Author Topic: custom arrow builders ques #2 (Read 521 times)

camodadd · « **on:** September 16, 2012, 02:22:00 PM »

so for those of you that burn, what do you do with arrows built for a customer that have burn marks at the ends where the red hot ribbon is close to the arrow shaft?
Scott

Cromm · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2012, 03:52:00 PM »

Bind the ends of the feathers to cover the burn marks.

m midd · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2012, 06:09:00 PM »

After a little practice you wont get burn marks

meathead · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2012, 06:15:00 PM »

That will stop with experience. You just need to learn the proper distance to set your ribbon at.

Mike Vines · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2012, 10:21:00 PM »

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Originally posted by meathead:
That will stop with experience. You just need to learn the proper distance to set your ribbon at.

deaddoc4444 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2012, 10:44:00 PM »

The marks are "CUSTOM " and cost extra !!!!

Hobow · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2012, 01:18:00 AM »

I don't know a good fix once you have burn marks although I do like the binding idea.

A couple of things that help me avoid burns aside from the correct ribbon gap are blowing on the ribbon to cool it inbetween arrows and leaving the feathers a touch longer than my desired finished length.

This allows me to keep the ribbon over the quill rather than the shaft and then trim/taper the leftover quill smoothly down to the shaft with a knife.

Dirtybird · « **Reply #7 on:** September 17, 2012, 08:10:00 AM »

Like said before, when burning you have to have the ribbon just right. You won't have any burn marks once adjusted properly.

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