Re: ShopTalk: New pictures

2003-11-06 Thread Don Flatgard
They are on the Neu-finder Discussion group page...under photos - Original Message - From: Tom and Donna Mason To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:42 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: New pictures Where are the pictures posted at? I visited the

Re: ShopTalk: New pictures

2003-11-06 Thread Don Flatgard
I didn't know Shoptalk had photo's...df - Original Message - From: Tom and Donna Mason To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:42 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: New pictures Where are the pictures posted at? I visited the Shoptalk photo's and

ShopTalk: Yahoo! Groups Neu-finder_Discussion

2003-11-06 Thread Don Flatgard
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ShopTalk: New pictures

2003-11-05 Thread Don Flatgard
I've posted my newest pictures showing my rotating tip bearingdf

ShopTalk: True Meaning Of This Common Word]

2003-11-02 Thread Don Flatgard
In the 16th and 17th centuries, before the invention of commercial fertilizer, everything had to be transported by ship. Therefore, large shipments of manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only

ShopTalk: not golf

2003-10-29 Thread Don Flatgard
Joe was dying. His wife, Becky, was maintaining acandlelight vigil at his bedside. She held his fragile hand, tears streaming down her face. Her praying roused him from his slumber. He looked up at her and his pale lips began to move slightly. My darling Becky, he whispered. Hush, my love,

Re: ShopTalk: reaming bc wedges

2003-10-28 Thread Don Flatgard
I am no metal expert and I don't play one on TV but my brother was pretty good. I've seen him use WD40df - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:04 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: reaming bc wedges

Re: ShopTalk: End of Season Greeting

2003-10-26 Thread Don Flatgard
Second one I got today df - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: ShopTalk: End of Season Greeting Copy and paste this in your address window.

Re: ShopTalk: 99 Club Car, batteries dying??????????????

2003-10-23 Thread Don Flatgard
To get an accurate voltage reading on batteries you'll need a load tester. Under a load, the voltage of bad battery will drop off dramatically. A better way is to get a hydrometer and measure the specific gravity of each cell. If you have a bad cell in a battery it will read a lotlower

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-15 Thread Don Flatgard
I've never been what you wouldcall a high ball hitter, however with the new large face drivers Iam much higher. As a matter of fact it doesn't seem to matter what loft, with in reason, I just tee it high and letit fly...df - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-15 Thread Don Flatgard
.) The trajectory is sorta low and boring (nice into the wind) but I would like to hit it higher for most shots. I've been teeing it at about 1 1/4 high. Thanks Bob Sielski On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:32:16 -0500, Don Flatgard wrote: I've never been what you would call a high ball hitter

ShopTalk: Happy

2003-10-10 Thread Don Flatgard
Happy Thanksgiving week end to all our Canadian friends!!!

Re: ShopTalk: NBP-COG

2003-10-09 Thread Don Flatgard
of. BTW, some of us do believe that a spine finder does find the correct NBP, that it should be a combination of flex differential and shaft geometric anomalies that determines this location. Dan Neubecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Don Flatgard [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: ShopTalk: NBP-COG

2003-10-09 Thread Don Flatgard
Hey, Dan, I like that.:) df - Original Message - From: Dan Neubecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:23 AM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: NBP-COG Alan, I appreciate that you are an engineer. I work with several daily, who happen to be my

Re: ShopTalk: NBP-COG

2003-10-08 Thread Don Flatgard
NBP-COG alignment. I posted this the other day and received no response so I'll do it again. I agree with you on the difficulty of aligning the NBP and COG to the degree. My method is to prepare the shaft, install the ferrule, find the NBP with the NF. Take the DI off, turn the NF up-side down

Re: ShopTalk: NBP-COG

2003-10-06 Thread Don Flatgard
Bernie, I have used the NBP-COG method in reshafting a couple of drivers with SK pure energy shafts. Seems to be the way to go. My method rather than clamp the shaft to the bench with the NBP down was to prepare the shaft, put on the ferrule, put the shaft in the NF2 to find the NBP, then I took

