Bohning 12962 Helix Tower Fletching Jig , Black, 2.25" Vanes

My only regret about this purchase is that I should have bought it sooner. I've been hand-fletching arrows for too long and wasted so much time! This jig is super easy to use and FAST! Even the assembly was fairly easy, although I would recommend watching one of the many Youtube videos, rather than trying to follow the instructions and diagrams. The videos are much easier.I set this up and fletched a full dozen arrows very quickly. They look great!For the few reviews that complain about inconsistent placement of the vane, the key is to push the vane all the way down in the holding arm. When the arms are closed, you can see the fletching placement on the back. The bottom of the vane should fill the bottom of the slit. Depending on how big your vane is, it might not reach all the way to the top. If there is still space in the slit (on the bottom), your fletching is badly placed. If your glue is not super-fast, you can wiggle the vane down with the arms closed. Otherwise, open the arms and push the vane down to the bottom of the slit. As long as you always have the vane sitting on the BOTTOM, your fletching will be straight and even every time. If you want to fletch further from the nock, you should use the spacer bars that Bohning provides.

Three words in the title sum this little jig up. And those who gave it one star - all i can do is laugh. I wanted to speed up the process for hunting arrows and selected this tower to accomplish that and it does it like a champ. I have a Bitzenburger and a $500 jig and they do an amazing job but I'm starting to wonder now if this one may just take over all my fletching. I bought this one for my house and I bought a complete tower for my shop. My only regret is that i didnt buy two complete towers right off. So i'll just buy the extra fingers for this one instead of sending it back. That was my bad. This thing rocks. Period.

Overall it's good for its intended purpose however it does feel pretty flimsy/cheap for the price. I certainly wasn't expecting to have to assemble it. It wasn't hard to assemble but frustrating (if you have man-hands) trying to hold things in place to assemble. Once together I perfectly fletched 9 arrows in about a half hour so can't really complain about that.

It costs me a buck per fletching plus time and gas to get my arrows fletched then I'm on the bow shops schedule. During season I can't be waiting like that. This was a great buy. Easy to put together and easy to work.

Easy to use. My tip is to clean it after every arrow to keep vane slots from sticking . Works great I love it

I bought this to be able to fix fletching that come off periodically. This jig only provides 3 deg. jig arms. The pre fletched arrow I buy have straight fletching. So I have to cut all the fletching off and put all new back on. If the description would have said what deg. arms it came with I could have purchased the correct jig.

I have been buying pre-fletched for many years and never thought about doing it myself. I finally took the plunge and I was very surprised how easy it was and the helical looks and performs amazing. As long as you have the knowledge about arrows sizes, this will work great for anyone looking to make their own arrows. I would highly recommend this product to anyone.

I don’t normally write reviews but I actually read them this time because I wondered if I was just a moron. Turns out I am or the people that work for this company wrote the reviews or friends of them did. Those are seriously the only possibilities. It was challenging to put together with man hands...you must have toddler size fingers or some really accurate needle nose to get it together. Once it is assembled it is easy to use; however, the arrows don’t fly straight at all...they dive and go opposite directions sometimes with no rhyme or reason. It’s a piece of poop. Very cheaply built, hard to assemble and doesn’t work. If you want to feel like you can’t hit the broadside of a barn and use a magnifying glass to read the instructions that really don’t tell you anything then this is the product for you and if your hands sweat and you have big fingers don’t even think about it. If you are a surgeon that likes to aim high and right then this will work really well for you about a quarter of the time.