First Fletching Experience
05-12-2007 | 06:55 PM
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Fork Horn
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First Fletching Experience
Here is the end result of my first fletching experience. I think they turned out pretty good. I really like the wraps by onestringer. Great wraps at an even better price!
One question: After you apply the line of glue to the vane,do you smooth it out with your figure? The first two arrows had excess glue on them andafterI started smoothing the glue out theyturned out muchbetter.
One question: After you apply the line of glue to the vane,do you smooth it out with your figure? The first two arrows had excess glue on them andafterI started smoothing the glue out theyturned out muchbetter.
05-12-2007 | 07:02 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: First Fletching Experience
Nice work! I like the orange and white, thats the colors I'm after but with a white nock and 2 orange/1 white blazers! Have you shot the Orange/White arrows yet, do they stand out well??
05-12-2007 | 07:05 PM
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RE: First Fletching Experience
ORIGINAL: BowHuntingFool
Have you shot the Orange/White arrows yet, do they stand out well??
Have you shot the Orange/White arrows yet, do they stand out well??
05-12-2007 | 07:20 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: First Fletching Experience
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Here is the end result of my first fletching experience. I think they turned out pretty good. I really like the wraps by onestringer. Great wraps at an even better price!
One question: After you apply the line of glue to the vane,do you smooth it out with your figure? The first two arrows had excess glue on them andafterI started smoothing the glue out theyturned out muchbetter.
i don't know about smoothing them with your figure but they look great
Here is the end result of my first fletching experience. I think they turned out pretty good. I really like the wraps by onestringer. Great wraps at an even better price!
One question: After you apply the line of glue to the vane,do you smooth it out with your figure? The first two arrows had excess glue on them andafterI started smoothing the glue out theyturned out muchbetter.
i don't know about smoothing them with your figure but they look great
05-12-2007 | 10:13 PM
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RE: First Fletching Experience
They do look great!! Nice job. As far as the glue, that's really the only "art" there is to fletching arrows, the right amount of glue. You're using just a little too much. It takes far less than you would think it would.
Think of it like this.....Run a SMALL bead of glue down the vane. Even if you miss a tiny spot here and there, don't worry about it. When you mash the vane to the shaft that glue will all even out, giving good coverage. If you use too much it's gonna run out the ends.
Think of it like this.....Run a SMALL bead of glue down the vane. Even if you miss a tiny spot here and there, don't worry about it. When you mash the vane to the shaft that glue will all even out, giving good coverage. If you use too much it's gonna run out the ends.
05-13-2007 | 06:15 AM
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RE: First Fletching Experience
ORIGINAL: MidwestJ
You'll be hooked now! A tip....once you get those blazer vanes on and they're dry...put a small bead of glue on the front and rear tip of the vane and then allow them to dry.
You'll be hooked now! A tip....once you get those blazer vanes on and they're dry...put a small bead of glue on the front and rear tip of the vane and then allow them to dry.
