Making your own Spine Jig
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Making your own Spine Jig
This article is a slightly modified reproduction of the original which was written by Kev Whiting and which first appeared in the Australian Bowhunter magazine, issues number 9 and 10 in 1976.
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Re: Making your own Spine Jig
Great, thanks for that.
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Re: Making your own Spine Jig
Not that there is anything wrong with this type of spine jig - a tried and tested system, but there is a simpler option.
For those a little less technically inclined, a few years ago on tradgang there was a thread about the simplest jig I have seen and I have used it ever since. You put a wooden "U" shaped bracket on a board on the wall - just big enough so that your shaft can fit in it snugly for an an inch. Then hang a weight, in this case and mine ever since has been a spanner, from the other end. Very easy to get a scale by using shafts of known spine and marking their bend level on the backing board.
For those a little less technically inclined, a few years ago on tradgang there was a thread about the simplest jig I have seen and I have used it ever since. You put a wooden "U" shaped bracket on a board on the wall - just big enough so that your shaft can fit in it snugly for an an inch. Then hang a weight, in this case and mine ever since has been a spanner, from the other end. Very easy to get a scale by using shafts of known spine and marking their bend level on the backing board.
Ed Lomax
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Re: Making your own Spine Jig
this is excellent, i've been wanting to make a spine jig for a while, just needed a copy of that deflection chart. thanks very much