RE: ShopTalk: Loft/Lie Question

2016-08-05 Thread Tom Wishon
just that and only that. So if you want total accuracy, you have to do the measurements in a separate unit. TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of Steve Longeway Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 9:28 AM

RE: ShopTalk: Stamping Irons

2016-04-18 Thread Tom Wishon
Steve; Sure enough. . . if you stamp a forged carbon steel iron, you will crack the chrome plating where you hammer the stamp into the head and it will slowly begin to rust around the edges of each letter or number you stamp. You of course can live with the rust and clean it off as it forms,

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon 915HL

2016-02-04 Thread Tom Wishon
MOE We checked all around and we do happen to have a 915HL #7 wood in new condition. But we do not have a #9 I am sorry. Since the model has been closed out and discontinued for a long time, and since this head was just laying around doing nothing, we won't charge you for it but we will ask

RE: ShopTalk: Favorite 50-60 shaft

2015-06-17 Thread Tom Wishon
the help, -S On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Tom Wishon t...@wishongolf.commailto:t...@wishongolf.com wrote: STEVE: There are 50-60g shafts that run the gamut in terms of their stiffness design from very flexible to quite stiff, so I would need to have a little more information about what

RE: ShopTalk: Favorite 50-60 shaft

2015-06-17 Thread Tom Wishon
has used and liked the stiffness feel of Get back to me with this and I can narrow the field to offer some help. TOM WISHON From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of Steve Longeway Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:31 AM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com

RE: ShopTalk: Smaller size driver head

2014-05-23 Thread Tom Wishon
LEO Thanks for your email. I did smile when I read your comment to say that your friend gets “unwell” when he sees the large size driver heads !! To be honest with you, I do not know of any companies that are making a smaller actual driver model, one that would be in the area of 350-400cc or

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon 575MMC Irons

2012-08-08 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN: Thanks very much for mentioning that. Beggars can't be choosers but I do wish they would have shown the muscleback with it since this is a mix/match set design of 3-7 cavity with 8-AW muscle. But HEY, it's nice to get the publicity so no complaints from us! Again, thanks and hope all

RE: ShopTalk: Demo Day

2011-05-04 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN: At the risk of sounding like a broken record, anytime you get a group of golfers together, you really need to be promoting the benefits of professional custom clubfitting over buying standard made clubs off the rack. Easiest way to do this is to get copies of the little 32 page booklet,

RE: ShopTalk: New Wishon Goodies

2011-01-06 Thread Tom Wishon
that very important to do. Thanks much and may 2011 bring a few more golfers to all your shops! TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of j...@clubmaker-online.com Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:18 PM

RE: ShopTalk: Lynx irons

2010-10-29 Thread Tom Wishon
BERNIE If you are talking about a Lynx model from the 90s which had a very different type of shaft tip design that was very radically tapered, I remember this model from the days when I was with Golfsmith and the company bought Lynx. In short, GS's repair department inherited a nightmare of

RE: ShopTalk: Marking titanium drivers

2010-10-28 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN VERY tough to do because the 6/4Ti that many of the head makers use for their driver heads has a very high hardness, in the order of HRC 38 to 42. So engraving machines to do this would have to use special cutting bits which are able to cut into such a high hardness metal. Not all Ti

RE: ShopTalk: Sun Mountain Speed Cart Issue

2010-10-22 Thread Tom Wishon
Man do I agree - my wife has one and I stopped trying to mess with that after it almost took my finger off - kept me off the links for 2 weeks! TOM From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of Ed Reeder Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:55 PM To:

RE: ShopTalk: Professional Putter Fitter Recomendation

2010-10-20 Thread Tom Wishon
BOB You can tell the man to call Cool Clubs in Scottsdale. They have one of the SAM PuttLab units (we have one too) which are VERY good for a full on putting analysis. TOM From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of Bob Barrette Sent: Wednesday,

RE: ShopTalk: Advise needed.....

2010-09-02 Thread Tom Wishon
this helps and best wishes in this great game!! TOM WISHON From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of Leo Noordhuizen Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:57 AM To: shoptalk@mail.msen.com Subject: ShopTalk: Advise needed. Hello all, After more as 3

RE: ShopTalk: Advise needed.....

