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Need real advice on arrow spine and point weight

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CB57:
Not ignoring all y'all. Haven't been able to measure brace height on new bow yet, don't remember on old bow. Don't really know how to measure arrow-pass, so a little input there might help, and I'm right handed and right eye dominant, shoot instinctively both eyes open.
Update: measured my fistmele (I know that's outdated) at just over 6", and new bow is about 1/2" above that right now. Sinew backed osage flatbow, with cut-in rest, drawing 45 # @ 28" (I used to draw 29", but age may have changed that.) Big bow is a 58# Jerry Hill Wildcat. I think brace height is 6 1/4" but that might not be right. Will check tonight. Thank you for your patience. The more I think I know about this noble pursuit, the more I find I am ignorant of.

Pat B:
I use my fistmele to check brace height on most of my bows.
 My bows are symmetrical. The center of the handle is the center of the bow from tip to tip. I place my middle finger on the center line and mark the top of my hand for the arrow pass. For an asymmetrical bow mark the center and go up 1 1/2" and down 2 1/2" for a 4" handle

steve b.:
What is your arrow spine?  Doesn't matter what change your point weight is if your spine is way too heavy.  Assuming you spined everything to match fairly closely to your bow then I'd have someone else with experience shoot the bow.  What is your experience with shooting?  How center shot is the bow?
I have a very nice osage/sinewed flat bow that would rarely fling an arrow straight, unless everything was perfect.  But it was inconsistent and arrows would wobble side to side most of the time, no matter would I did.  I kind of abandoned the bow for a year or more.  One day I took it out, took the handle wrap and shelf off, flipped the bow over, and shot it off my hand.  Shoots great, almost always.  Its just happier off the other side.
When troubleshooting i move the arrow nock and brace through their extremes.

CB57:
Set up my Ace Spinemaster in a new work space last night and started testing my arrows. One set , parallel lodgepole pine, spined between 54 and 65 pounds! Bought as 55-60. Hm. With that much variation, I'm going to have to weigh them, too.

PEARL DRUMS:
I was shocked at my "matched" sets as well when I acquired an Ace tester.

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