What is the best fletching jig for a amateur
10-12-2005, 07:11 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Middletown PA United States
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RE: What is the best fletching jig for a amateur
This is so easy. The answer is: Bitzenberger, the same one the pro's use. You can absolutely never wear one out. Get two more clamps and the same jig will do straight, or right or left helical.
10-12-2005, 10:00 PM
#4
Join Date: Sep 2005
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RE: What is the best fletching jig for a amateur
I just got a Grayling jig and am also a new guy to fletching arrows. I would NOT recommend it to someone just starting out. Maybe its me, but I can feel "slop" in the dial and its really tough to get all the fletchings the same distance from the end of the arrow. Overall, I'm disappointed in the setup, but hey you gotta at least try it. I'm thinking of getting the Arizone EZ fletch and trying that one out.
10-13-2005, 01:57 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rural Town Oklahoma USA
Posts: 139
RE: What is the best fletching jig for a amateur
Save the yourself some time and effort, just get the Bitz and don't look back. They cost more, yes, but you will eventually want one anyway. JoJan is fine, IF you are fletching certain combinations, but they are not necessarily easy.
10-13-2005, 06:26 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
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RE: What is the best fletching jig for a amateur
I really don't think the price on the bitz is in line with the capacity you get for making arrows. I can do a dozen arrows on my jojan 6 arrow setup in about 1 1/2 hours (including scraping and LOTS of drying time), and they aren't that much more. You can even get jojan's cheap used. I paid $60 for mine with 6 strait clamps, and a left helical clamp. My arrows look just as good as my buddy who uses a bitz. The bitz's are nice, but no more precise and certainly not as fast when you can do 6 at a time on a jojan plus they cost more.
10-14-2005, 09:29 AM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rural Town Oklahoma USA
Posts: 139
RE: What is the best fletching jig for a amateur
I am a long time user of both the Bitz and the JoJan. I have fletched hundreds of arrows with both, most of those with a JoJan. JoJan Multi-fletcher is economically priced and can be a time saver. The Bitz, however, is much more precise, particularly with certain arrow/vane or arrow/feather combinations. Its adjustment with the dials makes it easy to get the right fletch/shaft contact. Plus, whereas the JoJan just sets down on the shaft (with some slop, I might add), the Bitz holds everything positively with the magnets. I would say that either work fine for most applications, but the positive contact of the Bitz is, in my opinion, much better for a beginner.
As for the time factor, I can fletch plenty of arrows for me with a Bitz, especially with vanes. Feathers take more time, sure, but I just stick one feather on as I pass by and another as I pass by again later, no biggie.
As for the time factor, I can fletch plenty of arrows for me with a Bitz, especially with vanes. Feathers take more time, sure, but I just stick one feather on as I pass by and another as I pass by again later, no biggie.
10-14-2005, 12:42 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Dark Side of the Moon
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RE: What is the best fletching jig for a amateur
I am also looking at purchasing a Bitz. Question I have: Do most of you re-fletch arrows that were store bought and already cut & fletched and just need new fletchings?Or do you start with bare shafts? I cannot seem to find a carbon arrow saw for a resonable price that would allow me to start with bare shafts.
Thanks.
Thanks.