Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: osage outlaw on April 18, 2013, 06:46:39 pm
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I came up with this contraption to trim the quill down on feathers. I don't remember seeing anthing like this posted so I thought I would share it. If anyone has a better or easier way please post it.
Like all my home made tools it is made from scrap and junk I have laying around my garage.
When I cut out feathers the quill is often to wide. When I tried to trim it I would always end up cutting into the feather and messing it up.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20CLINT-HP/New%20bow%20stuff/SDC15566.jpg)
Its basically a base, backstop, and a thin metal swing arm as a spacer.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20CLINT-HP/New%20bow%20stuff/SDC15567.jpg)
I slide the feather in and lower the spacer exposing the extra quill I want to remove.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20CLINT-HP/New%20bow%20stuff/SDC15569.jpg)
I take a utility knife and remove the exposed quill. It leaves a nice even width.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20CLINT-HP/New%20bow%20stuff/SDC15570.jpg)
I want to build a better one thats double sided so I can use it on left and right wing feathers. I'll probably use something more cut resistant as a base.
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Another fine redneck invention! Do you have to sand the bottom of the quill after the cut?
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Looks like it works to me. Great job Clint.
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How sweet it is........ :)
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Another fine redneck invention! Do you have to sand the bottom of the quill after the cut?
Yes. I have another redneck contraption for that.
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I have a few of the osage engineerd copies at my house ::)
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Hey Outlaw,
I have the same problem with my turkey feathers. I'm going to the shop and make one, again thanks for the tip.
By the way are you going to the classic?
DB
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Nice work Clint. 8) dp
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Hey Outlaw,
I have the same problem with my turkey feathers. I'm going to the shop and make one, again thanks for the tip.
By the way are you going to the classic?
DB
Yes I'll be there. And no I won't be stopping at Frisch's for chicken tenders on the way there :P ;)
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Watch for the ones on the road too
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10-4 on the chicken
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Good tip, I'll have to make one.
Thanks
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:)
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Clint, you need to take some engineer classes! I like it! Gonna build one and try it out on goose and duck feathers. That is the part of trimming I don't like and mess up good feathers as well.
Will this work on chicken feathers Clint? >:D
Tracy
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Ha Ha. Ask Old Yeller. I don't mess with chicken feathers.
I need to find a cheap cutting board and some more thin metal to make a dual wing model.
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Nice! Ill bet just a few more think tanks,,,you could make a fletcher out of that? JeffW
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Ill send some thin stuff I have to the classic for you of you want and TRACY don't mind
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enjoy seeing these kinds of home-tech inventions!
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Don't mind at all. It seems like wide band saw blade sections would work for the double cutter.
Tracy
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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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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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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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I got some really thin bandsaw blade stuff in a tread with Greg that should work I thank
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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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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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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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I agree!
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Cant ya just point the opposite wing feathers the opposite way in the same jig?
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Ooh, I like that. I'll have to make me one. Thanks.
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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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Very cool ides,Clint I have a bunch of thin blades also,remind me and you can have
some when you get there,to thin for knives so I will never use it all up. :) Not sure the thickness but it's quite a bit thinner than the 50,000 I use for scrapers and trad points. :)
Pappy
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Sounds good Pappy. I have some boiled and raw linseed oil for you as well.
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Innovative very good idea OO.Makes use of more length of the feathers with nice clean edges.
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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.
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You bet that'd be the cats' meow OO.
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Nice work Clint! Looks slick!
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Thanks. I have some ideas in my head for a new and improved model
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Verry clever. I have the same problem. Post pics of the tool for sanding the bottom?