Were not talking about calories here. What we are talking about is "burning"feathers.
I prefer to burn mine in the morning and outside at that. Here are a few reasons why:
1. I want to stay married a good long time.
2. My wife leaves for work in the morning.
3. I wear my work clothes from the previous night's work. They will head to the wash after the "burn".
4. Even though I burn outside the odor has the rest of the day to"air out". Those of you who have done the "burn" know what I am talking about.
So if you are ready,let's do it.....
Fletched up and ready to be burnt,good classic white,black and red always looks nice.....
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This is the "burn" master....
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Starting the burn......
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I wish you guys that have never burnt your own fletch could smell this. It was really tricky rotating the arrow and shooting the picture at the same time....
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Burn complete. Whiskers are common on some style of burns.....
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Lots of whiskers here......
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A fine pair of snips will trim them up...
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So will a pair of clippers. Pick what works best for you......
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After the trim job....
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Notice the charred and jagged edges........
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An emery board will work nice on the rough edges.
Remember to work in the direction of the feather
fiber.
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All cleaned up and looking good....
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Thanks for showing, never seen a burner in action till now.
Great looking arrows by the way!
All finished and ready to head to Marsh Hill this weekend......
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Nice job. Good details and pictures.
I always like to cover my bases,so I burnt this bunch for my wife. Yellow and blue turned out nice.......maybe she won't notice the smell.
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Monkeyball, Thanks for posting this. My dogs are about the only ones who appreciate the smell. FWIW, I just use the edge of the razorknife held at a right angle to scrape off the ash. - John
Peeeeweeeee!!! :eek: Whats Dat Smell???? :biglaugh: :laughing:
Nice photos. The close ups are great. Rob DeS has a video around here somewhere as well.
My wife hasn't yet figured out this is looming on the horizon...
;)
Nice job...they look great!!!
Cool.
AHHH, the smell of burnt hair. My wife, too, likes for me to go away from the house when I burn mine.
Hey Craig - I can smell them all the way across the river!
Very nice indeed!!
nice work
I need to try it I have always used choppers.
My first time seeing it as well. Pretty neat!
Ahh Monkeyball, nothing like a fresh bouquet of freshly made carbon and carotin...(or whatever the heck a turkey feather is made of???)! It's not even Valentines day and you're presenting the good Mrs. Monkeyball with a fresh selection of arrows...now that's REAL love!!Wait until she gets those broadheads for her birthday...no sleep for you then!! Nice pics buddy....john
Really nice looking fletching. I'm gonna look into one of those burners. I have been very disappointed with both the Lil Choppers I have. They came pretty damn dull and offer little if any consistency in feather shape. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but if they are that temperamental I don't want to have anything to do with them.
Monkeyball
On the left side of your Young feather burner is a silver bar, what is it? I bought mine used and do not have that piece. Oh I always have used a sharp knife to clean up the feather, never thought of an emery board.
RonL
good job, monkeyball!
i love the smell of burning feathers!
click on the pic to run the short vid ...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/vid/th_MOV06271.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/vid/?action=view¤t=MOV06271.mp4)
Great pics,...I've never seen one used either, until now. Thanks again.
Craig, Those are some real nice looking arrows. Hope to take a closer look soon! Take care.
Monkeyball, Like the Red, Black and White. You always do nice work. I also have never seen the process. I have always bought pre-cut. So now I have learned how to make my own tabs, and burn my own feathers - both from your HowTo threads. Also your pictures are very clear and I like the step by step. I did have trouble smelling the burn....Please say HI to the cute one in the house.
good job man i kinda like the things you trimmed up! lol. Shows you how weird i am.
Rob, Thanks for posting the film on burning...
Good looking feathers and I'll bet they stabilize just fine. An old friend used to burn really large feathers,like Howard hill, and they sounded like the old films. I love to watch the ark of a large white set of feathers and cap dip. Very soothing and easy to mark and find.
