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Offline NTD

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smoothing vanes
« on: October 26, 2009, 10:01:20 pm »
Any hints on how to smooth the vanes on my feathers?  I hate to be a cry baby but my darn knuckle is really starting to hurt...I tried smoothing them by scraping it with a razor blade but all I did is chunk it up...

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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 10:08:23 pm »
well i shot of the knuckle bear handed all the time
never bothered me
so all i can say is
 
1. make sure the leading edge of the feather is as smooth to the shaft as possibl
2. toughen your hands up lol ;)
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 10:10:41 pm »
Thanks Sailordad any particular method you use to get that leading edge smooth to the shaft?
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2009, 10:48:14 pm »
Hey Nate: All I've ever used is my belt sander. After splitting the feathers with an exacto knife I run em across the belt till thier nice and thin. I have tried peeling the feathers but have trouble getting them on the shaft right their so thin (I need to practice that more). Pappy and the guys at Twin Oaks have some gizmos that work really well.
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2009, 10:58:08 pm »
Wrap them as well... ;)
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2009, 12:12:35 am »
I wrap the forward end of all my fletching. Also when you thin the quill do it from the back, pithy side before you glue it down.
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Offline NTD

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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2009, 12:32:27 am »
Thanks everyone for the responses.  I did wrap the leading edge (with Floss) but probably not well enough.  Also I guess I could thin the vane a little better.  I had tried thinning it after I glued it down.
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2009, 01:04:15 am »
                                    I know firsthand what Feathers do...don't I Guys....... >:D
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2009, 01:22:25 am »
Ok I want the gory details!!!
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2009, 01:39:43 am »
i guess i forgot that didnt i lol

belt sander and then i wrap with sinew
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2009, 01:51:12 am »
Quote from: NTD on October 27, 2009, 01:22:25 am
Ok I want the gory details!!!

Lets just say that I tore my Knuckle up pretty bad...every Arrow in My Quiver was coated in Blood by the Time I finished Pappy's 2 Courses at the Tennessee Classic!!

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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2009, 01:53:01 am »
ROFLMAO!!!! That is exactly what my knuckle looks like....well it's scabbed now.  I opened it back up a few times too...I have a hard time going a full day without flinging a few arrows.  Lol I even had the blood on the shaft  ;D

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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2009, 07:27:09 am »
All I can say is....File them down....and wrap with Silk or Sinew to cover the edge of the Quill...because if you think that this is Painfull...wait till a Piece of the Quill gets buried in your Finger.... :'(
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2009, 09:39:38 am »
If I don't plan on rapping them I take a round screw driver and roll it on the leading edge
of the feather till it is smooth,then put a little dob of glue. I usually do that even if I do plan on rapping. I always check the front edge of the feather before I shoot them,If I can feel any bur
I fix it before I shoot it. ouch  ;) ;D ;D
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Re: smoothing vanes
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2009, 10:52:28 am »
I've never done it , but you could try mole skin on you knuckle/finger, at least till it heals.

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