Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??

[IB]

OH YES......Curtis's newly released NOVEL..  "UP IN SMOKE"

[Killdeer]

 West is THAT way...   :rolleyes:
Check out the classics forum next time you're bored, Toot. Trad archery is peopled by many intrepid spirits. Glad there is another one here!

Killdeer  

[toot]

I was just "funnin" with the plastic bubble comment..

I honestly don't think I can try anything that "Littlefeather" didn't try on his quest..

I would have thought it would be a simple thingle to put something together..

Littlefeather does sound like my kind of guy though..

Toot  

[toot]

oooppss..

[wihill]

I read through that near obituary and just cringed.       Trying to sift through the proper information and just plain bad ideas really was entertaining at least.

Electricity ain't no joke - even a wall sockect will bark you if you're haphazard in your preparation.  If you want to do the 120 boogie, make sure you plug your project into a multitap with an on/off breaker switch on it.  It may save you from hopping up and down cursing in the dark from a popped breaker.  You'll still be hopping up and down, but at least you can see what you'll bump into.

Voltage doesn't kill you - current does.  As voltate goes down (120VAC > 6VAC), current goes up.  PLEASE double check everything and get your hands clear before flipping the switch.

Cheap ain't cheap after you get the ER bill.

   

[vtmtnman]

Originally posted by wihill:
I read through that near obituary and just cringed.          Trying to sift through the proper information and just plain bad ideas really was entertaining at least.

Electricity ain't no joke - even a wall sockect will bark you if you're haphazard in your preparation.  If you want to do the 120 boogie, make sure you plug your project into a multitap with an on/off breaker switch on it.  It may save you from hopping up and down cursing in the dark from a popped breaker.  You'll still be hopping up and down, but at least you can see what you'll bump into.

Voltage doesn't kill you - current does.  As voltate goes down (120VAC > 6VAC), current goes up.  PLEASE double check everything and get your hands clear before flipping the switch.

Cheap ain't cheap after you get the ER bill.

     

Not so quick to home build that burner anymore are we?  :D    :D    :D

[Van/TX]

toot, it's a bad idea.  Use scissors  :D  ...Van

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Curtis,

How I missed your thread the first time I'll never know. Good grief, that was funny!

[wihill]

Originally posted by vtmtnman:
 

Originally posted by wihill:
I read through that near obituary and just cringed.           Trying to sift through the proper information and just plain bad ideas really was entertaining at least.

Electricity ain't no joke - even a wall sockect will bark you if you're haphazard in your preparation.  If you want to do the 120 boogie, make sure you plug your project into a multitap with an on/off breaker switch on it.  It may save you from hopping up and down cursing in the dark from a popped breaker.  You'll still be hopping up and down, but at least you can see what you'll bump into.

Voltage doesn't kill you - current does.  As voltate goes down (120VAC > 6VAC), current goes up.  PLEASE double check everything and get your hands clear before flipping the switch.

Cheap ain't cheap after you get the ER bill.

       

Not so quick to home build that burner anymore are we?   :D      :D      :D  [/b]

Whadatalkinabout - I'm an educated monkey.  Mine's fused.    :D   The only thing I wasn't going to cheap out on was the trim wire.  All I need now are some feathers!

 

[john fletch]

I have one of those style.  It was given to me.  it is a conmmercial made of sorts.  You plug an iron into the socket and it puts the iron in series with the nichrome wire loop.  You adjust the iron temp to get the wire to do what you want.  The wire that came on it is quite thin.

I played with it for a bit.  All in all, it does a lousy job!  You can have it if you want - just pay the postage!

My hearfelt advice to you however,  don't frustrate yourself - get a Young Trimmer.  I have had mine 40 years and all I ever did was replace a few wires (readily available)  I have about 10 wires preformed for the size and shape I normally do.

I believe a properly burned feathe looks better and out performed a die cut any day.  Done right, every arroe is fletched precisely the same that way.

[nchunter]

I'm with Van: use scissors.  You can buy a set of super-sharp small-medium blade scissors for not much money in the crafts/fabric section in Wally Wolrd.  I fletch my arrows with the 5-inch long full feathers, and then trim them down with scissors.  You can do pretty good work with just a little practice.