RE: ShopTalk: C of G measurement

2005-12-19 Thread Tom Wishon
TECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 5:12 PM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: RE: ShopTalk: C of G measurement Thanks Tom, I was hoping you'd respond and I appreciate now being informed and properly educated! :-) Looks like I might have to save my pennies f

Re: ShopTalk: C of G measurement

2005-12-19 Thread Ed Reeder
I obviously defer to the master :-) I will say that the GS unit and my crude methods were accurate enough so that the MOIs of a driver, 3w, and 5w I measured came out within 1% of their targets. /Ed Tom Wishon wrote: JOHN: I'm not posting this for any other reason than to talk about accura

RE: ShopTalk: C of G measurement

2005-12-19 Thread jhm
Thanks Tom, I was hoping you'd respond and I appreciate now being informed and properly educated! :-) Looks like I might have to save my pennies for one from Golf Mechanix and return the one I just received. If you've got time this week, how about a quick note on the new TW goodies for 2006? Jo

Re: ShopTalk: C of G measurement

2005-12-19 Thread Ed Reeder
John, I've got the GS version which is slightly different. One thing that really helps is to first find the general balance point on the face and then put a piece of masking tape there. The tape provides enough friction so the head won't slip. That has always worked for me. However, if it d

RE: ShopTalk: C of G measurement

2005-12-19 Thread Tom Wishon
JOHN: I'm not posting this for any other reason than to talk about accuracy of how things are measured because years ago when I was with GS and did a balance point CG finder, I did not know what I am about to tell you. So I was ill informed or improperly educated back then as well. You cannot