Feather Blanks

[Irish Pat]

Has anyone turned a feather blank?Are they difficult to turn.How do you turn this blank,any special tips.

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[panamag8or]

I've turned a few. If they are well made blanks, just treat them as any acrylic blank, and you'll do fine. Make sure to do your best sanding and polishing job on them, so they look their best.

 

[longbeard]

Feather blanks are easy to turn and polish. Just be careful when pressing the components in the tube, keep them straight going in, otherwise you could crack the blank. DAMHIKT

 

[gimpy]

First and foremost, is sharp tools............

 

[ed4copies]

There is more than one person making feather blanks.

The "recipe" could be very different from one maker to the next. So any statements about "turnability" would depend on WHO made the blank.

FWIW,
Ed

 

[ed4copies]

If it might help, you can see how to turn the feathers that I am familiar with, here

 

[longbeard]

If it might help, you can see how to turn the feathers that I am familiar with, here

John's blanks are easy to turn.:biggrin: I've turned a few of his and they turn out great.

 

[Dolphinjon]

John's blanks are easy to turn.:biggrin: I've turned a few of his and they turn out great.

I've turned a total of two of his blanks. I was nervous of the first one, but they were both fairly easy, though I sweated the whole time I was turning them. The first went to my wife as a Valentines present.