Feathers offset direction does it matter?

[Nativestranger]

Originally posted by Tony Chinn:
I have the red polmyer Bohning it works great and the clamps are only around $10 each i have all 3 LH RH and straight.

Tony

Thanks to all for the suggestions.  Which glue is best to use for feathers?

[screamin]

3Rivers carries a BPE jig

  http://www.3riversarchery.com/BPE+Pro-Fletcher_i4083X_baseitem.html  

that works pretty good. It's totally adjustable so you can set the degree of helical, do 4 fetch or whatever. I've had mine for 25 yrs and it still works as well as the day I got it. I have both a left and a right jig but pretty much only use the right these days. Where I live, and lived before, there are no traditional shops so I learned to do it all myself, it ain't hard. I even bought an arrow saw back then and it still works like new to this very day.

If the shafts I am fletching have a rough finish, like a Goldtip XT Hunter, Fletchtite Platinum works well. If it has a smooth finish, like a Beman Hunter, then super glue gel does the trick. The fletchtite will work on a smooth finish but you will lose a feather every now and then.

[Dendy Cromer]

you go taken, NS, sorry about that. I was fletching my own arrows when i was 10 yrs old.... my point, it's simple! You are probabably better at it than that dude who messed your arrows up. Get yourself a decent jig and start learning how to do it yourself. you'll save money in the long run and it's very enjoyable.

[jason.fletcher]

x2 what cromer said. I've been fletching with the same jig since I was 12, and I'm 41 now. As everyone else has said, its cheaper, more fun, quicker, and you can be more creative. It's like anything else, the more you do yourself, the more you understand about the WHOLE process of what puts the arrow in the target. Good stuff.

[jason.fletcher]

By the way, it's a BPE, much like the one in the post above, and cost me like 20 bucks back then. That's 68 cents a year to have control over how your arrows are put together....

[Nativestranger]

Originally posted by jason.fletcher:
By the way, it's a BPE, much like the one in the post above, and cost me like 20 bucks back then. That's 68 cents a year to have control over how your arrows are put together....

As advised, I will get a jig to redo my arrows. But probably not get the BPE one as the price is now pretty expensive.

Anyone can recommend this $29.9 Grayling fletching jig?

 http://www.lancasterarchery.com/grayling-fletching-jig.html

Or this AAE fletch III jig? Only fixed 1Deg RH offset which is all I need.

 http://www.lancasterarchery.com/aae-fletch-iii-fletching-jig.html

[mahantango]

The Grayling works fine. The Jo-Jan mono jig would be a good choice also.

[Sixgun]

Don't forget you can also find good deals on used jigs. A lot of people will sell goods when getting out of archery for awhile, or just "upgrading".

I recently found a BPE for $35.00 with the straight clamp. I wanted right helical, so just bought the clamp I needed.

I fletched for years with an Arizona EZ-Fletch. It worked OK.

Ray