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Author Topic: Straight clamp?  (Read 609 times)

Offline Stone Knife

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Straight clamp?
« on: May 14, 2008, 05:56:00 PM »
Anyone use a straight clamp for fletching and just offset it to get some helical? Can you do rights and lefts with one? How do they work for broadheads and are they noisier?
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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2008, 06:14:00 PM »
More helical would be noisier because of more wind resistance.
  I use a slightly offset straight fletch. With the old JoJan I have I can adjust it for left or right. If I'm not hand fletching my cane and hardwood shoot arrows I use the JoJan.   Pat
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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2008, 07:09:00 PM »
Yes, I do. I offset left wing feathers to the left. Jawge

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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2008, 07:40:00 PM »
As long as you can get the foot of the feather to evenly contact the shaft, it will be okay.  Like others have said, less noise, but also less stable - you are reducing the gyroscope effect of the helical.
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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2008, 08:41:00 PM »
I do straight with my flu-flu's... I also have some arrows done the sameway.. They still fly good

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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2008, 08:45:00 PM »
I use it a lot, mostly for sanding down the quills of split feathers and splicing.

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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2008, 09:44:00 PM »
It doesn't take a whole lot to stabilize your arrow if it's well tuned to your bow. Straight offset will do just fine. In the overall scheme of things, the helical fletcher is relatively new.
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Offline donw

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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2008, 09:50:00 PM »
it's amazing how much an arrow with diagonal fletch will spin. right or left
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Re: Straight clamp?
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2008, 09:59:00 PM »
Jim, I have used one since I began my traditional journey. They seem fine with offset andstraight clamps. Fly well, stabilize BHs well. My woodies for hunting are pretty silent too.
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