*custom arrow builders* ques #2

[camodadd]

so for those of you that burn, what do you do with arrows built for a customer that have burn marks at the ends where the red hot ribbon is close to the arrow shaft?
Scott

[Cromm]

Bind the ends of the feathers to cover the burn marks.

[m midd]

After a little practice you wont get burn marks

[meathead]

That will stop with experience.  You just need to learn the proper distance to set your ribbon at.

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by meathead:
That will stop with experience.  You just need to learn the proper distance to set your ribbon at.

[deaddoc4444]

The marks  are  "CUSTOM "  and cost extra   !!!!

[Hobow]

I don't know a good fix once you have burn marks although I do like the binding idea.

A couple of things that help me avoid burns aside from the correct ribbon gap are blowing on the ribbon to cool it inbetween arrows and leaving the feathers a touch longer than my desired finished length.

This allows me to keep the ribbon over the quill rather than the shaft and then trim/taper the leftover quill smoothly down to the shaft with a knife.

[Dirtybird]

Like said before, when burning you have to have the ribbon just right.  You won't have any burn marks once adjusted properly.