BETTER arrows on the CHEAP! | Pine Ridge Archery Arrow Inspector

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Vanes: Blazer, Fusion X Qii, Bohning X Vanes, Bohning Heat Vanes, Gateway Feathers
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[NPC-flgq]

An arrow spinner is an absolute essential for anyone serious about building/maintaining arrows.
Having the ability to clearly delineate between great arrows (and not so great) makes it easy to shoot your best in comps and use your trashy ones for recreational purposes.
Its right up there with a fletching jig IMO.

[quintonb]

I think people really underestimate how handy those spinners are. A pine ridge arrow spinner was one of the first things I bought when I got into archery. I've never once regretted spending $30 for it. Over the course of 3 years now its saved me a lot of money, a lot of headaches, and allowed me to own every single aspect of building my arrows.

[preblecs]

Most manufacturers straightness spec is only for a 28" span somewhere in that 32" shaft, thus the importance of spinning them to get a straighter shaft from a lower grade. Black Eagle are the only one I've found that specify their straightness spec for the full length of the shaft. I got a dozen .001 Carnivores and every one spun dead nuts on both ends. I was super happy coming from some noodley Gold Tip XTs. Also square both ends after cutting and make sure your insert spins true before the glue sets!

[josephtreadlightly]

One of your best videos. It always amazes me that people paper tune fletched arrows. Cart b4 the horse concept. Take the time to make a perfect set of 6 arrows from scratch with blank shafts. Then shoot them @ different targets so u don't wreck them. These r hunting arrows so if u have a bad day then some critter is going to suffer in a lose/lose situation. Thanks for setting the story straight.

[SethHalstead]

Good video as always. I'm in that 31" draw length group so I only get to trim a little and get to buy the expensive. 001 shafts, but this is helpful for cutting arrows for my kids a little shorter.

[Alan_Edwards]

Excellent video and it confirmed what I thought to be true. I just bought some GT Kinetic Pierce arrows off eBay by mistake. I thought I was getting a great deal only to realize they were not Platinum just regular Pierce so .006 versus .003. I was bummed at first but figured I could probably get them down to .003 or better if I got a spinner and cut some of the wobble out. Plus I am going to match weight all the components too so the variance between arrows is as small as possible. I had a feeling you'd have a video on this and I was correct. Thanks man !!

[EM-dysi]

One recommendation. Check that the wheels in the Pine Ridge are rotating true. I had one that you could visibly see one wheel was rotating out of round. This induced wobble of the arrow shafts. I would surmise that wheel was punched for the axle off slightly.

[AussieArcher]

Been using Black Eagle lately, great price and often straighter than advised . using Carnivore ultra lights in comps . they say 0.03 but there all 0.01 and at $10 a bare shaft Im far from unhapppy .Im going to check out the pine ridge gear, see if their posting to Australia .

[rdb]

Great suggestion for the shorter draw length archers starting with the 0.006” shafts!

[pensnut]

incredibly helpful!! Thank you!! Wish this was out before I cut my last batch hahahaha. Now I know....
Explains why no matte what head I put on two arrows, they had a wobble. I will pull the inserts and reinstall.
Great video!!! Good luck this year!

[ikeyeet]

I've noticed a huge consistency difference going from vforce v6 (decimators) to V1 (elite enforcers).

[atch_n_sons]

I would love to see you do a video of cutting and building arrows. There is a lot more to it then I know, but I am considering building my own as well for my two brothers and friends. Just not sure its worth it

[wildpigremovalinc.executio]

Howdy, nice video. Getting an accurate spinner is difficult. I agree. I like straight arrows and have been on the Gold Tip Hunter Pro arrows for hunting over a decade. Reported straightness at .001. Most 30$ spinners are not accurate enough to identify. 001 out of round or straightness. Make sure the tools are accurate before checking the arrows. That being said, I practice with the cheapest .003 Amazon arrows I can find. I verify and tune my bow sights everything to my hunting setup, G-Tip Hunter Pro's and Swhackers. It hurts less to break a 3$ arrow vs a $15 arrow and a dozen of high quality arrows last year's and years by practicing with cheap arrows. I or someone in my circle robinhoods 3-5 of my arrows a year. So buying cheap arrows saves me money. As a hunter, not a competitor. Is my skill level good enough to know the difference between .003 and .001. I don't think so, but I still buy the .001 when I need to. My 2 cents.

[beretta]

Less than 10mins...A lifetime's worth of information. As usual, AJA makes it 5th grade English simple...though the Diameter stuff I had to watch twice, Okay, three times about to venture into building my own arrows.

[FlyinZXR]

Good info. I’m going to have to get a spinner. Factory sold complete arrows cost too much. What’s a good arrow saw that isn’t gonna break the bank.. I saw some manual pipe cutter types but I heard it’s a lot cleaner to use an electric one. I haven’t looked into the cost or quality of any yet.

[christiangrendel]

Just bought my first bow. Your info is priceless. Think I'll use my motorbike wheel balancer first. Gotta save some dosh. Skint from purchasing a sight, whisker biscuit etc. 👍👍👍

[kenmathews]

Thanks for another wonderfully informative and entertaining video.

[alanjackson]

I like the background and shop look. Great work

[jaydensankey]

I've bought one of these not long ago and it's been the best investment, being able to spin test broadheads and turn the insert so it spins true is awesome, question though have you ever compared a .003 to a .006 straightness arrow and if it actually makes a difference in accuracy, ive just gone to the victory rip tko sport (.006) in a 250 spine and seems to shoot great out to 100m, even robinhooded one at 60m, trying to decide if I go the sports or elites next, but there's such a big price difference cheers

[jofher]

Thank you for this great Arrow tuning Tip