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s in order to identify the fletcher. Cresting machines are small lathes that consist of a

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attached to a board. Cresting machines do not paint the arrows themselves but are rather jigs that rotate the arrows uniformly so that a separate steadily held paintbrush can paint the cresting accurately.

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