Any of you Traditional McGeyver's ever made a feather burner??
Before I get dumped on by humorous replies, I'm refering to the kind that burns feathers for fletching arrows.....
tehetehetehete.. :biglaugh:
Thanks, Toot
Toot....it has been done since the 1950's. Somewhere, I have a magazine with the instructions in it. I'll have to look. You can use an old toaster to acquire the ni-chrome (nickel/chrome) wire for the cutter part. You have to use a resistor to wrap the wire before connecting to the ni-chrome wire. I'll get to looking.
Here is one, hope you can read the print. I'll keep looking.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/oldearcher46/burner02.jpg)
I saw somewhere where a guy used a soldering gun for a feather burner. Pat
Do a SEARCH.....There is a ton of info is some back Posts here....I recall one by "LittleFeather" :scared: :biglaugh:
Toot...I read about your "adventures" with fletch tape and cresters. Step away from the feather burner! :readit:
And stay away from Littlefeather!! :scared: :scared: :scared:
Killdeer my friend.. Life is meant to be lived..
No hiding in the cave, for Toot..
No Siree..
If yer gonna go out and take life by the horns, ya just gotta expect to get gored once or twice..
As a Very Wise Prophet somewhere once said..
"He who hasn't been gored. Has yet to grab the bull by the horns"....
"Pretty good, huh??
:biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Toot.. The horn graber....
Life is to be lived.
So stay away from electricity!! :biglaugh:
Killdeer
:archer: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
I had a bunch of arrows already fletched up with with feathers I had chopped out myself. The feathers were taller than a normal shield cut feather but corrected theirself real fast in case of a bad release. After awhile, I wanted the lower profile feathers and went to figuring out how to do it without refletching all the arrows. There was 1 1/2 dozen. I looked for a feather burner to no avail and even tried the soldering gun deal and it didn't work. What I ended up doing was cutting out and filing a piece of thin aluminum to the shape feather I wanted and layed it up against the feather on the arrow. Whatever was sticking out above the metal was torched off. It worked like a charm. Feathers came out smooth, even and all looking the same. Kinda like a reverse feather burner. Took less than a minute per arrow. Sorry to have written a book but figured I'd tell you what worked for me.
Rob
Ya know, there is a burner in the classifieds here, and it looks a lot nicer than mine.
Killdeer :campfire:
yes it was done some yrs ago by the same fellow who put the thread up "test BH on a dead cow" [one of the funniest threads that has yet been posted].
the hilarity of the feather burner adventure was only exceed by the danger of any combustible material close by [including house]
:)
rusty
He who grabs a bull by the horns, does it so he doesn't get his stupid a#$ trampled by the rest of the bull.
Hmm. I'll stay out of the pasture.
My shoes will stay clean, my person will stay in its current configuration, and sirloin is available at the store...providing you wanted that, and not milk, from the bull.
Killdeer :biglaugh:
:scared: The lights dim around here when I even start to think about burning feathers. Please take the time to reconsider the path you have chosen in following Internet "friends" advice on playing with electricity. If I can't deter you then I'd like to ask you to see a Priest and the Fire Marshall before you decide to follow through with your project. Here's a link that will provide you all the information you seek and MORE! The Internet Feather Burner (http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=39;t=000147;p=1)
Ahhhh...the memories. I was hoping Curtis would dig this thread up.
Dennis
OH YES it was curtis and not the "BH test on dead cow". LOL I love it.
rusty
GOOD!
Now I have that saved in my archives. :thumbsup:
Curtis.. It's apleasure to meet you.. Your thread was before my time, but I appreciate you posting it here for me.. It has given me some really good ideas..
The rest of these yahoos are willing to stay in their plastic bubble..
The west was won by the likes of you, and I...
:notworthy: :notworthy:
Toot
OH YES......Curtis's newly released NOVEL.. "UP IN SMOKE" (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/IronBull_/Smileys/ARGrenadeHL.gif)
:readit: West is THAT way... :rolleyes:
Check out the classics forum next time you're bored, Toot. Trad archery is peopled by many intrepid spirits. Glad there is another one here!
