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Offline Scottski

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How I spliced my feathers.
« on: July 22, 2013, 03:28:46 pm »
First I measure how wide my splice piece should be.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2013, 03:57:41 pm »
Next I strip a feather the color I want the splice to be.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2013, 04:01:43 pm »
Then place the striped feather on your marks and cut your splice pieces.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2013, 04:21:19 pm »
Choose you feather you want to splice. Measure the distance you want your splice to be and mark it at the back of your feather on your tape.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2013, 04:25:18 pm »
After you have done that I use an exato knife to cut out where my splice feather goes. I lay my blade flat and cut very slow and careful.
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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2013, 04:27:25 pm »
Next I use a little fletch tight on my splice feather.
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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2013, 04:31:11 pm »
Insert glued splice piece into feather.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2013, 04:34:15 pm »
Then just trim to feather.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2013, 04:37:01 pm »
I have been using some fletch tape for attaching my feathers.
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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2013, 04:38:57 pm »
After the tape is applied I make sure I line up where my splice feather is to be placed.
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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2013, 04:41:15 pm »
After I get it all lined up I pull of the backing of the tape and apply my fletch. This one is the cock feather.
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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2013, 04:45:53 pm »
Then attach the other feathers and you have a fletched arrow. This is the first time I have tried to do a how to. Hope you understand all this. Hope it will help someone out. Sorry if I posted it all wrong or in the wrong place.
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Offline briarjumper12

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2013, 05:38:12 pm »
Nice!!!
Thank you very much. I am going to save this and use it on my next set of arrows.
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2013, 07:02:18 pm »
Thanks very cool
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: How I spliced my feathers.
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2013, 07:11:28 pm »
Scottski,
Nice looking feather, Great job, very nice tutorial.  You make it look so easy, I've done a few also, didn't turn out as nice as yours the first time , but like any thing else it takes a little time and practice.
Thanks
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