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Title: DIY feather grinding
Post by: Bill Carlsen on February 05, 2010, 11:53:00 AM

I just looked through the "HOW TO" forum looking for a simple DIY tutorial on feather grinding. I just acquired a bunch of goose feathers and would like to turn them into fletching. Can anyone help?

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: Tom Leemans on February 05, 2010, 11:56:00 AM

Go to bowyersedge.com and read "barred for life"

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: maineac on February 05, 2010, 12:13:00 PM

Good info thanks.  Now I have another project to add to my list    :biglaugh:

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: FerretWYO on February 05, 2010, 12:24:00 PM

Michael before long you will be building your own bows too.

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: frank bullitt on February 05, 2010, 01:15:00 PM

Bill, Darryl Quidort had a nice article the past year in TBM. Check it out.

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: Bill Carlsen on February 05, 2010, 01:37:00 PM

Thanks, Tom.....I knew I had seen a homemade jig somewhere. It was on Dean's website. I'll also check my back issues of TBM.

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: DVSHUNTER on February 05, 2010, 01:55:00 PM

bill, I am getting really good feathers from mine with just a knife a  clamp and a piece of sand paper. All right wing of course

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: Earl Jeff on February 05, 2010, 02:42:00 PM

http://www.customfeathers.com/index.html

Hay bill you can send them to this guy and he take care of them for you.

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: barebow17 on February 05, 2010, 05:08:00 PM

Bill, Traditional Bowhunter Feb/mar 2009

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: VTer on February 05, 2010, 05:55:00 PM

Bill, I put a sanding disc on my 10" table saw that is raised all the way up.. Put split feather in a straight fletching clamp that I attached to a 1x4. Then just push the feather towards the disc. Use the part that is spinning down as opposed to up. I suppose I could've got fancy and put depth stops to keep me from sanding the whole quill off, but it's easy to see when to stop by looking at it. Sorry, no pictures.

Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: Rob DiStefano on February 05, 2010, 06:07:00 PM

goose feathers are easy to turn into superb fletches.  here's my pictorial how-to, from gathered feathers to stripping, grinding and fletched on arrows ...

 Gray Gold (http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=075121#000000)

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Title: Re: DIY feather grinding
Post by: joebuck on February 05, 2010, 08:21:00 PM

I have been grinding for past 15 years plus. I have made my own jigs from modified blizenburger straight clamps to shims of wood...........But without a doubt IMO the Feathergrinder by GreatNorthern Quiver company Rick shepard makes is way over the top. SUPER fast and accurate..I just bought mine at K-Zoo. it's worth $125 if you already have a drill press..Neatest little box invention..check it out