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Offline jeffhalfrack

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2013, 10:31:39 pm »
Nice!  Ill  bet  just a few more think tanks,,,you could make a fletcher out of that? JeffW
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« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2013, 10:32:44 pm »
Ill send some thin stuff I have to the classic for you of you want and TRACY don't mind
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Offline richardzane

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2013, 10:34:47 pm »
enjoy seeing these kinds of home-tech inventions!
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Offline TRACY

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2013, 10:41:23 pm »
Don't mind at all. It seems like wide band saw blade sections would work for the double cutter.


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Offline lostarrow

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2013, 10:42:27 pm »
Consider that idea stolen! love it! lets see the one for thinning the quill. I've become adept at stripping Turkey quills , but Goose aren't as co-operative.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2013, 10:46:17 pm »
Quote from: Ozzy on April 18, 2013, 10:32:44 pm
Ill send some thin stuff I have to the classic for you of you want and TRACY don't mind

It has to be real thin metal.  What I'm using now is .040"  Do you have anything like that?  I got a call today about some more feathers so I can send back some more RW's
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2013, 10:48:20 pm »
Quote from: lostarrow on April 18, 2013, 10:42:27 pm
Consider that idea stolen! love it! lets see the one for thinning the quill. I've become adept at stripping Turkey quills , but Goose aren't as co-operative.

It is just two scrap pieces of 1x boards attached with some small hinges.  I sandwich the feather between the boards with the quill sticking out and run it across my belt sander for just a second or two.  I can post a pic of it if you want me to.
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2013, 10:56:17 pm »
I got some really thin bandsaw blade stuff in a tread with Greg that should work I thank
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2013, 11:00:28 pm »
I think I have the same stuff that Greg has.  I can use that.  Keep your stuff and make some trade points out of it Ozzy.     
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2013, 12:09:35 am »
Damn! That's what I'm doing already. I was hoping you had some new magic for that one that involves less sneezing. ;) . Thanks for the other though . So simple , so ingenious.
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Offline osage outlaw

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« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2013, 12:37:32 am »
I have been getting better results sanding them on my little 1" belt sander instead of the 4".  I hook a shopvac to the dust port and use a mask.  You don't want to breathe feather dust.
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2013, 12:55:23 am »
I agree!
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Offline vyadha

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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2013, 02:50:41 am »
Cant ya just point the opposite wing feathers the opposite way in the same jig?
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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #28 on: April 19, 2013, 08:23:03 am »
Ooh, I like that.  I'll have to make me one.  Thanks.
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Re: New feather tool
« Reply #29 on: April 19, 2013, 08:24:34 am »
vyadha, you can but when you lower the spacer it goes against the grain of the feather and bunches it up.  As simple as it is to build I thought it would be easier to make a double sided one.


I forgot to mention that I used a very thin washer in between the back and the spacer.
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