I've long considered purchasing a fletching jig and
other supplies involved with refletching my own
arrows. Could someone give me a list of what I
need to purchase? Make sure to list everything
as I am a 'beginner' when it comes to this[&:].

Any links as to where I could do my purchasing would
be great, too.

While I'm at it, though I don't feel they need it yet, would
a arrow straightner work on my ACC's?

Thanks for the advice,
Shane

You need a jig and glue and fletches and arrows. That is it. I use a Bitzenburger fletcher, 4" AAE vanes and AAE fastset glue. I can fletch a dozen in a little over an hour while watching a TV show or something. The AAE glue and vane combo sets up FAST (hence the name).

I may be wrong, but I don't believe you can straighten your ACC, as the carbon would break with any attempt. Someone could correct me on this one though.

JMAC

Fletching jig, glue and your choice of vanes or feathers. I always - repeat, ALWAYS - replace my nocks when I refletch. Believe it or not, nocks do get worn out.

Other gear you should already have around the house. A semi-dull knife to scrape off old glue. Denatured alcohol or acetone to clean the shafts - although 5 shot says to avoid acetone and use a solution of water and baking soda for cleaning carbons. I gotta try that. I keep a straight pin handy because sometimes the glue gets dried up in the spout and the pin is for cleaning it out. Sometimes I use some 000 steel wool to prep the fletching area on new shafts. Steal some paper towels from the kitchen. A couple of good cold beverages. You should be good to go.

I haven't tried an arrow straightener on ACC's but it should work like a champ. You're straightening the aluminum core, not the carbon itself.

JMAC/Arthur

Thanks for a point in the right direction. A couple other
questions. Anything in particular to consider when
choosing a brand of fletching jig? My bowshop uses
Goat's Tuff to refletch, is there another adhesive that
would bond better than another with certain arrow
types?

Thanks again~

I know nothing about fletching, but it seems like if you could bend it, then you could straigten it.

I've never used goat tuff so I can't say whether anything is better or not. On the rare occassions I fletch up vanes on carbon, I use one of the cyanoacrylate 'super glue' gels. Bondini works good. Best thing about it is you can find that kind of glue in any WalMart and it's a lot less expensive than archery specialty glue. Frankly, I think it's all the same anyway.

For feathers, I won't willingly use anything but Bohning fletching tape.

As for jigs, I'm using a Bitzenberger. It's the best jig you can get, IMO. There was a JoJan Multi-fletcher on my workbench for many years, but when I started using modern glue, I didn't need to have six shafts working at the same time any more. So, it was the Bitz. The BPE Pro model jig is also a decent one and quite a bit less expensive than the Bitz.

In regards to the fletching jig, I'd used a friend's Bitzenburger a few times and felt it did a fantastic job. I recently looked at the Grayling jig, and it appeared to be almost an exact copy for only about $30, as compared to the $65 for the Bitz. I thought I could save some money and get the same results -- especially given the fact I don't have to refletch that often. Wrong. After fletching one arrow with the Grayling, I packaged it back up and applied the $30 credit towards the purchase of a Bitzenburger. Because of it's quality construction, I'll never have to buy another one again. May add to the collection, but won't have to replace it. There's just no comparison.