Author Topic: fiddler's fletch serving tool  (Read 4987 times)

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Offline JEB

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Re: fiddler's fletch serving tool
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2015, 07:20:25 am »
Neat looking tool.  I use a needle and thread.

Another thing that I do to the feather is that I heat up a very thin bladed knife and use it to smooth down the ends of the feathers on the arrow. This gives the thread a smooth transition from the shaft to the feather.  Much like I do when I make fishing rods.  I file down the foot of the quide to give it a smooth transition from the guide foot to the fishing rod.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: fiddler's fletch serving tool
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2015, 09:42:37 am »
Very inovative.  I love it

Offline WillS

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Re: fiddler's fletch serving tool
« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2015, 07:48:48 am »
Hey Fiddler, as I said on PP with the addition of the rubber tracking ball and longer fletch lengths this is a work of genius.  You could easily sell these!

I've made a rough reproduction already, but it has some teething issues as I wanted to avoid the razor blade.  Yours seems the best option by far unless you can get the rubber wheel to work. 

Awesome work dude. 

Offline fiddler49

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Re: fiddler's fletch serving tool
« Reply #18 on: May 06, 2015, 04:46:15 pm »
WillS, the rubber wheel is working great. I'm working on version 2.0. It's almost done. cheers fiddler49