Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Pappy on August 18, 2008, 06:32:29 am
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Dana wanted me to post some diminution's of one of my feather grinder,Hope this helps.
Pappy
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Few more with a rule. There you go Dana. ;) I think it would be easier to just buy one
but I know how tight you are and you don't like easy anyway. :)
Pappy
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Thanks Pappy, ya I'm tight allrighty, money is getting harder to come by everyday :(
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Hey dana,check with minuteman, hes the the goto guy for this tool.
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Ya that is where that one came from,But Dana wanted to build it hisself. :)
Pappy
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I already talked to Chris and he don't work cheap and he's even tighter with his money than me :o :)
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Dana, I just use two 10" pieces of 1x pine boards duct taped together on one side for a hinge, and one squeeze clamp to hold the feather in place.....works fine for me. ::)
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Dana- I made one really similar to Pappy's. The only difference that I see is that my clamp is two pieces of metal yard stick. I screwed these to the blocks and let them hang out for about 3/4 of an inch. I don't know if it would hold the feather under enough pressure to use a drum sander. I cut the quill, then put the feather in the clamp. Then use a small block plane to get most of the remaining quill off. Then 80 grit to the desired thickness.
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I used a old fletching clamp and a belt sander for a long time that did fine.I will say this
rig is pretty slick tho ,if you do a lot of feathers. :) The drum sander has a wheel on the bottom
so you can't go to far,you just grind till it quits cutting. :)
Pappy
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I've been using a clamp and a dremel and its a pain in the butt. Ryano I like the red green idear :)
Dang I'm cheap, I'll have to get the duct tape from work ;) :D