Home Made Crown Dip Measuring Jig

[Jack Guard]

Man.... that title is a mouth full.

I got this idea one night laying in bed when i was frustrated after marking my shafts for the crown dip.  Funny thing is that after making this one, there is a piture of one like it in Traditional Bowerys Bible III.  

I made the jig wide enough to accomodate 13 arrows.  the sides are an inch wide  and i drilled a hole in the end to hang it on the wall.

This one is made of scrap MDF and is glued together.

The piece in the middle is one inch wide and is made of a scrap piece of aluminium,  i bent right angles on the ends so it would slide along the outter rails of the jig.  

I  put a poly finish on the jig hoping it would make it tougher.

Something i havent done yet is put measurement marks on the rails.

Lemme know what you guys think or if any of you have improvements.  

 

[snag]

Good idea. I like it.

[Mike Gerardi]

Very nice!!!!

[shaft slinger]

NICE arrows too, how did you get that marble finish on them??? i tryed about every thing with no luck

[dino]

Very unique idea.  Don't see them than often.      Thanks for sharin'.  dino

[Jack Guard]

Thanks for the comments guys !!!

Shaft Slinger... I have attached two links with a description of the marble dipping process.  one is mine and was a quickie I typed up.  The first link is a better description.  

Basically, I float thinned testors or bohning paint in water.  Dip the shaft as usual, over a base color.

 http://www.stickbow.com/FEATURES/ARROWMAKING/MARBLEdip.cfm

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=047419

Good luck and let us know how it turns out.  Jack

[shaft slinger]

going to give it another try,   thanks Jack
 hope i can get mine to look half that good great work!!!