home made custom choppers

[jrchambers]

i was thinking about how i had been cutting my feathers and how it wasnt clean enough.  so i went to the homedepot bought one rack of cedar shims and one pac of blades for a insulation knife.  i drew the shape i wanted on a shim and began digging a narow groove untill i passed throught the shim.  i inserted the razor, they bend really well, and epoxyed it in place.  second i cut a shim the exact same shape as the frether so i put the small piece of shim on top of the feather flush at the quill set the razor over the uper edge and push.

[J. Adams]

Sounds like a neat idea.  Any chance you could email me some pic's of the final product?

[ishiwannabe]

Sounds interesting. Tutorial may be needed here...

[M.P.]

Geesh!from the title,I thought you were going to have a false teeth build along.     There are truly some talented people on these sites.

[fxe]

Please post pics if you have a way to.I need a way to do some turkey feathers.Thanks.

[Jeremy]

This is the first el-cheapo chopper I made up.  To date, I think it's chopped somewhere between 12 and 15 doz.

 

The second one I made was a bit nicer.  It had a feather clamp made out of a paperclip and no groove in the bottom so it cut better.  The pine board split on that one though.

They aren't all that hard to make.

[SOS]

That looks like a hacksaw blade?

[Jeremy]

Yup.  Just a hacksaw blade I sharpened the back side off.  I used a knife to cut the grooves and just pressed the blade in.

[J.Williams]

That's slick...thanks for the idea.