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I have a question about fletchings on arrows. I have always used Carbon express 6075 arrows and until last year they have had the normal size fletchings, but now they have the little ones. Due to heat this year i have held off on shooting, until yesterday. I have 4 arrows with the regular sized fletchings and 3 with the small ones. I put a practice BH on 1 of the regular sized fletched arrows and 2 of the small ones. I immediately noticed that the regular fletched arrow was shooting 7-8" higher than the small ones. I sighted with the small ones, because that seems to be what manufactures are going to.

My question is can i buy fletchings and switch the regular fletchings for small ones easily. Or would it be cheaper to buy new arrows. Keep in mind that i will do work to save a dollar and i usually buy arrows after season when they are 50-70% off.
 
fletching your own arrows is easy and after the initial investment for a jig, will save you a fortune. bare shafts are cheaper and you can choose which fletching YOU want.
 
A jig is a thing that holds the arrow in place allowing the vaines to be put on in the exact spot they need to. They will come with a clamp you put the vane in. You put glue on the vane and put it on the arrow. The jig makes the clamp go where it needs to. There are different models. The best IMO is the Bitzenburger. http://www.cabelas.com/link-12/product/ ... erralID=NA They will probably run you around $70-$80. You can get some cheaper though.
 
I recently bought the Bohning Helix Jig. I got it because I wanted to get a good helical with blazers. I like it and it does a pretty good job. I could have been built heavier and I would have like a different design on how the vanes stays in the clamp. I got it on ebay for like $40 with free shipping.
 
Follow up to the last question.

If you have two identical arrows and they both had a fletching busted, is there anyway you can get the fletchings off of one and then replace the bad one on the other?

Also has anyone ever used the fletchings that i saw at Academy that you simply slip on the arrow and then submerge in boiling water. it shrinks it to the arrow and locks it into place.
 
I wouldn't try to take one off an arrow to put on another one. It would be hard to get it off without damaging it anyway. It probably wouldn't stick good to the other arrow. I haven't tried the shrink wraps. They seem expensive to me. Also, if you mess one vane up you would have to replace the whole thing. Where as with a jig you could just replace that one vane.
 
Bone Collector said:
Follow up to the last question.

If you have two identical arrows and they both had a fletching busted, is there anyway you can get the fletchings off of one and then replace the bad one on the other?

Also has anyone ever used the fletchings that i saw at Academy that you simply slip on the arrow and then submerge in boiling water. it shrinks it to the arrow and locks it into place.
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people like them but they are expensive.
 
i started fletching my own shafts a few years ago and i love it, for several reasons. one is , you can play around with different offset degrees to see which your particular bow likes. Another reason is if you are shooting really tight groups, you ARE going to tear off fletchings just due to practice and its alot easier to re-fletch your own shafts compared to taking them to the shop and paying someone else to do it for you.Not to mention im a do it yourself kind of guy. Im not sure what the name if the jug is, but i can do six shafts at a time. I have tried to "re-stick" a fletch that came off for one reason or another and they deff do not stick very well at all. They seem too be a one shot deal. Plus they arent that expensive.also i want to know for sure my arrows are right BEFORE i take them in a tree. I never want to doubt my equipment.
 
Bone Collector said:
Follow up to the last question.

If you have two identical arrows and they both had a fletching busted, is there anyway you can get the fletchings off of one and then replace the bad one on the other?

Also has anyone ever used the fletchings that i saw at Academy that you simply slip on the arrow and then submerge in boiling water. it shrinks it to the arrow and locks it into place.
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To answer the first question, there is not a good way to make that work as the base of the fletching will come apart when trying to take it off of the arrow. As remington stated, new fletchings are fairly cheap and fletching your own you can play around with it until you get the offset to what your bow/arrow/broadhead shoots best with, you can get 30 Blazers for $6.99-$8.99.

The quickfletch type that you dip into boiling water do work well, but when you bust one fletching you have to replace the entire thing and they are expensive compared to regular fletchings.
 
Got Blitzenburg jig for sale if interested. Got a straight clamp and a right helical clamp. Send a pm if interested.
 
Bone Collector said:
Follow up to the last question.

If you have two identical arrows and they both had a fletching busted, is there anyway you can get the fletchings off of one and then replace the bad one on the other?

Also has anyone ever used the fletchings that i saw at Academy that you simply slip on the arrow and then submerge in boiling water. it shrinks it to the arrow and locks it into place.
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they suck
 
I would like to try it myself. I'm having some done right now and they are costing me $2.50 per arrow. I have a perfect room in the garage to do it,since I no longer do the powder coating.
 

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