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Taz, with aluminums, I pull the vane off and the balance I scrape off with a knife. If necessary I use a little scotch-brite to remove the residue. I happen to use alcohol to clean the surface afterward.
I use an Az. E-Z Fletch that does all three vanes at one time, or you can do one or two only if you wish. The nock receiver is adjustable for whatever you want. It takes you a few arrows to get used to it, but if you're not trying to mass produce arrows it works great.
It's really easy to do and you can order any colors you want.

"Hunt smart, know your target and beyond"

Taz,

I use an Arizona E-Z Fletch. Last I saw, they were about $35. They have interchangeable clamps (i.e. alum straight/offset, carbon sm. diam, etc). Go with an offset and vanes. On my carbons I use AAE's with super glue gel. No fancy prep. Just glue, let set and the vane will rip before the base lets go. Clean old vanes with a dull pocket knife. Good luck.

Really confused, Taz??? I was too, but you can figure it out pretty quickly as it is a simple process. What gets confusing is all the jargon and options.

Go to www.eastonarchery.com and download their tuning guide (full version). This has a section on tuning your bow, duh, and most importantly for you a section on building and fletching all types of arrows. It is an invaluable resourse.

The Mouse

It doesn't whether you use RH or LH. Except presumably your current arrows are set up that way. Buy a fletcher with an adjustible nock carrier. This allows you to set your carrier to your arrow, so that you can fletch arrows with only one fletch missing. A lot of the jigs don't alolw you to adjustthe nock in the carrier, so that while you can tune the nocks afterward, you can't make repairs on fletch at a time, without also removing the nock. Fletching is easy, and you will save a lot of money making future arrows from raw shafts. I use the blitz

A lot of good info, thank you one and all, mouse thanks for the link, I will check it out in depth and report back how badly I messed up or how well I did.

The Tazman

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