ORIGINAL: Straightarrow
I buy bare shafts and "float" my arrows to find the stiff spined side.
Do you know if it's ever been demonstrated that floating accomplishes this? I'm curious because I would guess that floating would find the high side in a bend, but not necessarily the stiff side. I've made a spine tester so I don't have to worry about it, but it would be nice to know if floating actually finds the stiff side.
Maybe on my next dozen, I'll mark the stiff side and then float them to see if it identifies the stiff side the same.
No, I do not know. To be honest, I read somewhere on the net about floating arrows and figured I would give it a shot. Some shafts would do a noticeable spin in the water while I had to guide the others along.
So you're saying I can accomplish the same thing with the spine tester? How exactly does it work?
To say the least, "floating" my arrows made me more confident. Hell, it may have not helped at all.