ShopTalk: building NF2's update

2003-10-06 Thread Don Flatgard
To those who requested I build Neu-finders. I am working on building them now. Making tip bearings,cutting wood parts and ordering bearings and Dial Indicators. df

Re: ShopTalk: building NF2's update

2003-10-06 Thread Don Flatgard
Message - From: Letourneau, Henry J AM1(AW) (VAW120) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 2:40 PM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: building NF2's update How MUCH ??? -Original Message- From: Don Flatgard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06

Re: ShopTalk: women's components

2003-10-05 Thread Don Flatgard
Title: Re: ShopTalk: women's components If you are going to make a few to start, make sure that model will be available when you want to add to the set. It won't be long before she wants them. That excludes the close outs...df - Original Message - From: bftaylor To:

Re: ShopTalk: women's components

2003-10-05 Thread Don Flatgard
Title: Re: ShopTalk: women's components It might be best to buyawhole closeout set complete while they are cheap. df - Original Message - From: Don Flatgard To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:26 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: women's components

Re: ShopTalk: FUJIKURA PRO VISTA 60

2003-10-01 Thread Don Flatgard
Then after going through all of that you maybe able to help about 2% of the golfers. But it sure will help you sell, sell, sell..df - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: Re:

Re: ShopTalk: A name is A name.

2003-09-29 Thread Don Flatgard
Drivers are longer and the heads weigh less. df - Original Message - From: Tom Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: A name is A name. Just to keep the pot boiling. Is a 13 degree wood a driver or a fairway

Re: ShopTalk: Don/Bernie mail failure

2003-09-26 Thread Don Flatgard
I agree with you and I am going check it out with my ISP. This is the first time I've run into this. df - Original Message - From: Another Happy Linux User [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:54 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Don/Bernie mail failure

ShopTalk: Re: Tables for Flatgard]

2003-09-26 Thread Don Flatgard
] -- Two NF2 records tables for Don Flatgard. The Match table is the master, the PP table is one that I filled out. It would be very simple for Don to ask his ISP to simply take Knology.net off the spam list. I get maybe a couple of spams a month from this ISP

ShopTalk: Building Neu-finders

2003-09-26 Thread Don Flatgard
I will build NF2's for what seems to be the going rate of $250. I maybe able to get it down to $230 or so if I build more then oneby buying parts in bulk. The firstDI I bought was $13 plus shipping andhandling of an equal amount, so it cost me about $26. I found a place to buy them cheaper

Re: ShopTalk: Re: Tables for Flatgard]

2003-09-26 Thread Don Flatgard
on your NF2, I'll try to answer them. Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Don Flatgard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: shoptalk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: ShopTalk: Re: Tables for Flatgard] I got the tables. Thanks

Re: ShopTalk: Don/Bernie mail failure

2003-09-25 Thread Don Flatgard
I hate to mess with my ISP. I use to have Earthlink and had to delete 50 plus spam emails a day and Earthlink's own spam. I changed to a ISP run by a small rural school and now I get NONE. The students run it and I think they do a good job. This is the first time that I know of the I haven't

Re: ShopTalk: Don/Bernie mail failure

2003-09-25 Thread Don Flatgard
It is your HO and you are welcome to it. I receive all the email I want. This is the only time anyone I know has said their email to me that has been rejected. Send me an email without an attachment from knology.net directly to me, not through shoptalk. We have two ISP,s available to us in this

Re: ShopTalk: Sportsmen show

2003-09-24 Thread Don Flatgard
e only one I've sent that won't go through. Are you set on a medium security level? BernieWriteto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Don Flatgard To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:19 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk:

Re: ShopTalk: grip taper

2003-09-23 Thread Don Flatgard
Others may have a better idea but I normally just build it up with tape. Also, sometimes I use several wraps of 1/2 making tape around the butt to build it up, kinda like a baseball batt. Keeps you from getting that feeling that you might lose it at the top, works good under wet conditions...df

Re: ShopTalk: Re: Nuefinder

2003-09-21 Thread Don Flatgard
Harold, glad you like it. I got the check, thank you. I've already spent it on more golf stuff, what else? df - Original Message - From: Harold Still To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 5:17 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Re: Nuefinder Don:

Re: ShopTalk: Again

2003-09-17 Thread Don Flatgard
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again Don, I tried to send you the attachment, but your spam-blocker wouldn't let it through. BernieWriteto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Don Flatgard To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9

Re: ShopTalk: Again

2003-09-17 Thread Don Flatgard
Message - From: Don Flatgard To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again Hmmm, I don't have a spam-blocker but my ISP must have one. I've been able to open Word stuff before. Maybe the file

Re: ShopTalk: SK Fiber Tri-Tec

2003-09-15 Thread Don Flatgard
What's the general feeling about graphiteversus steel shafts for irons? I know some people want steel, others graphite but what do you guys prefer? I never thought much of graphite shaft for irons but I am getting older and my thinking is starting to change. Plus graphite shafts for irons

Re: ShopTalk: Again

2003-09-15 Thread Don Flatgard
of these shafts really didn't need any particular alignment). Club length is standard graphite lengths. Component cost about $15 a club. Time will tell, butthese might be my "cheapo" iron success of the year. BernieWriteto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Me

Re: ShopTalk: Again

2003-09-15 Thread Don Flatgard
Component cost about $15 a club. Time will tell, butthese might be my "cheapo" iron success of the year. BernieWriteto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message ----- From: Don Flatgard

ShopTalk: Again

2003-09-14 Thread Don Flatgard
Can anybody recommend something better then SK Fiber Tri-Tec iron shafts?

ShopTalk: SK Fiber Tri-Tec

2003-09-14 Thread Don Flatgard
Anybody have any experience with SK Fiber Tri-Tec iron shafts? Thinking about changing, I am using TT Dynalite A flex now.

ShopTalk: Integra Sports Log-In

2003-09-08 Thread Don Flatgard
Lotof talk here about these. Is this what you are looking for? df http://www.tsgolf.org/ Integra Sports Log-In.url Description: Binary data

Re: ShopTalk: SA 2000 contact info

2003-08-29 Thread Don Flatgard
I won't comment about the epoxy but when shafting a club where the shaft and head is a loose fit but enough for a shim I sprinkle a little sugar sand on the shaft after the epoxy then twist it into the head. Sure tightens it up and I never had one come off. df - Original Message

Re: ShopTalk: SA 2000 contact info

2003-08-29 Thread Don Flatgard
OK, now I know. A guy brought me a club he bought on eBay for $100. It was a Bang head with a Grafalloy shaft. The head came off and a lot of these white flakes I had to clean off in order to rescuer the head. I was wonder what was use in the first place..now I know...df - Original

Re: ShopTalk: SA 2000 contact info

2003-08-29 Thread Don Flatgard
: Jeremy Ingle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:08 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: SA 2000 contact info Don. What exactly is sugar sand? Regards Jeremy Don Flatgard wrote: I won't comment about the epoxy but when shafting a club where the shaft

Re: ShopTalk: SA 2000 contact info

2003-08-29 Thread Don Flatgard
ct info In a message dated 8/29/03 11:08:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What exactly is sugar sand? Regards Jeremy Don Flatgard wrote: I won't comment about the epoxy but when shafting a club where the shaft and head is a loose fit but enough for a shim

Re: ShopTalk: SA 2000 contact info

2003-08-29 Thread Don Flatgard
I've used brushes to but didn't think they did a very good job and they wear out to fast. Thought about a stone but I am afraid a grinding stone would make the hosel to big and uneven. It don't take long with sandpaper, I cut a bunch all at the same timeand it's cheap. (I am a cheap ass) df