2010-09-02 Thread Tom Wishon
To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Advise needed. Thanks for your extensive and quick response Tom. I always have *loved* the mirror chrome finish and was very surprised that its discontinued . Didnt people like that ? Thanks, Leo On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Tom Wishon t

RE: ShopTalk: Measuring Lie

2010-03-23 Thread Tom Wishon
the ball so the ink line is perfectly vertical to be able to leave an imprint of the line on the face of the iron from impact. TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of j...@clubmaker-online.com Sent: Tuesday, March

RE: ShopTalk: Measuring Lie

2010-03-23 Thread Tom Wishon
vertical to be able to leave an imprint of the line on the face of the iron from impact. TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of j...@clubmaker-online.com Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:38 AM To: shoptalk

RE: ShopTalk: Measuring Lie

2010-03-23 Thread Tom Wishon
Up until I got about 10 yrs of golf club design and RD under my belt, I too used to stew and worry over the small things I would measure and notice in my work. But as I did more RD and more design work, I started to learn that there could be tons of minutia that I could waste my time on and

RE: ShopTalk: 1 1/2 HOURS OF PURE EDUCATION

2010-02-04 Thread Tom Wishon
/index_dist.html#art3 These will help you a lot. And in the meantime, best wishes in your clubmaking! TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com [mailto:owner-shopt...@mail.msen.com] On Behalf Of Tom and Donna Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:18 AM To: ShopTalk

RE: ShopTalk: Statement by Ping Chairman John Solheim

2010-02-04 Thread Tom Wishon
GUYS Based on the experience I have had over many years with submitting everything from concepts to prototypes to actual production samples to the USGA for a conformity ruling, I find it highly unlikely that the USGA ruled these Callaway wedges non conforming when they actually were conforming.

RE: ShopTalk: Statement by Ping Chairman John Solheim

2010-02-03 Thread Tom Wishon
ShopTalkers Several of us in the industry had tried to lobby the USGA in the past 2 years to do what Rory McIroy just said in a press conference yesterday at the Dubai Desert Classic. As you all know, if you took a poll among tour players in the past as to whether they would be in favor of

RE: ShopTalk: Statement by Ping Chairman John Solheim

2010-02-02 Thread Tom Wishon
Can't resist a situation in which the USGA gets caught in a conundrum and people see a loophole through which they feel they can gain an advantage in a competitive environment. Things like this tend to show some people's inner makeup in the face of ignoring what's right and just. For the

RE: ShopTalk: TWGT Spiralock System

2010-01-22 Thread Tom Wishon
disadvantage to the Spiralock is that, to my understanding, it is currently only for right-handed golfers. (I do wonder if it really would work for lefties as well). /Ed Tom Wishon wrote: snip Since I always try to be up front about anything in this industry, if you want to dig into trying

RE: ShopTalk: TWGT Spiralock System

2010-01-21 Thread Tom Wishon
: From: j...@clubmaker-online.com j...@clubmaker-online.com Subject: ShopTalk: TWGT Spiralock System To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 11:23 AM Saw this today, great new design. New from Tom Wishon- Spiralock(r) Universal Fit System - the first shaft to head connector

RE: ShopTalk: TWGT Spiralock System

2010-01-21 Thread Tom Wishon
-online.commailto:j...@clubmaker-online.com Subject: ShopTalk: TWGT Spiralock System To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.commailto:ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 11:23 AM TWGT Spiralock SystemSaw this today, great new design. New from Tom Wishon- Spiralock(r) Universal Fit

RE: ShopTalk: TWGT Spiralock System

2010-01-21 Thread Tom Wishon
A The female thread in the hosel is a left hand thread done in the Spiralock proprietary threading design. The male thread in the connector is left hand to mate with the threading in the bore so hitting shots keeps the thread secure by torquing the head in the same direction you use to

RE: ShopTalk: Meets 2010 Groove Rule - Yes/No/ATR

2009-11-25 Thread Tom Wishon
Harry and Everyone: Now that the USGA has their web reference up to note conformity to the new scoreline rule, there is bound to be some confusion. Everyone needs to keep in mind the fact that all EXISTING models of heads of 25* and higher loft do not have to conform to the new scoreline rule

RE: ShopTalk: RE: wedges with new grooves

2009-10-30 Thread Tom Wishon
: ShopTalk: RE: wedges with new grooves Thanks Tom, How does the narrow sole on the PCF Tour compare on bounce for the 56 Deg sand wedge? George Huson ByGeorge Custom Clubs --- On Thu, 10/29/09, Tom Wishon t...@wishongolf.com wrote: From: Tom Wishon t...@wishongolf.com Subject: RE: ShopTalk: RE

RE: ShopTalk: Shaft extensions?

