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Offline dragonman

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how do you offset feathers ?
« on: January 07, 2010, 04:42:05 pm »
I've never posted here before I usually hang around in 'bows', I have one question, When you attach feathers off center to increase the spin, which way do you offset the feather? with the concave surface of the feather angled down at the front? or the other way around? I have always put them on straight before. This has probably been disscussed before here but I cant find it. Thanks, (in anticipation of the answer)
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2010, 04:54:59 pm »
Put the dull side of the feather to the wind.
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 08:04:35 pm »
A right wing feather is off set to the right, and a left wing feather to the left.
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 09:26:13 pm »
 I do like adb. The feather will have a natural curve.
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2010, 06:05:42 pm »
maybe I'm dumb , but now I'm confused, Abd, to the right and left of where? not trying to be funny , but which way are you looking at the arrow when you say this?  left will become right if you turn the arrow around ??? I've noticed the natural curve Mullet, should this be angled into the wind or away from it??? I'm not clear now
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2010, 06:21:39 pm »
Looking from the nock end of the arrow, the front end of a left wing feather will go to the left of the rear as you are looking at it.  A right wing feather, the front end will go to the right of the rear of the feather.  Does that help any?
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2010, 07:11:35 pm »
Quote from: stringstretcher on January 08, 2010, 06:21:39 pm
Looking from the nock end of the arrow, the front end of a left wing feather will go to the left of the rear as you are looking at it.  A right wing feather, the front end will go to the right of the rear of the feather.  Does that help any?
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2010, 07:14:36 pm »
yes, thanks, thats clear now
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2010, 10:41:34 pm »
That's why I just said to put the dull side to the wind, easier than explaining lefts and rights. :)
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2010, 10:44:22 pm »
 I started to explain it step by step but deleted it, I was starting to confuse myself. ??? ;)
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2010, 06:37:55 pm »
Its actually quite difficult on these commercial turkey feathers to see  what side is the dullest, but on some hawk feathers I got its more obvious . I did an experiment today and threw an arrow with straight fletchings to see which way it span, and it spun in the opposite direction to an arrow I fletched as recommended above with the dull side angled down into the wind ??? this really confused me , I thought it would spin the same way but faster. How come it didnt?? ( if anyone is still listening)
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2010, 07:01:24 pm »
You meant Some Fake Hawk Feather............ ;)
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2010, 04:21:46 pm »
no, El Destructo, these are real , sea eagle feathers fom Norway,and some vulture feathers I've got, I want to make some arrows from them, but I want to get things right and not waste them because they are hard to get.
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2010, 04:24:17 pm »
They are Illegal to have here in the States...without the proper Paperwork from the U.S. Government!
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Re: how do you offset feathers ?
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2010, 04:36:03 pm »
maybe they are illegal here too, I'm not up on these laws. I know for sure no birds where harmed getting these feathers, and thats really all I care about, whose gonna know anyway, the police are so dumb around here they wouldnt know one feather from another or even care. As a matter of interest, if you found a dead eagle over there in the States, would you use its feathers? how would anyone find out ? do they check out peoples feathers, or are people just very respectfull of the law, I'm just interested
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