| From: BigOzzie
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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I used a small financial windfall to buy 12 bitz fletching jigs.
How did you guys build your tables?
what size?
what do you like about them?
what do you not like about them?
any advice will be welcomed.
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| From: Longcruise
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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I had it in mind to build one but a JoJan multi fletcher and super glue made it unnecessary.
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| From: JusPassin
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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Were I you and had such a number, I'd position them in a circle to get them in as small a space as feasible, cut out a circle of 3/4" plywood, and mount on a lazy susan plate.
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| From: Lefty38-55
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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Tips: Recalled from my buddy's old shop ... he used a throw- away 'lazy susan' as the swivel.
PLATE: OD of circle mounting plate - bigger is better, to avoid getting tips in the eyes. OD needs to be bigger than max projection of max arrow length, at the angle the jigs are set at. Example, a 32" arrow at 15-degree upwards angle still projects 30.9" horizontally. Can go with a smaller circle, like if set at 45-degrees up ... that same " arrow only goes ~22" horizontally.
The formula used is COS (cosign) of Angle x 32" = Horizontal Projection (from SOH CAH TOA).
Keep in mind 'where' you'll also mount the jigs too, like can the nock end be right at or over the circle mount edge?
POSITIONS: You can put the 12 around the circle in the typical 'O'Clock' positions, but don't point the ones looking at each other, right at each other. I'd just point each one off a bit to left or right. Like see where the front & back bolt holes would be and put the most-inside the circle ones offline a good 1/8: or so in a consistent manner.
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| From: M60gunner
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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If you can’t find an old lazy Susan the makin’s are available from Rockler woodworking. Makes sense to load up the jigs then place them in a circle first before doing any cutting or securing the jigs in place.
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| From: BigOzzie
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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lefty I like your logic, I googled the angle for bitz, it popped up quick. It is 45- degrees therefore will cover the horizontal distance of 22+ inches, therefore I think I will shoot for a 24" circle on top of a lazy susan hardware (which I think will be easy to come up with).
Would you use something like an industrial carpet to pad the top to avoid noise or would that be a pain with the glues and stuff?
I have even thought of making it two layers of plywood thick so I can make make grooves and dips in the top layer to hold glues and clamps.
Does anyone have experience with what angle to cant the jig at? I understand you would not want 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock facing directly at each other so I think they would get canted to one side or the other, probably to the right so the clamp is on the outside edge of the circle not in the center?
Thanks guys that is what I was looking for Advice and Ideas, so i can build this thing the best way possible the first attempt.
longcruise your advice is a tad bit late I already ordered the bitz, so switching to a super glued jojan is not an option. Dang.
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| From: BATMAN
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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Any one have photos? Puh-Leeeze & Thank You! BLESSED BE!
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| From: Wayne Hess
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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The swivel seat base for boat seats are more sturdy than Lazy Susan.
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| From: Lefty38-55
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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BATMAN - Found a ton of fletch tables online. Here's one for a Bitzenberger
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| From: Lefty38-55
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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More from Martin Archery - #1, note MUCH bigger table and wicked angle to have what ... 2 dozen fletchers on there... ?
I did't count, you can ;) !, Haha ...
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| From: Lefty38-55
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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More from Martin Archery - #2
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| From: Lefty38-55
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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More from Martin Archery - #3
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| From: Lefty38-55
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| Date: 05-Jan-21 |
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You know ... a simple call or email to Bitzenburger just might give you info too, as this picture is right there on their own website.
https://bitzenburger.com/jigs/
Can you tell that I am on a really sloooooow telecon call for work right now? Shhhhhhhhhh ...
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| From: BigOzzie
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| Date: 06-Jan-21 |
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thanks for the pictures of the table, I had seen the martin ones, but didn't think to go to the bitzenburger website.
It helps a bunch. I see most of them are canted to the left, not to the right as I expected? I will have to play with that before i make any decisions, I also see none of them have a soft covering on them. Seems things I thought were a good Idea may not have been such good ideas.
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| From: Lefty38-55
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| Date: 06-Jan-21 |
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I'd bet the cant to the left was due more to right-handed people setting up the table ... a more natural position 'to grasp' when you look at the right hand.
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| From: i
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| Date: 06-Jan-21 |
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How does one align all the jigs to the same identical fletching offset angle?
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| From: BigOzzie
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| Date: 06-Jan-21 |
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The two round knobs on the jig adjust the angle of the magnet, and thus the angle of the clamp. They have markings on them so you can adjust them all to the same settings.
I typically only deal with 11/32 wood arrows, and 4 inch feathers, so I do not have to adjust much. If I were to change diameter of shafts, then I would adjust or longer feathers, I would adjust, if the feather wasn't staying in contact with the shaft. I typically use a large amount of offset, so when I go to longer feathers or smaller shafts, I do have to do some adjusting.
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