Looks Great Craig :thumbsup:
Boy, I can smell those feathers from here! I remember when I was just getting started in archery in the late 60's, I would burn my feathers with a Young feather burner. If I remember right my father-in-law and I used the burner in his basement one time burning flu flus. That didn't go over too well! I think that's when I started buying precut feathers! Great memories!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsibn
Don't know about feathers but I was cutting an antler with the dremel this evening and I can still smell it. had to spray raid for mosquitos just to cover the smell :)
I second the comment of saumensch. I have always wondered how they worked. I assumed that you burned the feathers prior to glueing them on. Now I realize it is done afterwards. Thanks for the pictures.
Thanks for the compliments guys. There is something about doing it yourself that even makes it more attractive to me.
Ron L,that bar on the left helps hold the ribbon in place and probably helps to heat it up also.I had this burner from new, so I imagine you could probably get in touch with Young's if you need one.
Good Shooting,
Craig
the little "L" bar that comes with the young is to be used when the burning wire is shortened for small fletches so that the wire won't heat up so red hot.
i added a simple in-line on/off switch and turn off the burner after each arrow is done.
Evening on the Beltway:
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Killdeer :bigsmyl:
I've never seen that done before either. What's the advantage of burning over chopping? I chop all mine and it seems like a nicer cut than the burner leaves with not much clean up involved. Also wondering how much harder it is to fletch a feather that wide versus one that's already chopped to the shape you want?
Thanks for sharing.
QuoteOriginally posted by SEMO_HUNTER:
I've never seen that done before either. What's the advantage of burning over chopping?
you get to create the feather shape
I chop all mine and it seems like a nicer cut than the burner leaves with not much clean up involved.
maybe, maybe not - there are important burning chops to be learnt and there are both good and bad feather burns ... it's not as easy as whacking a feather in a chopper, but once properly understood, burnt feathers are far more precise than those chopped.
Also wondering how much harder it is to fletch a feather that wide versus one that's already chopped to the shape you want?
piece of cake ... summa you guyz have GOT to check out the 'how to - resources' forum! ... see my fletching vid below ...
Thanks for sharing.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/vid/th_MOV06270.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/vid/?action=view¤t=MOV06270.mp4)
Very nice Craig- Like the pics
Thank you Mr. Bill.
Rob,nice video. I use a straight clamp that is marked off in various sizes to cut my feathers. Put it in once,make your cuts and your done. It is really quick.
Good Shooting,
Craig
Thanks for sharing the How-To, Craig. Nice work!
That is really cool, I to have never seen it done before....
Can you get 2 5" feathers out of a full length? If so, is one end of feather different from the other.? Like is it ok to burn one feather from the front and the 2nd from the remainder? Or is it just 1 5" per 1 full length? Thx
QuoteOriginally posted by Buckwheaties:
Can you get 2 5" feathers out of a full length?
with a *perfect* full primary, maybe. for the most, no way, ain't gonna happen
If so, is one end of feather different from the other.?
yes - the front of any feather has a very full, wide quill base - the tip end can thin down to a pencil line which is just too thin. for the most part, with a *good* feather, i'll get a 5.25" fletch and a 3.5" fletch.
Like is it ok to burn one feather from the front and the 2nd from the remainder?
yes, i do that all the time with 4" fletches
Or is it just 1 5" per 1 full length?
yep, that's about it. i'm careful the way i cut feathers, and i prefer 5.25" lengths for a 3-fletch shield cut. the left over feather, maybe 3.5" if i'm lucky, is used for "throw away" woodies
Thx
Got it Rob, Thanks..
good stuff Craig.....they look good enough to shoot at this year at either Standing Stone or Shade Mountain!
Lee
1 cut per feather for me,regardless of size. I take it where the oil line runs the highest that way I am getting the best possible feather I can.
Good Shooting,
Craig
Rob monkeyball thanks, I also use a switch.
RonL