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Topic Archives => How To - Resources => Topic started by: Rob DiStefano on November 20, 2023, 05:55:04 AM
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This thread will be a pictorial of sorts on building a device that will be extremely beneficial for wood arrow shooters/builders, and the resulting meter will work just as well for carbon, aluminum, and glass shafts/arrows, too.
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More to come ........
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I've been waiting to see this one Rob. Spine meter 2.0, DiStefano style. :campfire:
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Looking forward to it Rob! Have you ever done a tutorial on making your wood arrows? I can’t remember
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Looking forward to it Rob! Have you ever done a tutorial on making your wood arrows? I can’t remember
How I build woodies ...
https://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=175337.msg2957318#msg2957318
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Looking forward to it Rob! Have you ever done a tutorial on making your wood arrows? I can’t remember
How I build woodies ...
Thanks . You’re a real craftsman . I have only used the classic glue on nocks .
https://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=175337.msg2957318#msg2957318
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Getting it together.
A scrap pine board that's 3/4" x 5" x 30" ($0), the digital indicator ($23), a pair of hooks ($3), the accessory back plate that comes with the indicator, a 10-24 1/4"x3" bolt with washers and nut for attaching the indicator ($2), a plastic vitamin pill container that's filled with shotugn shot that has a total weight of 2lbs ($0). Just need to add a pair of wood braces that will hold the indicator, more on that later. That big ol' knot in the pine board has been stabilized with CYA glue. ;)
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Besides the 2lb weight, the essence of the spine meter itself - 3/4" pine board, a pair of wood blocks glued on to hold the indicator, the indicator opened up to show it's plunger spring is unhooked and its tip unscrewed, a 10-24 1/4" x 3" bolt with nut and washers to attach the indicator, the shaft/arrow holding hooks, a pair of 2" screws to hang the meter.
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A closer look at the inside of the indicator and its unhooked plunger spring.
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Components attached to the board. The hooks are screwed in or out in order to center the indicator's plunger on the center of the shaft/arrow - in this case an 11/32" x 32" Douglas fir shaft. The meter is turned on and set to read in decimal inches.
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The 2lb weight is hung close to the plunger and a reading is take of the shaft's static spine.
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Thank you Rob,
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I don't need two, so it's
getting stained and clear coated, then going up on the TG Classifieds for cheap. :wavey:
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Spine Meter Chart
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My gauge should be delivered today, I’m going to try whipping one of these up as I found about four dozen wood arrows shoved in a box in my basement I forgot I had and I don’t know what any of the spines are,
I will let you know how it worked out for me
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:thumbsup: