Nock Aligner

Designed by Gene Lueck and John Dearling of New Zealand

The concept of this nock aligner tool was invented by John Dearling of New Zealand.  With his permission Gene Lueck slightly altered the design and will produce the product for distribution in the US.  The Nock Aligner will be available for purchase by 7-15-2005  The cost will be $12.00 USD plus S/H

This ingenious device is totally adjustable and will enable a person to align all their nocks perfectly and uniformly.  This will eliminate fliers due to misaligned nocks and fletch/arrow rest contact on the shot.  The Pro Nock Aligner is quite simple to use.  Firstly you MUST powder tune* an arrow to be assured that the nock alignment allows a clean passage past the arrow rest with no contact.  Then you take that arrow and set the Pro Nock Aligner.   A set screw adjustment enables you to lock in the perfect alignment.  Put the Pro Nock Aligner on a table top and take your arrows one by one and rotate the nocks to fit the Pro Nock Aligner.  If the groove wire is too small you will need to ad a wrap or two of cellophane tape around it until there is no play in the nock.  Then, placing your finger on the tip of the arrow you push the nock onto the groove wire while paying particular attention to the vane that is nearest to vertical position.  If that vane moves even slightly in either direction you must turn the nock until it stays perfectly in position when you snap it on the Pro Nock Aligner.  Remember to push only with the tip of your finger on the tip of the arrow so that there is no influence on the rotation of the shaft.

Powder Tune:

To powder tune an arrow you must either spray a deodorant powder on the shaft and vanes or apply a bit of cooking oil to the shaft and vanes so that baby powder will stick.  A plastic bag with talcum powder can make re-coating the shaft and vanes easy if you use the cooking oil method.  Do not dip the arrow in the cooking oil but rather wipe a very thin coating on with your finger.  Then stick the fletch in the bag and shake it.  Once coated you will need to shoot the arrow from your bow to see if the arrow rest removes any of the powder.  Repeat this test and rotate the nock until that are no arrow rest marks on the vanes.  There might be some left on the shaft depending on your bow setup.  However, the important thing is that there is no vane contact.  Once this is accomplished, you can set all your nocks perfectly the same with the Nock Aligner.

Shoot well!

Gene Lueck