I just seen some massive helical people have done with the mini max and aae max stealths and I wanted to try them out. I cant get a helical like that with my bitzenburger. I usually run my fletching an inch from end of carbon to start of fletching due to my beard. Thanks
I have a Mini but will be geting a Minimax for use with those same vanes.
The Mini puts Blazers 3/4" from end of carbon. So, you can easily get 1" consistently.
I just did an experiment, and if I removed the nock and fletched without it, then the vanes would be around 1.25" from the end of carbon (again this is with a Mini, and I'd bet a buck that the Minimax is same or very close). I didn't fletch one, just slide a bareshaft in and put my thumb about where the base of vane would hit and then pulled it out and measured with a tape.
All you'd have to do is make a 1/4" slice of dowel rod the same diameter as an arrow/fits in jig (or a piece of arrow shaft) and slide it down inside the Minimax. Then fletch without a nock. The way the jig works, this will work just fine as the tension of the arms aligns everything and the nock is just there to help indexing your vane to the nock. With modern, moveable nocks, this isn't an issue. Just install your nock after fletching and turn it how you'd like.
If this isn't clear, then watch a few youtube videos on the EZ fletch and think about what would happen if you fletched without a nock (or nock insert, etc) installed. I haven't done it, but I nearly 100% guarantee it will work based upon knowing this jig very well.
If you make a 1/4" dowel rod spacer, I would drill a little hole in it so you can fish it out with a wood screw or piece of wire later on.
Hopefully someone else with the jig will chime in and either support or improve/undercut my idea.
Unless you are a pro with a Bitz, the EZ fletch puts the fastest and most consistent nice helical I've seen. A lot of people don't like it because it is cheap plastic and is too easy. But it works great.
Be sure to rub a little wax on the arms to keep glue off them (release agent). Don't scrape glue off, soak the whole thing in acetone to remove glue. Only put the amount of glue you need. Gel glues work best because they don't run as much.