royak

How can I tell if my fletcher is a right or left wing fletcher

Alpha Capo

not sure i understand are u talking about the clamp

royak

What I have is a BPE Por fletcher that I bought used it is adjustable in all areas but I am not sure if it is a right wing or left wing fletcher. I have been using it with left wing feathers but I dont think that they are fitting right.

Alpha Capo

I have a blitzenburger and u can use right wing, left wing or straight clamps in it. the right wing clamp if you use an offset the curved part of the fletch(torwards the nock end of arrow) is to the left side if you looK down the shaft from the nock end left wing is the opposite

example:

^ (point)
|
|
// (fletch)
|
(nock)

Alpha Capo

note:

Example is with right wing clamp. left wing would lean opposite.
also make sure you adjust your offset accordingly on the jig for right wing

royak

Thanks Alpha that helps

Alpha Capo

I wasnt too sure if it would or not cuz im not familiar with your jig but i think they are all the same...it almost doesnt make sense too me and i wrote it

Alpha Capo

Royak
how do you like that bpe fletcher so far? i have a buddy that has a grayling and after i let him do a few arrows with my jig he wants a bitzenburg. the magnent is way stronger on the bitz. but the grayling gets the job done none the less. just doesnt feel as solid when u use it.

royak

So far I really like it a lot. I used a Jojan for years and found a good buy on this one. I think my only problem right now is that my feathers are left helical. I had about 4 dozen and wanted to use them up

Alpha Capo

so u have a right wing claMp and left wing feathers?

on right wing feathers the "lip" is on the left side _| when looking at the knock end.