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Author Topic: From Raw Feather to Completed Arrow Fletch glass76 Contributor 2013 Member # 18083 posted                     I have some turkey feathers waiting to be turned into fletching. Your info and photos are a big help, thanks. Posts: 842 | From: Southern IL | Registered: Nov 2008  |  IP: Logged |  Kenneth Contributor 2010 Member # 12868 posted                     Yep this is Great!! Now I just need to get me some turkey feathers and then let the money saving begin! Thanks for sharing Rob! -------------------- Chasing my kids and my degree for now but come next fall the critters better look out. Posts: 1875 | From: Winston-Salem, NC | Registered: Jun 2007  |  IP: Logged |  Benjy Contributor 2008 Member # 9320 posted                        This is my feather grinding jig. It takes a little practice but works good. -------------------- TGMM Family of the Bow ZIPPER SXT 60" RECURVE 52# @ 29" ZIPPER SXT 64" LONGBOW 71# @ 29" Posts: 1456 | From: Irmo, SC | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged |  Rob DiStefano Admin - Techie Member # 99 posted                        using a stationary drum sander (which i have several in my shop), or a sanding wheel on a drill (which i also have) really requires using a feather holding jig that rides on a fence. if attempted to do freehand, the narrow grinding surface (the arc of the sanding drum) can leave ridges or an uneven surface in the feather base because the sanding contact area is so small and your applied pressure won't be that consistent. with a large sanding surface (rotary disc on a sanding station, or a belt sander turned upside down or sideways), freehand sanding the turk base is really foolproof every time because the entire surface of the feather base is sanded at one time. i like using 120 grit and the completed feather base looks like it came from true flight. seriously! -------------------- "Molon Labe" (Come and Get Them) ~ Instinctive Archer Magazine ~ TGMM Family of the Bow ~ NRA Life Member Posts: 8858 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged |  COOCH Contributor 2010 Member # 12501 posted                     Leave it ROB to show the masses ho easy some of this stuff really is Well done sir. -------------------- Jeff Couture Posts: 819 | From: Suffield Connecticut | Registered: May 2007  |  IP: Logged |  SERGIO VENNERI Trad Bowhunter Member # 1441 posted                     Very nice grind there Rob, feather bases look thin and even. Posts: 1667 | From: Timmins, ontario Canada | Registered: Jul 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Rob DiStefano Admin - Techie Member # 99 posted                        home made hog huntin' 'n' killin' arra -------------------- "Molon Labe" (Come and Get Them) ~ Instinctive Archer Magazine ~ TGMM Family of the Bow ~ NRA Life Member Posts: 8858 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged |  leatherneck Contributor 2013 Member # 11436 posted                     Very nice Rob. BTW- Package is on it's way. Enjoy -------------------- a good friend will bail you out of jail; a best friend will be sitting beside you saying"man that was fun" "Molon Labe" if you dare!!!!!! Proud shareholder of MK,LLC Posts: 4283 | From: Bethesda, Ohio | Registered: Jan 2007  |  IP: Logged |  Longbow338 Trad Bowhunter Member # 20843 posted                     Great post makes the process look easier than I thought time to get started. -------------------- 2 morrison mini ilf's skinned 2 shawnees skinned 2 PCH X honduran rosewood Tiger mytrle and brazilian rosewood Posts: 244 | From: Ms | Registered: Jul 2009  |  IP: Logged |  JEJ Contributor 2011 Member # 6000 posted                     Rob, great how to, thanks for posting it. Nice job on those arrows, there is some good mojo with natural turkey feathers on an arrow I think. Now just have to get some of those turkey feathers to work up. Reminds me of the recipe for buffalo burgers which starts … 1. Locate, kill and clean one buffalo … Posts: 271 | From: Grapevine, TX | Registered: Mar 2005  |  IP: Logged |  Rob DiStefano Admin - Techie Member # 99 posted                        from plucked feather to finished arrow -------------------- "Molon Labe" (Come and Get Them) ~ Instinctive Archer Magazine ~ TGMM Family of the Bow ~ NRA Life Member Posts: 8858 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2003  |  IP: Logged |  Shakes.602 Contributor 2012 Member # 4176 posted                     Well Done Rob!! Now I am looking for some sheet metal I KNOW I have in the Disaster I call "My Garage". -------------------- Proud Member of Christian Bowhunters of America "Life doesn't get Simpler; it gets Shorter and Turns in Smaller Circles." Dean Torges "Faith is to Prayer what the Feather is to the Arrow" Thomas Morrow Posts: 5181 | From: Crawfordsville, Indiana | Registered: Aug 2004  |  IP: Logged |  Ed Isaacs Trad Bowhunter Member # 7765 posted                     This should save a few from dropping $100+ on that feather grinding jig. Thanks Rob! -------------------- "O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." Robert Burns Posts: 133 | From: Northern Kentucky | Registered: Nov 2005  |  IP: Logged |  NorthernCaliforniaHunter Trad Bowhunter Member # 18626 posted                        NICE WORK!!! Thanks Rob! -------------------- "...there are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, it's melancholy, and its charm." 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