geesh!from the title,I thought you were going to have a false teeth build along. :bigsmyl: There are truly some talented people on these sites.
Please post pics if you have a way to.I need a way to do some turkey feathers.Thanks.
This is the first el-cheapo chopper I made up. To date, I think it's chopped somewhere between 12 and 15 doz.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fliksr/Random/chopper.jpg)
The second one I made was a bit nicer. It had a feather clamp made out of a paperclip and no groove in the bottom so it cut better. The pine board split on that one though.
They aren't all that hard to make.
That looks like a hacksaw blade?
Yup. Just a hacksaw blade I sharpened the back side off. I used a knife to cut the grooves and just pressed the blade in.
That's slick...thanks for the idea.