I ordered a new spine tester several months ago from kevin Gerlock at rosecreekarchery.
It should be at the house today when I get home from work.. looking forward to trying it out and see how different arrows compare to one another. . Looks like a great design and have read nothing but good things about his products.
Rose Creek or Oak Creek?
Let us know how you like it!
Oak creek sorry.
Wow, that looks like a sweet unit. Glad to see another archer who sees the value of this essential tool.
I have one of his original testers......excellent piece of craftsmanship and design.
You ordered "several months ago"?
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i have the pneumatic version- best spine tester i have ever used. mine came quick!
Yes I ordered a few months ago. He had told me then that he was working on other projects and it would be awhile. I told him no rush as I wouldn't be using it until after season as I wasn't changing arrows or bows mid season. So it wasn't an issue waiting. It did arrive this morning but I havnt had a chance to even open it as I am at work. Steve
Here is the conversion chart, ATA (AMO) and ASTM. Wood shafts are spined on 26" centers and aluminum and graphite are on 28" centers. It works for both. If you shoot shorter, or longer arrows, you still need to make the adjustment, because spine tester do not tell you what the equivalent spine is for a 30" arrow, or the dynamic spine.
http://oakcreekarchery.com/ocapages/spine/docs/arrow_translation.pdf
Got the spine tester all put together and ran several arrows through it. Seems to be very consistent and easy to use.. i tested several of the spines on the same type arrow. Did notice a small difference. Also did notice some differences on how the shafts were oriented on the tester. Even the carbons. I'm not sure my shooting is good enough to benefit from a few lbs difference. . But i will orient the nocks now to match spines
QuoteOriginally posted by warden415:
Got the spine tester all put together and ran several arrows through it. Seems to be very consistent and easy to use.. i tested several of the spines on the same type arrow. Did notice a small difference. Also did notice some differences on how the shafts were oriented on the tester. Even the carbons. I'm not sure my shooting is good enough to benefit from a few lbs difference. . But i will orient the nocks now to match spines
Don't sell yourself short bro... the closer you can get your arrows to exactly the same, the better you will shoot.