RE: Buying a Fletching Jig and Equipment
I have 12 Bitzenberger jigs... and normally use the Rt helical clamp w/ a slight offset on most arrows.
Other items you'll need:
Acetone (to clean off any glue or oily residue)
Denatured Alchohol (to rinse the acetone and clean the base of vanes)
Goat Tuff Glue (seems to work the best for fletching and inserts on carbons)
Hot melt (if you're doing aluminums)
shafts
fletching
If you plan on doing lots of arrows... I'd go to the hardware store and get you one of those 1/2" or 3/4" square grid tiles that they put in ceiling grid. Cut it in 1/2 and you'll have a great drying rack.