Killdeer :wavey:
I was just "funnin" with the plastic bubble comment..
I honestly don't think I can try anything that "Littlefeather" didn't try on his quest..
I would have thought it would be a simple thingle to put something together..
Littlefeather does sound like my kind of guy though..
Toot :biglaugh:
oooppss..
I read through that near obituary and just cringed. :knothead: Trying to sift through the proper information and just plain bad ideas really was entertaining at least.
Electricity ain't no joke - even a wall sockect will bark you if you're haphazard in your preparation. If you want to do the 120 boogie, make sure you plug your project into a multitap with an on/off breaker switch on it. It may save you from hopping up and down cursing in the dark from a popped breaker. You'll still be hopping up and down, but at least you can see what you'll bump into.
Voltage doesn't kill you - current does. As voltate goes down (120VAC > 6VAC), current goes up. PLEASE double check everything and get your hands clear before flipping the switch.
Cheap ain't cheap after you get the ER bill.
:thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by wihill:
I read through that near obituary and just cringed. :knothead: Trying to sift through the proper information and just plain bad ideas really was entertaining at least.
Electricity ain't no joke - even a wall sockect will bark you if you're haphazard in your preparation. If you want to do the 120 boogie, make sure you plug your project into a multitap with an on/off breaker switch on it. It may save you from hopping up and down cursing in the dark from a popped breaker. You'll still be hopping up and down, but at least you can see what you'll bump into.
Voltage doesn't kill you - current does. As voltate goes down (120VAC > 6VAC), current goes up. PLEASE double check everything and get your hands clear before flipping the switch.
Cheap ain't cheap after you get the ER bill.
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Not so quick to home build that burner anymore are we? :D :D :D
toot, it's a bad idea. Use scissors :D ...Van
Curtis,
How I missed your thread the first time I'll never know. Good grief, that was funny!
QuoteOriginally posted by vtmtnman:
QuoteOriginally posted by wihill:
I read through that near obituary and just cringed. :knothead: Trying to sift through the proper information and just plain bad ideas really was entertaining at least.
Electricity ain't no joke - even a wall sockect will bark you if you're haphazard in your preparation. If you want to do the 120 boogie, make sure you plug your project into a multitap with an on/off breaker switch on it. It may save you from hopping up and down cursing in the dark from a popped breaker. You'll still be hopping up and down, but at least you can see what you'll bump into.
Voltage doesn't kill you - current does. As voltate goes down (120VAC > 6VAC), current goes up. PLEASE double check everything and get your hands clear before flipping the switch.
Cheap ain't cheap after you get the ER bill.
:thumbsup:
Not so quick to home build that burner anymore are we? :D :D :D [/b]
Whadatalkinabout - I'm an educated monkey. Mine's fused. :D The only thing I wasn't going to cheap out on was the trim wire. All I need now are some feathers!
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I have one of those style. It was given to me. it is a conmmercial made of sorts. You plug an iron into the socket and it puts the iron in series with the nichrome wire loop. You adjust the iron temp to get the wire to do what you want. The wire that came on it is quite thin.
I played with it for a bit. All in all, it does a lousy job! You can have it if you want - just pay the postage!
My hearfelt advice to you however, don't frustrate yourself - get a Young Trimmer. I have had mine 40 years and all I ever did was replace a few wires (readily available) I have about 10 wires preformed for the size and shape I normally do.
I believe a properly burned feathe looks better and out performed a die cut any day. Done right, every arroe is fletched precisely the same that way.
I'm with Van: use scissors. You can buy a set of super-sharp small-medium blade scissors for not much money in the crafts/fabric section in Wally Wolrd. I fletch my arrows with the 5-inch long full feathers, and then trim them down with scissors. You can do pretty good work with just a little practice.