i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
03-04-2008, 04:59 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
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RE: i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
ORIGINAL: Bailsuk
X3 and i'm a first timer 
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ORIGINAL: MeanV2
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Dan
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
The point of the strong magnet is to hold the fletch firmly in position without any give. It is actually one of the good things I like about the Bitzenberger. I always slide things in at an angle. I slantthetop of the clamp away from the shaft and slide the bottom of the clamp into position and resting against the back of the jig where the nock is seated. Then, using the bottom as a pivot point, rotate the top of the clamp towards the shaft. That seats the fletch onto the shaft neatly and cleanly. Then I give it a little pressure to make sure everything is seated along the length of the fletch and wait a couple minutes. Remove the clamp, rotate the shaft. put on another fletch.
The point of the strong magnet is to hold the fletch firmly in position without any give. It is actually one of the good things I like about the Bitzenberger. I always slide things in at an angle. I slantthetop of the clamp away from the shaft and slide the bottom of the clamp into position and resting against the back of the jig where the nock is seated. Then, using the bottom as a pivot point, rotate the top of the clamp towards the shaft. That seats the fletch onto the shaft neatly and cleanly. Then I give it a little pressure to make sure everything is seated along the length of the fletch and wait a couple minutes. Remove the clamp, rotate the shaft. put on another fletch.
Dan
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Your doing something wrong. I attach it to the magnet, slide into position, like the commerical for Ron Propeil, set it and forget it..LOL
03-04-2008, 11:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Alvo Nebraska USA
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RE: i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
ORIGINAL: sngehl01
I just got done using a new one. It's awful. The magnet is so freaking strong I have a hard time putting things where i want them.
I must be doing something wrong, but i'm not sure what.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?
The one I used to use that didn't use magnets was 100x better.
ARGH!!!
just had to vent, but seriously, has anyone else had this problem?
I just got done using a new one. It's awful. The magnet is so freaking strong I have a hard time putting things where i want them.
I must be doing something wrong, but i'm not sure what.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?
The one I used to use that didn't use magnets was 100x better.
ARGH!!!
just had to vent, but seriously, has anyone else had this problem?
To each his own but I've had mine since '75 and I wouldn't trade it for anything else out there.
03-04-2008, 11:46 PM
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Alvo Nebraska USA
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RE: i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
I have had a bitz for years, and I find it clunky and not as made out. I can't get that strong of helical as I would like, and you have to play endlessly trying to get the right setting for different setups.
I have had a bitz for years, and I find it clunky and not as made out. I can't get that strong of helical as I would like, and you have to play endlessly trying to get the right setting for different setups.
Wadda ya want for that clunky pos? Let me rid you of all your frustrations with it
03-05-2008, 09:05 AM
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RE: i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
Ha ha... seems like everyone else loves theirs.
I can see why the magnet would be so freaking strong, but the glue I use sets up instantly, so it's not like I need it to set there.
Let me work on my technique... I guess... and see if I like it any better. I can't complain about anything else. Just takes some getting used to after using the last two jigs I had (bohning and some other one that didn't use magnets).
On a more positive note, in about 10,000 years the magnet should weaken enough that I will like using it
I can see why the magnet would be so freaking strong, but the glue I use sets up instantly, so it's not like I need it to set there.
Let me work on my technique... I guess... and see if I like it any better. I can't complain about anything else. Just takes some getting used to after using the last two jigs I had (bohning and some other one that didn't use magnets).
On a more positive note, in about 10,000 years the magnet should weaken enough that I will like using it
03-05-2008, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
That jig was designed a very long time before the advent of fast setting glue. I use Flecth Tite and let each vane set for 10 minutes. The old standard Fletch Tite sets slow but it will shrink down high spots on the very ends of the vane to make a perfect fit.
I've used fast set glues before but always go back to the slow Fletch Tite. The vapors that come off some of the fast set stuff are pretty strong!
Have fun fletching!!
I've used fast set glues before but always go back to the slow Fletch Tite. The vapors that come off some of the fast set stuff are pretty strong!
Have fun fletching!!
03-05-2008, 10:34 AM
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RE: i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
ORIGINAL: walks with a gimp
That jig was designed a very long time before the advent of fast setting glue. I use Flecth Tite and let each vane set for 10 minutes. The old standard Fletch Tite sets slow but it will shrink down high spots on the very ends of the vane to make a perfect fit.
I've used fast set glues before but always go back to the slow Fletch Tite. The vapors that come off some of the fast set stuff are pretty strong!
Have fun fletching!!
That jig was designed a very long time before the advent of fast setting glue. I use Flecth Tite and let each vane set for 10 minutes. The old standard Fletch Tite sets slow but it will shrink down high spots on the very ends of the vane to make a perfect fit.
I've used fast set glues before but always go back to the slow Fletch Tite. The vapors that come off some of the fast set stuff are pretty strong!
Have fun fletching!!
Dan
03-05-2008, 11:32 AM
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RE: i really don't like blitz fletching jigs
ORIGINAL: walks with a gimp
Wadda ya want for that clunky pos? Let me rid you of all your frustrations with it
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
I have had a bitz for years, and I find it clunky and not as made out. I can't get that strong of helical as I would like, and you have to play endlessly trying to get the right setting for different setups.
I have had a bitz for years, and I find it clunky and not as made out. I can't get that strong of helical as I would like, and you have to play endlessly trying to get the right setting for different setups.
Wadda ya want for that clunky pos? Let me rid you of all your frustrations with it