2009-10-29 Thread Tom Wishon
Best thing I can recommend is to find a bunch of older steel shafts and then find the step down on the shafts that fits snugly into the ID of the butt end of the shaft you want to extend. Rough up the chrome on the step that is to be inserted in the butt, epoxy that in place and as long as the

RE: ShopTalk: Is it possible to hate a club?

2009-08-28 Thread Tom Wishon
Crap, I'm going to show my age here, but this thread did bring back some memories that caused me to smile!! My first set of irons as a 13 yr old was only a 2-9 set - no PW, no SW because I couldn't afford it. My Dad made me pay for my clubs because I wanted pro-line clubs and not store-line

RE: ShopTalk: Is it possible to hate a club?

2009-08-27 Thread Tom Wishon
TFLAN Some time ago there was a thread on our Clubmakers' Forum on our web site that was titled Lob Wedge Hater's Club. The thread garnered a lot of posts from clubmakers saying pretty much the same thing you have here! The main reason some to many golfers hate their 60* wedge is because at

RE: ShopTalk: SST Pured

2009-07-10 Thread Tom Wishon
Robert: The USGA says no such thing. The USGA's position is that shafts can be analyzed and oriented so that they will play as if they were made to have similar bending properties in all directions. They also state that a shaft cannot be oriented so as to intentionally create a specific type

RE: ShopTalk: old Kunnan irons

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Wishon
Robert: I remember Kunnan very well from my past experience in the industry. Kunnan was originally a Taiwan based graphite shaft manufacturing company. Their specialty was moderate to low priced graphite shafts in volume for mid range to low end golf club companies. My take on them at that

RE: ShopTalk: old Kunnan irons

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Wishon
: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:07 PM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: RE: ShopTalk: old Kunnan irons Thanks Tom.Do you per chance happen to know the shaft spec's? Bob Be Safe and Well,GOD BLESS From: Tom Wishon Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 11:31 AM To: 'ShopTalk

RE: ShopTalk: Flex Board

2009-06-04 Thread Tom Wishon
When Tom Mace left the industry to go back to the academic world at Cal Poly SLO, I had him do a complete full out EI of multiples of all my shaft designs and flexes so I would be able to compare the EI curves to see their relationship to our Bend Profile software's progressive beam length

RE: ShopTalk: Flex Board

2009-06-04 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN Wish I could drop in screen images to these posts because that certainly would show what it is and does more than my plain words here. Our Shaft Bend Profile software is the ongoing work in process of the work I started back in the mid 90s to come up with a way to quantitatively show the

RE: ShopTalk: frequency

2008-09-09 Thread Tom Wishon
Dave et.al.: . . . and we probably never will have the science totally in hand because of two things. 1) where and how much a shaft bends is totally dependent on specific swing movements and swing actions which most definitely can be and are quite different from golfer to golfer. I think

RE: ShopTalk: Club repair, who gets the most?

2008-07-15 Thread Tom Wishon
TFLAN I don't think anyone has any type of statistics on that. In addition, there are so many variables that enter into this. In areas where a clubmaker has a reputation, has awareness among the golfing community, then it would be fair to say a higher percentage of the areas' repair work

RE: ShopTalk: Summit Wishon

2008-01-09 Thread Tom Wishon
Out of print and has been for a long time. Besides, the information in this book is now very badly dated because it was written in 1991. We know a whole lot more about shaft analysis, performance and fitting than we could have even dreamed about when this book was done. If the international

RE: ShopTalk: Putters, etc.

2007-09-18 Thread Tom Wishon
Rick, TFlan and all: When you think about it, it does seem a little odd that we all spend so much time in the technology and fitting of the woods and irons when it is the putter that really has the ability to most quickly and most dramatically affect the score. There is no question that when a

RE: ShopTalk: Putters, etc.

