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toot
Trad Bowhunter
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Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 10:47:00 AM »
Any of you Traditional McGeyver's ever made a feather burner??
Before I get dumped on by humorous replies, I'm refering to the kind that burns feathers for fletching arrows.....
tehetehetehete..
Thanks, Toot
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George D. Stout
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 3467
Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 11:00:00 AM »
Toot....it has been done since the 1950's. Somewhere, I have a magazine with the instructions in it. I'll have to look. You can use an old toaster to acquire the ni-chrome (nickel/chrome) wire for the cutter part. You have to use a resistor to wrap the wire before connecting to the ni-chrome wire. I'll get to looking.
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George D. Stout
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 11:03:00 AM »
Here is one, hope you can read the print. I'll keep looking.
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Pat B
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 12:15:00 PM »
I saw somewhere where a guy used a soldering gun for a feather burner. Pat
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Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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Reply #4 on:
January 03, 2009, 02:29:00 PM »
Do a SEARCH.....There is a ton of info is some back Posts here....I recall one by "LittleFeather"
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Killdeer
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 04:15:00 PM »
Toot...I read about your "adventures" with fletch tape and cresters. Step away from the feather burner!
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Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
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Killdeer
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 04:18:00 PM »
And stay away from Littlefeather!!
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Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow
toot
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 81
Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 04:29:00 PM »
Killdeer my friend.. Life is meant to be lived..
No hiding in the cave, for Toot..
No Siree..
If yer gonna go out and take life by the horns, ya just gotta expect to get gored once or twice..
As a Very Wise Prophet somewhere once said..
"He who hasn't been gored. Has yet to grab the bull by the horns"....
"Pretty good, huh??
Toot.. The horn graber....
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Killdeer
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 04:51:00 PM »
Life is to be lived.
So stay away from electricity!!
Killdeer
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Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow
toot
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 81
Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 05:40:00 PM »
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Strutter
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 07:44:00 PM »
I had a bunch of arrows already fletched up with with feathers I had chopped out myself. The feathers were taller than a normal shield cut feather but corrected theirself real fast in case of a bad release. After awhile, I wanted the lower profile feathers and went to figuring out how to do it without refletching all the arrows. There was 1 1/2 dozen. I looked for a feather burner to no avail and even tried the soldering gun deal and it didn't work. What I ended up doing was cutting out and filing a piece of thin aluminum to the shape feather I wanted and layed it up against the feather on the arrow. Whatever was sticking out above the metal was torched off. It worked like a charm. Feathers came out smooth, even and all looking the same. Kinda like a reverse feather burner. Took less than a minute per arrow. Sorry to have written a book but figured I'd tell you what worked for me.
Rob
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Killdeer
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 08:00:00 PM »
Ya know, there is a burner in the classifieds here, and it looks a lot nicer than mine.
Killdeer
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Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow
trashwood
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 08:22:00 PM »
yes it was done some yrs ago by the same fellow who put the thread up "test BH on a dead cow" [one of the funniest threads that has yet been posted].
the hilarity of the feather burner adventure was only exceed by the danger of any combustible material close by [including house]
rusty
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George D. Stout
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 03, 2009, 11:52:00 PM »
He who grabs a bull by the horns, does it so he doesn't get his stupid a#$ trampled by the rest of the bull.
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Killdeer
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 04, 2009, 08:02:00 AM »
Hmm. I'll stay out of the pasture.
My shoes will stay clean, my person will stay in its current configuration, and sirloin is available at the store...providing you wanted that, and not milk, from the bull.
Killdeer
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Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow
Littlefeather
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 04, 2009, 08:39:00 AM »
The lights dim around here when I even start to think about burning feathers. Please take the time to reconsider the path you have chosen in following Internet "friends" advice on playing with electricity. If I can't deter you then I'd like to ask you to see a Priest and the Fire Marshall before you decide to follow through with your project. Here's a link that will provide you all the information you seek and MORE!
The Internet Feather Burner
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Aeronut
Trad Bowhunter
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 04, 2009, 10:08:00 AM »
Ahhhh...the memories. I was hoping Curtis would dig this thread up.
Dennis
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trashwood
Trad Bowhunter
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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January 04, 2009, 10:14:00 AM »
OH YES it was curtis and not the "BH test on dead cow". LOL I love it.
rusty
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Killdeer
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Trad Bowhunter
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Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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Reply #18 on:
January 04, 2009, 11:25:00 AM »
GOOD!
Now I have that saved in my archives.
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Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow
toot
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 81
Re: Home-Made feater burner (ever been done)??
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Reply #19 on:
January 04, 2009, 12:03:00 PM »
Curtis.. It's apleasure to meet you.. Your thread was before my time, but I appreciate you posting it here for me.. It has given me some really good ideas..
The rest of these yahoos are willing to stay in their plastic bubble..
The west was won by the likes of you, and I...
Toot
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