September 28, 2022
Description
Designed from scratch with thinner vanes and a 3" deep hole to fit a 5/16" wood dowel (Home Depot).
Vane is about 3 3/4" long.
I recommend increasing printing flow to 102% as I've experienced a bit of underextruding.
I recommend attaching it with shrink tube in the front a dab of hot glue or super glue on sides. The hole is cone shaped to allow sharpening of the dowel for a better stability.
I'm not an archer, I designed it from online fletching guides.
I will add other vane designs upon request, I have no idea what design works best.
UPDATE 5/20/2019:
Added 2 degrees angle to vanes. It should increase accuracy and stability.
Also improved vanes' shape.
Added seperate model of the fletching only for flexible filament printing.
5/23/2019:
Added a fletch with no nock that can be printed in vase mode in less than 40 minutes.
I have NOT tested it yet.
Nock is too wide, I will fix it soon.
Printer:
Ender 3
Resolution:
0.2mm
Infill:
12%
Filament:
Solutech PLACamo Green
Notes:
Printed at 50mm/s with 6mm raft extra margin, 102% flow, 4 wall line count.
Fletching seems to be a bit brittle printing at 200 degrees, I'll try printing at 210 to strengthen layer adhesion.
I suggest stopping the print at 5 or 6mm to check rod diameter fit. Scale in your slicer accordingly.
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution
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