2007-09-18 Thread Tom Wishon
TFlan I have to say that one of the most amazing things I have seen in putter fitting is the effect of the heavier backweights in the grip end of the putter. These days there are at least a couple of companies making these weights, along with the tools necessary to install them in the end of the

RE: ShopTalk: hybrid problems

2007-08-27 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN: It can be a ball position problem, but that all depends on the LENGTH of the hybrids. In the industry today, you have hybrids which are the same length as fairway woods, some which are designed to be built to the same length as the conventional iron of the same loft, and then you have some

RE: ShopTalk: Tom Wishon's wedges

2007-06-06 Thread Tom Wishon
BUCK: No, it isn't the iron of choice from a playing standpoint for me, it was a design that was pretty special to me in terms of what it was in concept, how it had to be tooled and manufactured and how satisfying it was to get it done and made properly from a pure design and production

RE: ShopTalk: Tom Wishon's wedges

2007-06-05 Thread Tom Wishon
improved a lot...bounced those heads right through the shot without grabbing the short, wiry stuff. :-) So, the Backflows are yours if you want them. Bernie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Tom Wishon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ShopTalk

RE: ShopTalk: Tom Wishon's wedges

2007-06-04 Thread Tom Wishon
design set that has the different material face inserts. Even if it was only in the money clubs say 7-PW. Most guys want the stop and drop type shot on the short irons, so I am not sure how much they would care about a small decrease in distance. George Huson ByGeorge Custom Clubs Tom Wishon

RE: ShopTalk: Square Drivers?

2007-05-01 Thread Tom Wishon
George and everyone When a club works better for a golfer than what they had before, one has to look at the performance elements of the two clubs, one by one, and compare them to see what is different. Loft, Lie, Face Angle, CG position, MOI of the head, Bulge/Roll, length, shaft weight,

RE: ShopTalk: Swing faults

2007-04-07 Thread Tom Wishon
at impact before any real improvement in dropping the height of the shot will happen. TOM WISHON

RE: ShopTalk: Swing faults

2007-04-07 Thread Tom Wishon
improvement in dropping the height of the shot will happen. TOM WISHON -- Thanks! John Muir skype: jhmuir AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 810.923.7396 http://clubmaker-online.com http://gripscience.com http://elevongolf.com

RE: ShopTalk: FW: RE: Scoreline Configuration

2007-03-26 Thread Tom Wishon
GEORGE: When it comes to things like this with the USGA, I fear there are many golfers and even Clubmakers who feel that the game's ruling body should not be questioned or challenged. I grew up that way myself, but as the last 10 yrs have shown, they have become so obsessed with controlling the

RE: ShopTalk: Rules change

2007-03-21 Thread Tom Wishon
Paul: The USGA and many golfers too have always wanted to have one set of rules for ALL golfers. There are certainly arguments pro and con about that, with good points on both sides. One of the interesting things about this is that when it comes to the tour players, there is only ONE tournament

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon CX microgroove wedges

2007-03-07 Thread Tom Wishon
Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Wishon CX microgroove wedges Ron - That was a minus sign, right? No golf for you for a while. I've had the new CX's as my 56 and 60 for the last two rounds. Replace worn out Snake Eyes (as Tom Wishon said, new Tom's to replace old Tom's) and the results have been

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon CX microgroove wedges

2007-03-07 Thread Tom Wishon
my wife finding out Donald - Original Message - From: Tom Wishon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:36 PM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Wishon CX microgroove wedges DONALD: Thanks for the question that allows me to tell you about them. First

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon CX microgroove wedges

2007-03-07 Thread Tom Wishon
without my wife finding out Donald - Original Message - From: Tom Wishon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:36 PM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Wishon CX microgroove wedges DONALD: Thanks for the question that allows me to tell you about them

RE: ShopTalk: Shaft Profiling Discussion

2006-11-06 Thread Tom Wishon
. IN the meantime, hope this helps a little, TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Childers, Tedd A Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:39 AM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Shaft Profiling Discussion EXCELLENT post John

RE: ShopTalk: Shaft behaviour

2006-10-25 Thread Tom Wishon
ANDRE Don't know if you meant your question to go to Tom Wishon or not when you addressed it to TOM, but I'll pop in with a comment on this. Based on my experience and research, what I have seen in both high speed video as well as in modeling, the properly fit shaft arrives at impact

RE: ShopTalk: New Wishon Book

2006-10-24 Thread Tom Wishon
Thanks John for the mention. Jokingly, I will tell you that Search Driver is more of the same in terms of it being pro-custom fitting, pro-clubmaker, and anti-standard clubs off the rack in the surreptitious message woven through its pages!! In reality, it is shorter than the first Search

