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DC:
If the arrow has the proper spine it will go straight bare shafting. The fletching just makes it a little better. Don't fret too much about spine for now. If you can get a fletched arrow to go where you want and fly straight you are doing fine. Save the more detailed spining until you are really in the mood and have figured out the spiner so you have no doubt in the results. Do a bunch of searching for "Spining arrows" and "make your own spiner". I made mine with just stuff from around the shop. People made arrows without a spiner for thousands of years. To tell you the truth if you are just an average or even above average archer you really won't see a big improvement from spining.
DC:
Here's some pictures of mine. Second picture is an eccentric to adjust the zero point for each arrow. Chart and gauge face I printed off the net.
Ricardovanleeuwen:
I know your right about the people before us but im kind of perfectionistic when it comes to some things, like if the Arrow is perfect, then there is only one to blame when missed, and that's the shooter
Ricardovanleeuwen:
And nicely made ,smart think to make the thing to set to 0.
This is till now my best looking Arrow i made so far, ik like the point, Nice Shaft without to Manny knots, and the fletching is glued and wrapped
willie:
Ricardo, the set up you have for testing looks like it might be difficult to keep consistent. if you put two blocks on top of your bench to put your arrow across, then lean a weight on it so that you get about 1 cm deflection with your best shooting arrow. cut a long thin shim wedge and mark the spot where you best arrow makes contact when the shim is slid underneath.
the trick with natural arrows is going to be if you turn the arrow it will test different on each side. so check your arrows in different positions to find the stiff side and also you might want to see if an arrow has an unusually soft side. after a while you will be able to tell from bending in your hand without using the "tester". keep the stiffest side towards the bow and make the knocks accordingly.
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