broadhead Tuning!!??
#1
broadhead Tuning!!??
I cant seem to turn my heads enough to get them pefectly inline with my fletch , should i reheat my glue in my ferile , and twist teh ferile with teh tighten head in it , to where its inline with the fletch ??? or how else can i get them to turn more to line up with the fletch.??
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warren PA USA
Posts: 1,512
RE: broadhead Tuning!!??
DL, no need to line them up with the fletchings. It is important to make sure there is no wobble in the connection. Your broadheads should spin like a top and remain on the same axis as the shaft for optimum performance. If you haven't got a spin tester you can put the point one the end of your finger and spin the shaft like a top. You'll feel any wobble easily. Here's a tip: if you have wobble, one of the first things I do is make sure there is not any glue or gunk or dirt on the face of the insert or the mating face of the broadhead. More than once I've tried to get a head to spin true only to find a bit of glue residue on the insert or head....once removed they've spun great. Still might need to tweak them, but eliminating the easy things first is a bonus. Good luck!
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Flowery Branch Ga. 30542
Posts: 823
RE: broadhead Tuning!!??
Download easton tuning guide, read and learn. Lining up the head with the vanes is not going to help at all! You need to tune and tweak and tune and tweak until they are flying like they can...
#7
RE: broadhead Tuning!!??
Sounds like some wobble problems. Even if you have to take one head at a time and screw it into every arrow you have, its worth it. Also double check every little thing you can, fletch clearance, every thing. BH's make the tiniest problems and magnify them. I've just gone thru this same thing. Slow careful wobble check will keep you from going in circles. Once you get good grouping w/ BH's then you can move the rest to get them to shoot with FP's
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Vernon Hills IL USA
Posts: 382
RE: broadhead Tuning!!??
You can adjust the nock point and the centershot making sure that you check for fletching clearance while doing so. You can figure out if you have adequate spine by lowering the point weight or lowering the poundage on the bow and see how that affects flight. Sometimes you need a stiffer spine.