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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Ike 403 on April 21, 2009, 04:41:00 PM
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Being the cheapskate that I am, I have been kicking around the idea of a home-made fletching jig. So far, the best I've came up with is 2 pieces of cardboard and a 2.5" binder clip for holding the feather nice and straight.
Have any of you folks had any luck with a DIY fletching jig? Or any other suggestions/ideas besides my "bored at the office" model?
Ike
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A google search might turn up something. There have been some shown off on different forums.
Working from a catalog picture, I made one like a Jojann. It worked but should have been a little bigger and the clamp a little heavier.
Jim
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Have fun - you get what you pay for!
Natives fletched for years with no jig and the arrows flew OK.
I have fletched for years also, including purely by hand. I can guarantee, the better the jig the better the arrow will fly - and your groups will be more consistnat when all are balanced and fletched the same.
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Thanks guys...And Fletcher, you are exactly right. The cardboard/binder clip idea was a flop. The first one i put on was wavy...the next 2 were straight, but I couldn't get them to seat properly...
Currently saving for a Bohning. The Blitzenburger is a bit out of my league
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crafting yer own fletching jig can be a labor of love, particularly when for less than 30 bucks a bohning or vador jig will yield decades of yeoman service. :)
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I've owned both the Grayling and the Bohning fletching jigs and of the two, the Grayling gave me a little better results.
In fact the Grayling has more positive stops than even the Bitzenburg.
I often use the Grayling for short fletching with results every bit as good as the Bitz. However, I always use the Bitz on 5" feathers. The clamp holds them more firmly.
If you want to save money and don't need to be able to fletch helicals, AAE has a little jig that's about $20.00 that works surprisingly well. It is permently set for slight right wing offset.