Arrow cresting

Acresting machine(also called anarrow-cresting machine,anarrow-crester,or simply acrester^[1]) is a machine that aids in the adding of coloured lines calledcrestingtoarrowsin order to identify thefletcher.Cresting machines are smalllathesthat consist of achuckand anengineattached to a board.^[2]Cresting machines do not paint the arrows themselves but are ratherjigsthat rotate the arrows uniformly so that a separate steadily held paintbrush can paint the cresting accurately.^[3]

References

^Sam Fadala (1999).Traditional Archery.Stackpole Books. p. 149.ISBN 0-8117-2943-5.
^Jim Hamm (2000).The Traditional Bowyer's Bible.Vol. 3. Globe Pequot. p. 237.ISBN 1-58574-087-X.
^Paul C. Hougham (1958).The Encyclopedia of Archery.Barnes. p. 65.ISBN 9780498083921.

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[1] Sam Fadala (1999).Traditional Archery.Stackpole Books. p. 149.ISBN 0-8117-2943-5.

[2] Jim Hamm (2000).The Traditional Bowyer's Bible.Vol. 3. Globe Pequot. p. 237.ISBN 1-58574-087-X.

[3] Paul C. Hougham (1958).The Encyclopedia of Archery.Barnes. p. 65.ISBN 9780498083921.

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