But how do you fellows handle a weight issue on a shaft? When
I place 2 of my arrows on the spinner they rotate to a specific point w/ Blazers. I even tore off one of the wraps w/blazers and re-did and the shaft spun to the same point.
Well, think about this- what if you had a shaft that had a gentle arc runoutto it. As you spin it and it comes to rest, wouldn't the arc naturally go to lowest position, or at least tend to be in that direction? Is this the heavy side or the lowpoint of the arc? I dunno. maybe it is- maybe not.
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
I read about something similar. The guy called it the float test. He would plug up both end of the bare shaft and float it in water. The side that always spun to the top was the weak/light side of the spine and the side the spun to the bottom was the stiff/heavy side of the spine. It sounded like it made semse but I don't really know if it is true or not.
I don't put much faith in floating arrows. The items you use to plug the ends of the shafts may influence the light/heavy side more than the shaft itself.
And light/heavy sides may or may not correlate to a weak or stiff side of the shaft, which is what I'm more concerned about. The spine of the arrow is what is reacting to the energy being put to it during the shot. I'm not saying finding the light/heavy sides isn't worthwhile, butIam of the belief thatfinding the actual stiff or weak sides (if you have the ability)vs heavy or light sides is more beneficial.