Re: ShopTalk: Re: [SpinetalkersForum] Shaft flex redux

2008-08-04 Thread Mark681137
Its taken me a while but I understand now its not tech bs, the old standard cpm measurement isn't almost any better than chosing by color. Tim's the voice crying in the wilderness, hopefully its starting to get across. It was the first shot and your question surely has merit, let the manufactur

Re: ShopTalk: Heavy Putter

2008-07-04 Thread Mark681137
Karen, Not sure if you've considered this but its caught my interest as of late and may be an alternative, its the tour lock weight system. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEUj5a3akzY&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdQWa6Mju38&feature=related Here's their website http://www.golfclubcounte

Re: ShopTalk: forged irons

2008-05-07 Thread Mark681137
Jeremy, She doesn't want the same as you?? humm...women really have a different perspective on things don't they. 560s to me are the tops, seems like she'd want the best. Well...she's getting too good anyway. Mark ** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on

Re: ShopTalk: Looking for Titleist Stiff Driver Pull

2008-03-29 Thread Mark681137
Yes David, That sounds exactly like what I need. Thanks so much for your generousity. My email is [EMAIL PROTECTED], do you want that paypal? Thanks, Mark Thompson Memphis, TN ** Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/hom

ShopTalk: Looking for Titleist Stiff Driver Pull

2008-03-29 Thread Mark681137
Hi everybody, Hope warm weather is getting to everybody. I'm trying to help out one of the kids that works at my local golf club, he was wanting to sell his 905R driver to gather funds to reshaft his irons, I checked it out and he had cracked the stock YS6 shaft. I'm looking for a shaft to repl

Re: ShopTalk: Shipping clubs to Canada

2008-03-23 Thread Mark681137
US postal GEM, they charge duties and taxes on the declared value, so discuss this with the customer. Mark ** Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom000301)

Re: ShopTalk: baffled-tip?

2008-02-20 Thread Mark681137
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Re: ShopTalk: Wishon 919THI Driver

2008-02-20 Thread Mark681137
John, My first 9 degree, I had a Bryant Brothers Solution stiff, traded that out for an R. Then when I got the DB version, I didn't want to mess with the orginal cause it hit so well, so I used an Sk Fiber Pure Energy I had, with intentions of later moving the solution into it. But now my golf

Re: ShopTalk: Wishon 919THI Driver

2008-02-20 Thread Mark681137
John, It does play great, extremely solid clubhead. Whilst I was contemplating a new driver head, I played a few of the demo clubs my club's proshop had, Titleist D2, I played a couple of these for several rounds in different shafts and flexs, and to me Titleist has always made solid clubs, an

Re: ShopTalk: baffled-tip?

2008-02-20 Thread Mark681137
quick question, I just happen to have one of those 3Rs on the bench now, what's the tip size? the oem chart from the golfworks website says .335, hard to believe Titleist/Cobra didn't put a taper in it, I have a .335 in stock but would have to wait if it takes a .355. Also, my buddy was compla

Re: ShopTalk: NEED HELP IN TAKING THINGS FOR MY INBOX TO A OFFLINE FOLDER

2006-06-15 Thread Mark681137
with the email open, try "file"- "save as", tell it where you want it and save as a text file. you said inbox so i'm assuming your using outlook express or outlook.

Re: ShopTalk: Anybody out there?

2006-05-30 Thread Mark681137
In a message dated 5/30/2006 1:45:05 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com I've never found the sweet spot on my 715. Hits good but never that hot feeling, I'm convinced weight control is hype.

ShopTalk: Offset Drivers

2006-03-27 Thread Mark681137
Anybody know of a component driver head 460cc's with offset? I've seen golfworks 420 but not a 460. Thanks, Martk

Re: ShopTalk: Wedges

2006-02-10 Thread Mark681137
I picked up a set of Pelz wedges at a used shop last year and let a friend use them, I started using them this year and WOW they are good, they are PW 50deg 5.0 shaft, SW 55 deg 4.5 shaft, LW 60 deg. 4.0 shaft, I was pleasingly surprised with the performance, they have a milled face, deep grooves (

Re: ShopTalk: Merry Christmas Shoptalkers!

