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Not sure how many of you chop your own feathers and if you do how many you chop. I chop a lot of feathers and have found that the standard hinge on the chopper if used a lot tends to bend making your feathers to come out very un-uniformed.
Here is what the hinge looks like on one right out of the box.
The pin is not the strongest and I guess if you don’t use the chopper a lot it might be alright, but I use mine a lot. When the pin starts bending your feather just don’t chop right and it makes for a lot of wasted feathers.
Here is what I did to fix that problem. Everything I used can be picked up at the local hardware store for under $10.
What this does is make the hinge very strong and the blade on the chopper contacts the feather the same everytime giving you some very uniformed feathers, chop after chop. Let me know if you have any questions about how I did this modification.
Oh and here are some feathers I chopped after making the mods.
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