Pictures of arrow feather burner in action

SkunkWerX said:
very cool setup!

I wanted to make something similar for cutting rigid foam.
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Old toasters have the nessessary parts, unless you're building an airplane, then you might need longer wire.:thumbup:
 
The only thing with using toaster parts is that you are dealing with 120 volts. :eek:

You have to be a vewwy cawrefuwl wabbit with that much voltage. :cool:

I saw a guy do the same set-up as mine except the two exposed
bolt/wire supports were charged with enough juice to cook your own feathers.:confused:
 
Kevin the grey said:
The only thing with using toaster parts is that you are dealing with 120 volts. :eek:

You have to be a vewwy cawrefuwl wabbit with that much voltage. :cool:

I saw a guy do the same set-up as mine except the two exposed
bolt/wire supports were charged with enough juice to cook your own feathers.:confused:
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I meant the wires inside:o I thought store bought burners were 110?
I use a scissors on my fletching( looks like too)
 
Very good point, mewolf1. Old toasters used nichrome wire. The thing to consider with feather burners is that they use a step down transformer. Maybe use a piece of nichrome in conjunction with an old model train transformer.

Be advised though, that it is not a totally enjoyable aroma :( .

Doc
 
Store bought burners use 110 volts transformed into low voltage. That is how mine works as well. That way no exposed parts are of great risk to the user beyond a superficial burn.

The store bought ones use a regulator or other system of some kind.

The homemade ones commonly use train transformers which have an adjustable control built in. My design has eliminated that expense. It is also more fragile electronically speaking because of it.

Toaster elements are commonly fragile wires stretched over an insulative board. Some of the oldr models may be more robust.

Mine uses a thicker nichrome wire which will bend and take a shape. It will also not deform under constant heating and cooling.

Cutting with scissors or chopping work great with practice and eye to hand co-ordination. Something I lack. Some people will stick masking tape onto the feather,trace out the design and cut it out.
 
very cool kevin.. those are some great looking arrows you made....

such a great idea.... i love the atari plug....:p :thumbup: :thumbup:

i've been useing a feather chopper and have been pretty satisfied with it so far.....
 
Thanks Mike. You have good eyes. I picked up the Atari power supplys for next to nothing . I think they have very good voltage regulation which helped me get away with not having an external control of some kind.

I like the feather choppers. It is how hard you have to hammer the blade onto a hardwood surface that does in the blade edge. I was thinking of making one from an electric knife blade. If the contact surface was just a little less hard and it was easily replaceable I think it would be a good piece of kit.

I really like shield cut for its look. Parabolic works reasonably well. I would also like to do bananna cut which is where a chopper may come in handy.
 
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