Re: ShopTalk: BeCu

2003-08-22 Thread Don Flatgard
HOT-DAMN, YOUGUYS ARE MY KIND OF PEOPLE.:) DF Parsley juice.Ah yes, but only if organically grown in California! It seems that the the growing medium (manure) contains substances that are only found in nature. Of course the manure must be certified by the State of California

ShopTalk: Started? off subject

2003-08-11 Thread Don Flatgard
How it all startedIn ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of AbrahamCom did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Comwas a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she hadbeen called Amazon Dot Com.She said unto Abraham, her

Re: ShopTalk: Bush and Unemployement

2003-08-04 Thread Don Flatgard
Good response Tom. I hope I never get so proud and full of myself that I can't help someone along the way. The one thing I don't want to do as I approach 70 is become a crotchety old son-of-bitch and a big pain in the ass to my fellow man...df - Original Message - From: Tom and Donna

Re: ShopTalk: Bush and Unemployement

2003-08-02 Thread Don Flatgard
not comment on this again, I have other things to do. Golf to play and I am making two NF2's. The old SW Minnesota Sage, Don Flatgard :)

Re: ShopTalk: Here's another website

2003-07-29 Thread Don Flatgard
Ha, I got enough things that piss me off already, namely my rotten golf game. :) If I didn't chip and putt good I couldn't even play the damn game. Swinging harder and getting less, trying everything. You know the feeling, like playing with wiffle balls. I just put my clubs in a dark

Re: ShopTalk: Re: ShopTalk Club Head cleaning

2003-07-26 Thread Don Flatgard
Try Bartender's Friend, that's a mild abrasive used to clean stainless steel bar sinks. Cub might know about that stuff:) df - Original Message - From: tflan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 6:30 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Re: ShopTalk Club

ShopTalk: Retierment, IT AIN'T WHAT YOU THINK

2003-07-25 Thread Don Flatgard
:) IT AIN'T WHAT YOU THINK I worked forty-five years for someone else So that I could retire. I dreamed of sleeping late And sitting by the fire. I dreamed of long vacations, Enjoying stage and song. But, let me set you straight on that concept, It is simply wrong. I did junk my

ShopTalk: PENSION

2003-07-15 Thread Don Flatgard
United StatesPension Plan A retired gentlemanwent to theSS office to apply for his pension.After waiting in line a long time he got to the counter. The woman behind the counter asked him for his drivers license to verify his age. He looked in his pockets and realized he had left his

ShopTalk: Senior's Cardio Activity

2003-06-30 Thread Don Flatgard
A 75-year-old woman went to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor told her she needed more cardiovascular activity and recommended that she engage in sexual activity three times a week. A bit embarrassed, she said to the doctor, Please tell my husband. The doctor went out into the

Re: ShopTalk: Integra head

2003-06-23 Thread Don Flatgard
Hi George, What kind of shaft did you use in that 450 Integra for that 60 year guy? I am closer to 70 than 60, play to 9 hdcp. I play with group of kids, one that is less than half my age. They hit the ball so damn far I can't see it. I am starting to think that the reason old guys don't hit the

Re: ShopTalk: grips

2003-06-23 Thread Don Flatgard
Call all the grip makers and see it they will donate some. Cut out the middle man. :) They must have discontinued models, overruns, imperfects or whatever. If they don't have them now, have them save some for you... - Original Message - From: steve acuff To: [EMAIL

Re: ShopTalk: Hosel stops

2003-06-09 Thread Don Flatgard
ny other form of clamping is generally unnecessary. So, as I said, when you say "can't," we disagree. I can and have done it many times. It really isn't an especially difficult job to accomplish. TFlan - Original Message - From: Don Flatgard

Re: ShopTalk: Hosel stops

2003-06-08 Thread Don Flatgard
You can't plug the shaft with epoxy and let it dry before you insert the shaft. If that's what you mean. Air trapped on the inside will tend to push the shaft back out. I totally don't understand the problem, never had it...df - Original Message - From: tflan To: [EMAIL