Arrow Spin Tester...

how many folks use them?

 

I use them.

 

+2. Really helps get that final wobble out that I can't see/feel.

 

We always simply set the arrow on a table and held i up on a slight angle, with a finger and thum touching, to support and kind of cup the arrow loosely and blew on the vanes, to make it spin. any wobble is just as easy to see. You can also lay a couple of 1 x 1's, with one end on a book/board, and the other end on a table or work bench. Then place an arrow on top and let it roll. Wobble is easlily detected this way too. It is low tech, but then I am cheap.

 

So what happens if you detect a wobble? Throw that arrow in the junk pile?

 

I have spin testers on my arrow saw....use it alot

 

Depends. I spin them before I cut them and usually, with the shafts I buy, I can trim off the ends and eliminate any wobble. If I have one that has a wobble it becomes a varmint/pest arrow.

One good way to check for wobble with a spin tester is to get a couple of 3x5 cards with lines on them. Lay them on either side of the spin tester and then, when you spin the shaft, you can reference it against one of the blue lines on the 3x5 card and see any variations during the spin.

 

Smart idea, Bruce.

I'll be honest. I always thought the spin testers were wastes of money. I always spun my arrows with the BHs on and if they didn't wobble then all was good. I would even go as far as shooting each arrow that was gonna be in my quiver with the same BH I would be using for hunting. Not the "same" BH, one that had seen better days so to speak.

Now, I've often debated about buying that G5 ASD tool. I know some ppl swear by those as well.

 

I would not attempt to build an arrow without one. I square up both ends of the arrow after cutting.

 

Well, I cut my own arrows and obviously they are not cut perfectly as they would come from the factory. I made a jig (short piece of 2x4 with a hole the size of the arrow) and put the 2x4 on top of some sand paper. I then spin the arrow a few turns squaring the arrow.

I know it's a crude way of doing it but I'm not sure I notice anything wrong when I shoot. The whole idea is to square the arrow so the insert sits flush against it, right?

 

Yes, same with the nock end. An unsquared end probably won't show up so much until you add a BH to the equation.

Homemade arrow squaring devices work just. Getting the ends square is what matters, not what you use to do it.