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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Blacktail on December 21, 2009, 09:50:20 pm

Title: spine tester
Post by: Blacktail on December 21, 2009, 09:50:20 pm

i have some wood drying for split timber shafts...BUT,i was wondering if there is a way of spining shafts WITH OUT a spine tester.i was think of just getting a few to a certain size and just seeing how they shoot and doing it that way.john

Title: Re: spine tester
Post by: sailordad on December 21, 2009, 10:11:37 pm

i just shoot em,what shoots good gets fletched
what doesnt gets fletched and hangs on the wall ;)

Title: Re: spine tester
Post by: Blacktail on December 21, 2009, 10:28:49 pm

o.k. tim..thats what i was thinking...john

Title: Re: spine tester
Post by: Bushbow on December 21, 2009, 10:34:58 pm

Drive 2 nails in a board 26" apart. take a known good arrow and set it on the nails. hang about a 2 lb weight from the middle and mark the lowest point (on the board) of the bend in the shaft. See if the new shafts match the mark. This would be a good approach to use as you are working down the diameter of the shaft. Or Like Sailordad said, make em and shoot em. The weak ones are for kids bows.
Chuck S.

Title: Re: spine tester
Post by: Blacktail on December 21, 2009, 11:17:06 pm

thats a good idea chuck...i might have to make a home made spine tester..thanks john

Title: Re: spine tester
Post by: Canoe on December 23, 2009, 06:41:28 pm

Blacktail,

Just do a search here on PA, and I'm sure you'll find an easy (cheap) way to make a spine tester.  I did.  It sure takes a lot of the guess work out of building a set of arrows.

The one I built took me just a few hours...  (And I'm no rocket scientist neather. ;D)


Ok, I did the search for you...

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,4589.0.html

All the Best,
Canoe