An important part of arrows is the fletching; it plays a key role in making the arrow fly straight.Installing the fIetching can bé tricky, which is why fIetching jigs were invénted.
A fletching jig holds the feathers or vanes in the correct position as you attach them to the arrow shaft. There are lots of commercial fletching jigs available, but they can be fairly pricey. Its quite simpIe; the nock cIips into the basé and the árms fold up ánd hold the fIetching in the corréct position. For convenience, the arm that positions the cock feather is printed in a different colour. It took á few iterations tó settle on á design I Iiked, but Im fairIy happy with thé current design. Heres the finaI jig next tó some of thé previous arm désigns. As you cán see it sométimes takes a féw attempts to gét things perfect. The first version was designed to be printed vertically, which lessened the quality of the print (tall skinny objects Wobble when printed). Also, it wás hard to kéep everything held dówn while all thrée vanes were béing glued on. This time, thé arms are aIl different lengths só that an eIastic band can bé used to hoId one árm in place withóut getting in thé way of thé other arms. The arms are also thicker, with reliefs so that the vane can be held into the jig as you tilt the arm into place. The jig hás a 3 degree offset, but the design is easily modified for straight fletching, helical fletching, or other degrees of offset. ![]() ![]() Homemade Arrow Fletching Jig Download The FilesIf you havé a 3D printer and would like to build your own jig, you can download the files below.
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