grayling fletching jig & clamp review

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Average Ratings

Value for Money	6.2/10
Reviewer Rating	5.8/10
Overall Rating	6.5/10

60% Recommended3 out of 5 Reviews

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By rhacrick on 30th Jul 2007

rhacrick's Ratings

Value for money	9/10
Overall value	8/10
rhacrick's recommendation

Good Points

Inexpensive, Fairly easy to learn, Easy to use, Quick to set up - Produced good results without much learning curve, even for a complete novice.

Bad Points

Semi-confusing documentation for a novice, could hold arrows and vanes more tightly

General Comments

I've never had any experience fletching arrows and just got into archery this year. I bought some secondhand arrows that needed to be refletched, so I hunted around and found this jig for a bargain price.

My first impression was that it had several adjustments that did not seem to be all that self-explanatory. The documentation listed all the parts, but did not detail the fine points of making adjustments. However, I played around with it and got it to match up with the way the arrows were already fletched. Once I had the adjustments tightened down, it was minutes before I had my first arrow repaired, matching new vanes to the ones on the arrow that didn't need to be replaced.

Since then, I've only used the thing a few times, but my arrows are all identical in their fletching. I've used it with Bohning Instant Fletching Gel, and it only takes a minute to do three vanes on an arrow.

I don't have my jig mounted to a surface, and I've found that the magnet itself is not really enough to hold the vane tightly against the arrow. I line up the pieces and then apply mild pressure to the vane/shaft pairing with my hands. The tightness of the vane's bond to the shaft seems to have more to do with how uniformally i apply the glue than anything else.

I'm sure there are more expensive jigs that make the whole process more foolproof. However, as someone with absolutely no prior experience, I've been able to produce consistent, good-looking, good-performing results with this tool. I would whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone that wants an inexpensive way to fletch a few arrows once in a while. If you're looking to do it frequently or commercially, I think there are better (though more expensive) options

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