Fletching jig

For those of you that fletch your own arrows, which fletching jig do you use? I would like to not take a big hit in the wallet, but I also don't want to buy a piece of junk. I have been using Quickfletches, but they are so damn brittle I am going through them like crazy.

Thanks for any help.

I am using blazer vanes if that matters

 

I have owned a few. Now I own a Bitz and I'll never own anything else.

 

Good question...

 

i use a standard bohning jig, i guess its designed to fletch up to 4 or 5 inch vanes or feathers. but if you think youre gonna stick with the blazers(same ones i use), bohning also makes a blazer specific jig. preset helical or offset, whichever you want to call it. they both run about 40 bucks or so.

 

I will look into those, thanks guys. Once I decide on a jig, what glue should I use? Are they all basically the same?

Sorry for being such a rookie, but I have never tried refletching without Quickfletch, and that gets expensive. Learn me some stuff

 

Bitz with the silver tube of fletching stuff from Bohning..

 

I've been using a Jo Jan multi-fletcher for about 18yrs now

 

I use the Bitzenberger and it can be used for fletching with either slight helical twist or straight with offset , the bitz will do it all , just pick the clamp that suits your needs

 

I've been using JoJan jigs for ever 20 years now and have never needed anything else to fletch anything from Blazers to Flu-Flus. Ones I would avoid are the Grayling plastic jigs with magnetic clamp holders or the Arizona EZ Feltch. Neither one is precise enough to me.

 

I use a Bitzenberger jig w/ Bohning Fletch-tite glue. Cant go wrong with either one.

 

Sounds like the Bitz is pretty popular, I am probably leaning towards that one. I will check out the JoJan jig as well. Thanks for the help guys, you probably saved me some money

 

Good luck, bro!

 

I was loaned an Arizona EZ Fletch mini and I like it pretty well. It was extremely easy to use with Blazers and put a slight helical to them. I was given some white reflective tape that is 7 inches wide, it is from 3M. I cut some to wrap a couple of arrows with and then put the Blazers on it. It seems to work really well, will have more data on this once I get to shoot them more. I am impressed with the reflective tape, it shines like a new silver dollar and seems to have adhered to the shaft very well.

I will use the tape until it runs out, if it holds up. That is some very expensive tape so I won't be buying any.

 

I started off with a Grayling fletcher. It's basically a plastic version of the Bitz. I got a good deal on a lightly used Bitz, bought it and probably won't ever need another jig. But honestly, if price were a concern, that little Grayling I have works like a champ for being plastic.

 

I use the Bohing standard jig with a 2* right helix and the Bohing Fletch-Titie Platinum.

 

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