2005-12-22 Thread Mark681137
you must have been a very good boy! Merry Christmas, Mark

Re: ShopTalk: Golf Club Scale-Missing Part Tray

2005-12-21 Thread Mark681137
swingweight scale-but the weight part is in grams thanks, mark

ShopTalk: Golf Club Scale-Missing Part Tray

2005-12-21 Thread Mark681137
I have a black Golfworks golf club swingweight scale, the $200 one, and its part tray is missing, anybody have one? or know how much the replacement part is from Golfworks? The person I got it from had rigged a counterweight to hang off the end to bring the scale back to zero, if you have one what

Re: ShopTalk: stiff shafts to regular shafts?

2005-12-12 Thread Mark681137
Thanks Dave, that's exactly the info I was looking for. Thanks again, Mark

ShopTalk: stiff shafts to regular shafts?

2005-12-12 Thread Mark681137
Hi all,   A couple years ago, I traded for a set of Wishon 550c's shafted with Aldila Tour Gold 85 stiff shafts. I'm really better fitted with regular flex but couldn't pass up the deal. They have been great clubs, these shafts have the sst "pured" labels. I have been losing distance and wit

Re: ShopTalk: Looking for an Alternate

2005-10-31 Thread Mark681137
Tom, I had a similar thing happen to me a few months ago, I had a Wishon 915 CFE, 420cc, 12 degree in the bag for over 2 years, fantastic club, every new driver came out I'd try and none ever impressed me enough to consider changing. A member of my regular saturday foursome came with a new driver,

Re: ShopTalk: hybrids vs fairway woods

2005-05-02 Thread Mark681137
Jen, I'm hitting the 550c's too, I didn't use the 3 or 4 for almost a year, then one day I got out at the range with some impact tape and a little experimenting and WOW, they are very hitable, especially if your having good succes with the other irons. I also built a 4 and 5 -321Li for my nephew,

Re: ShopTalk: MOI Matching

2005-04-19 Thread Mark681137
Donald, Yes I did and there lies the rub, and takes us back to the beginning of the discussion, where I learned they are only estimates and not really that acccurate, each of the 2 or 3 programs I tried returned different results. Thanks, Mark

Re: ShopTalk: MOI Matching

2005-04-19 Thread mark681137
Alan,   I really appreciate your input on this, after doing searches for the subject in the forums I can see that you understand my dilema. I the first variable working against me is the use of graphite shafts, standard headweights require quite a bump in headweight to use graphite, but because of

Re: ShopTalk: MOI Matching

2005-04-17 Thread Mark681137
Dave, Thanks for replying, using 1/2" length increments, that would be: 6 iron- D1 7 iron- D1.5 8 iron- D2 9 iron- D2.5  I'm real curious as to what the Wishon software model would bring back as suggested headweights to get an MOI match. Is the formula they use calculated or adjusted by act

Re: ShopTalk: MOI Matching

2005-04-17 Thread Mark681137
Alan, The formula I have is SW=(L*(H+S/2)-14*(H+S)-10*G)/50  and  MOI=(L*L)*(H+S/3). Doing it the way I had it calculated the sw difference between the 6 and 9 iron would be 1.8 points. Thanks, Mark

Re: ShopTalk: MOI Matching

2005-04-17 Thread Mark681137
Tom, Thanks for checking but I'm wanting to get an MOI match, giving it priority over swingweight. Anybody with an MOI calc? Thanks..

ShopTalk: MOI Matching

2005-04-17 Thread Mark681137
Hi everybody, I'm wanting to MOI match a set of irons, 6, 7, 8 & 9.  Using a spreadsheet I created with a formula for MOI that was circulating recently, I came up the the following headweights to match the the rest to the 8 iron at D-2. 6 iron- 268 gms 7 iron- 276 gms 8 iron- 284 gms 9 iron- 29

Re: ShopTalk: New irons

2005-03-01 Thread Mark681137
Alan, I play Wishon 550c's and love em, the head is a little smaller, thin topline, low offset, and have the feel of forged, they just feel great. They might be a little less forgiving on mishits, but are laser like on good strikes. They are a great looking head. Checkout their website and see

Re: ShopTalk: Reducing swingweight

2005-01-17 Thread Mark681137
Hi Jay, Don't think you would come across the need using new components, seeing how heads are at the low side, the most common problem nowadays is getting enough weight at the head end to accomodate lighter shafts and shorter lengths and increase swingweight to the D2 range. But lets say you did n