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5/16 oak dowels ???
Shooter_G22:
thanks guys,
i thought they would be ok... just to shoot around here and there maybe even for some practice or even just to mess around with in the forest and shoot at the ocasional rabbit or squirl...
but i have another question... ???? how do i go about getting a spine tester with out having to give up a kidney..lol..
i mean i would like to be able get a nice one later on but i figured there might be some easy way to come up with one or something i could use or build up...
i know you guys have a lot of trics of the trade and shortcuts... is there any way out there to test a spine without haveing to spend an arm and a leg to get a spine tester????
sailordad:
i believe ther was a build along on here at one time for a spine tester.
hang on man some one with more knowledge will chime in on this
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
i dont use them much anymore since i like making my own shafts but i used them for a long time exclusively. shot some deer and other stuff with them. i was shooting them from a 65# bow. 5\16 oak dowels. they shot real nice, i never spined any of them just picked some stiffer ones and went to town on them, most worked fine and were plenty stiff. actually i just pulled a set out to use this year. i have broken 8 of my cane shafts shooting deer and coyotes already this year so looks like im back to using the dowels till i get my new cane arrows made up. hehe not a horrible problem to have so early in season is it? lol Ryan
cummins:
--- Quote from: sailordad on September 27, 2008, 01:10:29 pm ---i believe ther was a build along on here at one time for a spine tester.
hang on man some one with more knowledge will chime in on this
--- End quote ---
Waterlogged has what your looking for in the buildalong Hope you find it .It works really well..
Hillbilly:
A quick, easy way to roughly test spine is to take an arrow that flies well from your bow. Drive two nails in the wall a couple inches less apart than your arrow is long. Put the good arrow on them, hang a weight from it, and mark on the wall how far it flexes. Take your other shafts, hang the same weight from them, and compare how far they flex to the good one. It'll get you in the ballpark at least. After awhile, you can judge them pretty good by hand flexing. 5/16" is a bit small for hunting weight bows unless it's some kind of really heavy hardwood. I have made 5/16" sourwood arrows that spined at 55/60#, for example. It also has a lot to do with draw length. If you have a shorter draw length, (like my 26",) you can often get by with smaller diameter shafts.
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