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How to read this arrow spine size?

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#1 ·
Hi!

I was looking at arrows on Easton's website when I found the "Legendary X23": X23™

As you can see in the table the spine (in the "SPINE SIZE" column) is not expressed as usual... it seems they just give the arrow diameters: 2312, 2314, 2315...

For their other arrows (such as the Superdrive 23), the spine is expressed as usual with the deflection in thousands of inch.

How can one "convert" an arrow size such as 2312 to a spine (such as 400, 500, etc.)?

Thanks!
 
#2 ·
From a 2007 Easton Arrow Catalog I believe.
Size Spine Weight/Inch Weight Gr/In
ShaftSpine Size (inches)Weight (grains)Weight (gr/in)
12142.501142 - 24"5.92
14132.036153 - 26"5.88
14161.684194 - 27"7.19
15121.554157 - 27"5.81
15141.370184 - 27"6.81
15161.403197 - 27"7.30
16121.298170 - 27"6.30
16141.153208 - 27"7.70
16161.079227 - 27"8.41
17121.099181 - 27"6.70
17131.044200 - 27"7.41
17140.963219 - 27"8.11
17160.880261 - 29"9.00
18130.8742287.86
18140.7992498.57
18160.7562699.28
19120.7762207.59
19130.7332428.34
19140.6582699.28
19160.62329110.03
20120.6802328.35
20130.6102619.00
20140.5792779.55
20160.53130610.55
20180.46435612.28
20200.42639113.48
21120.5902448.41
21130.5402709.31
21140.5102869.86
21150.46131210.76
21170.40034912.03
22120.5052568.83
22130.4602859.93
22140.43030210.41
22150.42030910.66
22160.37534912.03
22190.33739913.76
23110.4502428.36
23120.4232759.48
23140.39030910.66
23150.34033811.66
23170.29738513.28
24120.4022809.66
24130.36530210.41
24190.26842214.56
25110.3482338.1
25120.32129810.28
25140.30532911.34
26120.2852809.68
26130.26533311.48
27120.2602759.5
 
#4 ·
Yes Easton use a different sizing system for Aluminum arrows. The 4 numbers represent the outer diameter of the shaft and the wall thickness. So a 2312 is a 23/64 shaft with a 0.012 wall thickness. So a 2315 is stiffer than a 2312 since it has a thicker wall.

Here are the equivalencies that OT2 give me for the X23

2312 = 423
2314 = 391
2315 = 340
2318 = 300
 
#8 ·
Would go with the Easton spine chart seeing they started it. Like Carbon Express started a different spine to what is marked on the shaft & screwed it all up. Easton has 100+ years in the arrow shaft business & CE may have 25 years.
 
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#13 ·
I've wondered about CX over how they give spine. Thing is, PSE followed CX. I have PSE 200s.
 
#9 ·
For their other arrows (such as the Superdrive 23), the spine is expressed as usual with the deflection in thousands of inch.
Normally spine value is in fraction of an inch.
Thus, the table value times 1000.

...it seems they just give the arrow diameters: 2312, 2314, 2315...
These are the arrow diameter and wall thickness combined into one number.
If I remember correctly, each in 1/64-th of an inch. But you can look it up.
In your example (2312, 2314, 2315), all shafts have the same outer diameter, but increasing wall thickness.

From a customer's point of view, I find the idea of standardized IDs like with carbon shafts more practical (.166", .204", .245").
 
#11 ·
Normally spine value is in fraction of an inch.
Thus, the table value times 1000.


These are the arrow diameter and wall thickness combined into one number.
If I remember correctly, each in 1/64-th of an inch. But you can look it up.
In your example (2312, 2314, 2315), all shafts have the same outer diameter, but increasing wall thickness.

From a customer's point of view, I find the idea of standardized IDs like with carbon shafts more practical (.166", .204", .245").
First number is in /64th of inch but second number is actually in thousandth of inch.

Thanks everyone for the answers, it's much clearer now!
 
#10 ·
A 23XX shaft is commonly referred to as having a 23/64 inch OD diameter but this is only a nominal dimension.
The actual outside diameters in thousandths of an inch are shown in the catalogue -
2312 ------.363
2314-------.357
2315-------.365
2318-------.365
Expressed in millimetres, they're all in the 9.3 mm group.
 
#16 ·
They are both the same OD so don't see why they wouldn't be. There are no advantage of one over the other as far as line cutters.