RE: ShopTalk: Educating the consumer (was: New Wishon Book)

2006-10-24 Thread Tom Wishon
(was: New Wishon Book) At 03:05 PM 10/24/2006, Tom Wishon wrote: Jokingly, I will tell you that Search Driver is more of the same in terms of it being pro-custom fitting, pro-clubmaker, and anti-standard clubs off the rack...it is shorter than the first Search book - done consciously so

RE: ShopTalk: Flatline vs frequency chart

2006-08-25 Thread Tom Wishon
DAVE: I remember a long time ago doing some research on this and finding that Dunlop UK actually was the first to do frequency measurement in the late 1960s and frequency matching of shafts before Joe did it for Brunswick. While Dunlop's patent for what they did is long expired, I remember

RE: ShopTalk: wrist to floor measurements

2006-04-15 Thread Tom Wishon
Bryan: Here is the one we created Wrist to Floor Driver Length 5-iron Length 27 to 29 42 36 1/2 29+ to 32 42 1/2 37 32+ to 34 43 37 1/2

RE: ShopTalk: Shaft Quality and Bend Profiles

2006-01-18 Thread Tom Wishon
LLH and DAVE Yes thats definitely true that the CF both bends the shaft forward AND pulls the shaft back in an attempt to straighten the shaft at the same time. I wonder which one wins? TOM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: ShopTalk: Club CG Finder

2005-12-31 Thread Tom Wishon
AL: I've had both the CG and head MOI machines for about 2 months now. It does take a little time for each head on the CG machine, about 10-15mins, but pretty fast on the MOI unit. We will have all the driver CGs and driver MOIs in the catalog for 2006 done with this unit as well as the MOI

RE: ShopTalk: C of G measurement

2005-12-19 Thread Tom Wishon
CG measurement machine from Mondher at golfmechanix.com which does all the proper plane CG measurements. It's not yet posted as one of his products on his site yet because it is brand new for 2006. Hope this helps, TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: ShopTalk: C of G measurement

2005-12-19 Thread Tom Wishon
it is brand new for 2006. Hope this helps, TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 4:06 PM To: shoptalk@mail.msen.com Subject: ShopTalk: C of G measurement I bought one of those jazzy Maltby

RE: ShopTalk: Building your own power tools

2005-10-26 Thread Tom Wishon
Title: Message BRAD: In think that the last time I checked on a 1 x 30 belt sander, GolfWorks has the best price. TOM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FERRINI, BRADFORD L (PB) Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:20 PM To:

RE: ShopTalk: Building your own power tools

2005-10-26 Thread Tom Wishon
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Wishon Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:38 PM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Building your own power tools BRAD: In think that the last time I checked on a 1 x 30 belt sander, GolfWorks has the best

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon Short Driver Article

2005-10-13 Thread Tom Wishon
ED/DAVE: I moved all driver headweights in our line to 200g up from 196g in 2004. All of these heads do have my weight bore through which you can add another 9 grams if required to hit whatever swingweight/MOI that you may be seeking. We have had a 14 deg loft driver in the 915 line

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon Short Driver Article

2005-10-13 Thread Tom Wishon
ED: Yup, tooling all done and the tungsten tip weights will be 9 grams and produced so that the stem which will be inserted up into the shaft ID will not extend above the top of the hosel and thus never cause any stress point on the inside of the shaft. Should have them first part of the year.

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon Short Driver Article

2005-10-13 Thread Tom Wishon
improvement I can think of. Dan Neubecker -Original Message- From: Tom Wishon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:12 PM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Wishon Short Driver Article ED/DAVE: I moved all driver headweights in our line to 200g

RE: ShopTalk: Rangefinders

2005-10-10 Thread Tom Wishon
Dave, et. al: Does anyone think it either a bit odd or incongruent for the USGA to constantly express the credo that they pose equipment related rules so that technology cannot replace skill, and then they decide to allow rangefinders in play to tell us the precise distance from ball to target?

