Arrow Fletching

Published: Jul 16, 2025 by K. E. Claytor

Found a great little customizable arrow fletching jig on thingiverse.

You can customize it to your arrow diameter, fletching length, width, number and helical / straight. Perhaps not as versatile as a full on fletching jig, but for my level of archery it’s way easier, cheaper, and faster to just print a few of these than invest in a jig. I’ve been using this one for awhile now and quite like it.

If you’re using plastic nocks there’s no issue, but I’ve learned that if you’re using pin nocks to either a) extend the holder to account for the pin, or b) add a hole for the pin in post-processing.

picture of a collection of arrows with blue and green fletching and orange nocks

My saying for 3d printers is they make 90% boxes and toys, but I think this one has to go in the not-a-box-or-toy category.

Found a great little customizable arrow fletching jig on thingiverse.

I was interested in temperature, humidity monitoring around the house to see if there were any trends, or if the basement was getting too humid. In particular, looking for a low-effort way to get data into a dashboard, I was eager to try out the AdafruitIO framework. They limit you to two managed whippersnapper devices (but you can have more using your IO key), and 10 feeds (this is the real limiter, with each stream of data being one feed).

After the success of the last Netrunner laser-cut ID’s I thought I would do another set for East Coast Nationals 2023. This was right before Smoke (one of my favorite runners) was going to rotate, and The Outfit was doing super strong, so I had an easy time deciding what to do.