Home-made fletching jig?

[Ike 403]

Being the cheapskate that I am, I have been kicking around the idea of a home-made fletching jig. So far, the best I've came up with is 2 pieces of cardboard and a 2.5" binder clip for holding the feather nice and straight.

Have any of you folks had any luck with a DIY fletching jig? Or any other suggestions/ideas besides my "bored at the office" model?

Ike

[Jim now in Kentucky]

A google search might turn up something. There have been some shown off on different forums.

Working from a catalog picture, I made one like a Jojann. It  worked but should have been a little bigger and the clamp a little heavier.

Jim

[john fletch]

Have fun - you get what you pay for!

Natives fletched for years with no jig and the arrows flew OK.

I have fletched for years also, including purely by hand.  I can guarantee, the better the jig the better the arrow will fly - and your groups will be more consistnat when all are balanced and fletched the same.

[Ike 403]

Thanks guys...And Fletcher, you are exactly right. The cardboard/binder clip idea was a flop. The first one i put on was wavy...the next 2 were straight, but I couldn't get them to seat properly...

Currently saving for a Bohning. The Blitzenburger is a bit out of my league

[Rob DiStefano]

crafting yer own fletching jig can be a labor of love, particularly when for less than 30 bucks a bohning or vador jig will yield decades of yeoman service.  

[AllenR]

I've owned both the Grayling and the Bohning fletching jigs and of the two, the Grayling gave me a little better results.

In fact the Grayling has more positive stops than even the Bitzenburg.

I often use the Grayling for short fletching with results every bit as good as the Bitz.  However, I always use the Bitz on 5" feathers.  The clamp holds them more firmly.

If you want to save money and don't need to be able to fletch helicals, AAE has a little jig that's about $20.00 that works surprisingly well.  It is permently set for slight right wing offset.