RE: ShopTalk: harrison striper shaft

2005-06-11 Thread Tom Wishon
head.  Tom Wishon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Barnett Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:10 AM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: ShopTalk: harrison striper shaft Help please. I am just a hobby style club maker. I have

RE: ShopTalk: Equipment on the PGA Tour

2005-05-19 Thread Tom Wishon
. Conversely if no one is using a certain piece of equiptment there must be a reason -- put simply most likely that it's no good or just possibly that nobody knows about it. Or, just possibly, you're dealing with a company (like Heavy Putter, or TourSwing, or Tom Wishon, or... pick just about any

RE: ShopTalk: Wishon 715CLC

2005-02-10 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN: Thank you for posting the link on Shop Talk. That was nice of you to do that and I most certainly appreciate that. This was a really fun project for me to do and we look forward to finishing up the opening production run very soon to be here in early March. TOM -Original

RE: ShopTalk: Wedges

2005-01-27 Thread Tom Wishon
Dave, et al: What I liked about this site was the naming of the grind options and explaining them. I did not even see how they measure bounce so I don't know anything about that. If it's different than what I am used to, then I don't like that because I am so used to thinking about bounce in

RE: ShopTalk: Most stable plane of shaft oscillation

2004-12-09 Thread Tom Wishon
Cub and Alan: The Series 5 Steel shafts have always been manufactured for me by RP except for a short time in May Aug of 2003 when RP got so far behind in making their big boys orders that I had to rely on TT to do them for us. But since summer of 2003, they have only been made by RP

RE: ShopTalk: porosity-grain structure

2004-11-23 Thread Tom Wishon
TOM: Ill chime in on this because I have a pretty fair amount of experience in this area. First of all, the grain structure of the metal from which a clubhead is formed is primarily an internal thing. One a heads surface is polished and finished, whatever edges of the grain structure

RE: ShopTalk: Reshaft Mizuno MP001

2004-10-25 Thread Tom Wishon
as soon as you can after heating. The only OEM head I found tricky that I had to do for this study was the Fusion - that one you have to be more careful using a little heat at a time, wait for the heat to take effect and then keep applying high pushing force with a good extractor. TOM WISHON

RE: ShopTalk: Roll (was Flat Faced Driver)

2004-09-02 Thread Tom Wishon
SCOTT: There are two main reasons why roll cannot work in the same manner as does bulge. For one, for the head to even be able to rotate about its CG in a vertical manner of rotation, the shaft would have to be gone from the club. Because the shaft is in close to a vertical plane as it is

RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver

2004-09-01 Thread Tom Wishon
would would benefit from a bit of roll so that they can change their ball flight without changing their angle of attack. But most of us hacks just aim for the middle and hope for the best! Do you eventually see creating drivers with no roll at all? -Dave Tom Wishon wrote: There is no real

RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver

2004-09-01 Thread Tom Wishon
Herico's Cat you will find that most of the driver's offere there have the 14 X 14 inch B*R. RK - Original Message - From: Tom Wishon To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver David

RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver

2004-08-31 Thread Tom Wishon
Graham: I can shed a little experience on this matter of no bulge woods that might help your customer think a little about this.  Way back in the wood wood days I had a chance to be part of a little testing in which we made woods with a true flat face from heel to toe.   I remember

RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver

2004-08-31 Thread Tom Wishon
indicative of more or less curvature? Tedd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Tom Wishon Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver Graham: I can shed a little experience

RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver

2004-08-31 Thread Tom Wishon
clubmaking. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Tom Wishon Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Flat Faced Driver TEDD: Because bulge and roll are both a radius, that means

RE: ShopTalk: not golf, star gazing

2004-03-23 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN: Thanks for the stargazing tip - here in the mountains with our elevation and no light pollution you can't believe how bright the stars and planets are in the sky on a clear night. So since we are in the midst of some very clear weather these days, I will be sure to take note of your tip

RE: ShopTalk: Cold!!!!!!!

2004-01-16 Thread Tom Wishon
Guys: Hey Jim, your mention of the monkey brought back a real smile to my face that made me recall that other cultures use the same _expression_. Year ago I was on a biz trip to Scotland in January on a project and one of the guys I was visiting there was a member at Old Prestwick GC,

RE: ShopTalk: WHERE IS TOM WISHON???

