Fletching Tool
03-06-2003, 01:27 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
Fletching Tool
Hi all I was looking at the Arizona E-Z Fletch. Anybody have any experience or thoughts on this fletcher? Or any other brands? I was thinking it being compact might be great to take on trips, but know nothing about it.
I had a bitzenburger, until it dissapeared from my shop this winter...along with some other tools[:' (].
Thanks
I had a bitzenburger, until it dissapeared from my shop this winter...along with some other tools[:' (].
Thanks
03-06-2003, 01:46 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 1,284
RE: Fletching Tool
I' ve never used the Arizona but i' ve heard alot of good things about it. I' ve always used a Bitzenburger and never had any reason to try anything else because it works great which i' m sure you already know since you had one. Sorry to hear your' s disappeared.
03-06-2003, 04:00 PM
#3
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: 20 ft up in my Summit Goliath
Posts: 62
RE: Fletching Tool
I' ve got one that I' ve had for years and it works great. I buy raw shafts and fletch my own. Just be sure to keep the inside of the fletching arms coated with a light oil, WD-40, bowstring wax, etc etc to keep the fletching cement from building up.....it is a real pain to remove once it dries.
03-07-2003, 10:50 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Altmar New York USA
Posts: 1,247
RE: Fletching Tool
I had the Arizona fletcher, and had the glue buildup problem with it constantly. was a royal pain scraping it off those plastic arms. I never thought of a coating of oil, good idea. I also had problems with keeping the vanes in align with one another when doing all 3. I' d set the vanes into the slots so they all looked precisely the same, close them against the arrow shaft, turn the spring loaded bottom section, slide on the top capper, and let it set. Upon removal, it' d seem 9 times outta 10 I' d always get 1 vane that wasn' t on the shaft the same as the other two. I eventually gave up on it, and now use Cabelas fletching jig. I really like the jig, and never have any problems using it. You clamp each individual vane, and slide it into the slots, and up against the shaft. its all metal, so no glue sticks to it much, and if it does its easily removed. You can do 1 to 3 vanes just like the Arizona. However there' s one nice deal to this one most others don' t have. You can change degree' s of helical with the Cabelas jig. Both the top, and bottom can be adjusted so your clamps insert at any degree you want. Its great!
