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Knoll:

--- Quote from: aaron on April 13, 2017, 05:36:58 pm ---I have a home made one that uses a digital caliper- simple, cheap and accurate. Instructions at poor folks bows dot com.

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That's what am currently using.
But if I can find the time, hehehehe, Jim Hill's tester would seem to be marked improvement.It looks like DBar's.

TSA:
i second the Poor folks bows spine tester- simple and very effective-
however if you want to spend money there are some good ones out there- i like the ones from oak creek archery- it has the conversion chart on it - so that you can test ali- carbon and wood.
 they are Pneumatic- so you need a very small compressor to run it- but the old style ones were manual!

by the way- the veritas is a great rig- i bought one years ago- i love it- dont use it much anymore- and its great to just keep around- for when i retire one day!
only thing, keep the blades super sharp- and it will make beautiful shafts. i use one of these sharpening rigs- they work so well
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=33001&cat=1,43072,43078

build extra amd better  guides on the  out feed side.
higher drill speeds and lower feed rates - will also improve the quality- i would run a 36" shaft in one minute at max rpm!
i found that the quality of the shaft increased- if the drill was in a carriage and tracked perfectly in relation to the cutting blades and infeed hole. 
I can take some pics of my setup , if it will help you!

loefflerchuck:
Thanks everybody, and TSA ya, that helps big time. Thanks. I went all out on the Veritas and got the 3 arrow shaft specific inserts too. I finally got a good bandsaw last year and have arrow blanks building up. I figure all this stuff will pay for itself and I will be making everything here at home with my own quality control. I'm heading to "James Hill" now

PEARL DRUMS:
I have the low end model Ace that hangs on the shop wall, Clint bought it for me used. I absolutely love it for wood, cane and boo. I made good arrows before I got this, but it took a ton of time. Now, I can make six perfect arrows that match within one pound, or less. I was blown away by the variance I found in "matched" sets of shafts I was buying. Sometimes 15#.

Tracker0721:
I got the $99 ACE because I'm having the same thoughts as you with the veritas and the ACE work awesome and is super accurate. I'm really impressed with it

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