Trad vanes and fletching tape

[bisblue]

Anyone used trad vanes with fletching tape?

 

[nevadabugle]

Can't imagine that will work. Tradvanes are a bit tricky to fletch with because the base is so small.

I've only ever had good luck with superglue and a bitzenburger jig. My other jigs would allow the base to slip up inside the clamp.

 

[nevadabugle]

No need for fancy "fletching" glue. I use Gorilla brand superglue either gel or normal. It is cheap and has worked great for years for me.

 

[bisblue]

No need for fancy "fletching" glue. I use Gorilla brand superglue either gel or normal. It is cheap and has worked great for years for me.

I'm using the loctite gel on a bitz

 

[nevadabugle]

I'm using the loctite gel on a bitz

That should give you good results with the trad vanes.

 

[DWinVA]

I’ve never had any success with fletch tape on any vanes but it works great on natural feathers.

God Bless.

 

[bisblue]

That should give you good results with the trad vanes.

I think I had some bad fletching specific glue, I'll go back to the basics and see how that works

 

[BowTrout]

I'm using the loctite gel on a bitz

I use the loctite gel on vanes and feathers and as long I don’t put too much on it works really good.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

I use trad vanes in an aae mini max. Cover the arms in metal hvac duct work tape. Cut a very small slit just so the vane fits through. Now you don’t have to worry about them falling down into the bases. Works awesome.

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

Tape didn’t work for me, which is a bummer because I love fletching tape. The first shot tore the vanes clean off.

 

[ERegs]

I’ve only used the bohning fletching glue for them. But kinda have a problem with the coming off after a while. I shot a lot of 3D’s in the summer so don’t know if they aren’t that durable or I did it wrong.

 

[Beendare]

The tape works pretty good….but…

not as durable, not as good in wet weather, and if there is pressure on them- like sitting on a table or in an arrow tube the feather will take on a lean.

 

[TX_Diver]

I've had good luck w/ the gorilla gel superglue and AAE max bond. Fletched in an AZ EZ fletch w/ HVAC tape I'll occasionally have the back of a vane not seat well but I can't shoot the difference and so far they haven't come off even shooting off the shelf in a variety of weather conditions.

 

[Beendare]

Thats what I use now, the gel superglue