2004-01-13 Thread Tom Wishon
-Original Message- From: Jim Ivette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 6:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: WHERE IS TOM WISHON??? I was looking atWishon P series wedges and wonderingif they stack up to the forged snake eyes wedges. How 'bout

RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration

2003-12-18 Thread Tom Wishon
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration Geez Tom, facts like that will make me drink even more on the plane. Thanks! Jacques At 04:39 PM 12/17/2003 -0700, Tom Wishon wrote: JOHN: OK, I have always been fascinated by airplane technology so since you brought it up, I have

RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration

2003-12-17 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN: OK, I have always been fascinated by airplane technology so since you brought it up, I have to ask you - is it true that a 747 holds 47,000 gallons of fuel and do the wings actually flex 17 feet between sitting on the ground and cruising at 585mph? Inquiring minds want to know!! TOM

RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles Tom Wishon

2003-11-05 Thread Tom Wishon
: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles Tom Wishon Tom, I just had an interesting distance challenge and surprising results fitting a senior woman about 5' 4 in low 70s age group, whom I had never met. She plays

RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles Tom Wishon

2003-11-04 Thread Tom Wishon
: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles Tom Wishon Tom, I got my copy of. golf digest last week( Canada gets every thing later than even than the freebies in US) Very good article on loft, launch ,and trajectory. Did you do any tests using slower swing speeds typical of Seniors or Ladies ? Now

RE: ShopTalk: Top Clubmakers / GD / Dr. Loft

2003-10-16 Thread Tom Wishon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Top Clubmakers / GD / Dr. Loft At 04:17 PM 10/15/03 -0600, Tom Wishon wrote: Good points for sure but most all of the readers of GD believe that the custom clubs used

RE: ShopTalk: Top Clubmakers / GD / Dr. Loft

2003-10-15 Thread Tom Wishon
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Tom Wishon Sent: October 14, 2003 3:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles SNIP / SNIP Now my next project with GD is to convince them they need to publish a booklet and side article on top clubmakers just like

RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft articles

2003-10-15 Thread Tom Wishon
article is there any way we can get it in electronic form? Jeremy. Tom Wishon wrote: Arnie: Well since you asked for opinions, you probably know my opinion on this already!! This was a pretty interesting project to create and produce for GD. I have to say that their equipment editor, Mike

RE: ShopTalk: Top Clubmakers / GD / Dr. Loft

2003-10-15 Thread Tom Wishon
can hardly wait to get my hands on your recent GD article. Thanks Harry S www.Golf54.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Wishon Sent: October 14, 2003 3:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Golf Digest Higher loft

RE: ShopTalk: Residual Bend N plane - Steel Shafts

2003-10-14 Thread Tom Wishon
] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Residual Bend N plane - Steel Shafts At 11:43 AM 10/13/03 -0600, Tom Wishon wrote: RK: What you say is true and it is interesting. I remember when I was able to spend a fair amount of time on the production floor

RE: ShopTalk: Residual Bend N plane - Steel Shafts

2003-10-13 Thread Tom Wishon
Dave et al: I''ll throw my 2 cents worth in on this and offer the premise that what you are seeing in the difference of the steel shafts vs graphite is explained by the two different manufacturing processes. Steel shafts are almost all made from steel sheet material that is coiled and high

RE: ShopTalk: Residual Bend N plane - Steel Shafts

2003-10-13 Thread Tom Wishon
RK: What you say is true and it is interesting. I remember when I was able to spend a fair amount of time on the production floor with Apollo a number of years ago, we were talking about seamless vs welded tubing. Their engineers confided that while they were glad that the market at that time

RE: ShopTalk: Kids Fitting Chart/Guide

2003-10-09 Thread Tom Wishon
Ben: Here is some information for fitting young juniors that might help you. This is the most recent revision that I have done to the junior fitting work that I had done in the past. TOM WISHON Junior Fitting Recommendations Height Weight Driver 5-iron 9-iron/Wedge 42 35

RE: ShopTalk:Rattle

2003-09-29 Thread Tom Wishon
Brian: Rattles can be from a number of different things. 1) a small particle could break loose from a part of the welding inside the head. Most of these are usually found in the manufacturing process because decent foundries all tumble their welded heads in a large rubber lined vibratory

RE: ShopTalk: Stirring the pot ....

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Wishon
/ stuff ... Thanks Harry S -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Wishon Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: ShopTalk: Stirring the pot Pat: You're right in that there is no human on the planet

RE: Re: ShopTalk: Stirring the pot....

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Wishon
is a whole lot less than it is at 110mph. Just my 2 cents on this, TOM WISHON -Original Message- From: Bernie Baymiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: ShopTalk: Stirring the pot Pat, They claim he can accurately

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