Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones

2003-03-05 Thread Steve \"Cub\" Culbreth
Hey TFlan,   Nipple rings BABY!!!  I was stylin'!  ... YEAH!   ;-)   Cub - Original Message - From: tflan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:34 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones Hey Cubster;   Whe

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones

2003-03-05 Thread Macbyrd
In a message dated 3/5/2003 3:34:38 PM Hawaiian Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When you spanked everyone's butt were you wearing your leather outfit? The one with the mask and the studded vest? Were they handcuffed or did you use ropes? TFlan, If Cub loved Koolau then he must have bee

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones

2003-03-05 Thread tflan
TECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones   BTW:  Finally got around to playing Koolau.  I actually loved it. Spanked everyone else's butt. They hated it!!  My lost ball count = 6. The closest to me out of our

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones

2003-03-05 Thread Steve \"Cub\" Culbreth
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 7:01 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones In a message dated 3/4/2003 4:13:21 PM Hawaiian Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology/ B. Jones

2003-03-05 Thread Macbyrd
In a message dated 3/4/2003 4:13:21 PM Hawaiian Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not exactly the same topic but close. have you noticed that Jones lifted his right heel off the ground in his backswing. Dang near comes up on his toe. I watched him on the golf channel one day and couldn

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Alan Brooks
ubject: Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology It's sad when you respond to your own post, but it occurred to me that if you can do the 90-degree shoulder thing so that there is minimal twist in your wrists at the top of your backswing, by delaying your release (leaving the club cocked wel

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Al Taylor
Purely a technical comment. Your wrists do not rotate. Your forearms do. No biggie in this conversation though. Al At 11:14 PM 3/4/2003, you wrote: It's sad when you respond to your own post, but it occurred to me that if you can do the 90-degree shoulder thing so that there is minimal twist

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread bob boone
Allan, Is it like talking to yourself??? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Brooks Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology It's sad when you respond to your own

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Alan Brooks
It's sad when you respond to your own post, but it occurred to me that if you can do the 90-degree shoulder thing so that there is minimal twist in your wrists at the top of your backswing, by delaying your release (leaving the club cocked well into the down swing) your wrists are forced to lag

RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology; Another take

2003-03-04 Thread Greg Zachmann
: Harrison Spineless Technology; Another take Greg, > On placement my intuition tells me that if the clubhead is releasing from > being loaded coming into impact I would want that clubhead to exhibit the > same self centering effect that a shaft exhibits when tension is placed on

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Alan Brooks
Let's see. We agree that the club face is parallel to the swing plane at the start of the downswing and perpendicular to the swing plane at the start of the back swing and at impact. There strike me as two extremes in the ways you can do this. First is to not rotate your shoulders and simply

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Steve \"Cub\" Culbreth
  Mac,   Not exactly the same topic but close. have you noticed that Jones lifted his right heel off the ground in his backswing. Dang near comes up on his toe. I watched him on the golf channel one day and couldn't get the picture out of my mind. Screwed me up even more t

Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology; Another take

2003-03-04 Thread kellcats
loading instead of unloading, this might make sense. Pat K > > From: "Bernie Baymiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/03/04 Tue PM 05:05:33 EST > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology; Another take >

Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology; Another take

2003-03-04 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Greg, > On placement my intuition tells me that if the clubhead is releasing from > being loaded coming into impact I would want that clubhead to exhibit the > same self centering effect that a shaft exhibits when tension is placed on > it in a spinefinder. I guess that's spine at 9. Or is it??

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Dave Tutelman
At 03:48 PM 3/4/03 -0500, Bernie Baymiller wrote: > The pictures where the wrists are cocked show the back of the left hand to > the camera. Between 009 and 010, the hands turn so the edge of the left > hand is to the camera. That's a 90* roll in the last fraction of the > downswing before impact.

RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology; Another take

2003-03-04 Thread Greg Zachmann
ds in. Clear as mud Pat K > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/03/04 Tue PM 01:29:04 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology > > Dave, > We're in the same camp on this issue - I've attempted to explai

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Dave, > The pictures where the wrists are cocked show the back of the left hand to > the camera. Between 009 and 010, the hands turn so the edge of the left > hand is to the camera. That's a 90* roll in the last fraction of the > downswing before impact. Which is EXACTLY what I was talking about.

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Dave Tutelman
At 11:48 AM 3/4/03 -0500, Bernie Baymiller wrote: > That's because the hands roll, so the club rotates 90* around the shaft > axis during the downswing. But most of the bending (until centrifugal force > -- tip droop -- takes over near impact) will remain in the target plane. If you look at the Bob

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Al Taylor
Bernie, Remember back about 5 or 6 years ago when we had a fellow that was a department head at a college and was an expert on physiology? He explained quite precisely how the release took place and that it was the rotation of the forearms. I think Dave T's explanation is as good as it gets fo

Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread kellcats
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/03/04 Tue PM 01:29:04 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology > > Dave, > We're in the same camp on this issue - I've attempted to explain this here to some > ex

Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread kellcats
to think not. Also, if it does, then the best solution is a better shaft, not alignment. Pat K. > > From: Dave Tutelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/03/04 Tue AM 10:47:33 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology > > At 08:59

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Macbyrd
In a message dated 3/4/2003 6:48:52 AM Hawaiian Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you look at the Bobby Jones single strobe pics, you'll notice there seems to be almost no hand rotation of the shaft before impact. His hand position on the shaft is almost identical at address, at the top

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Macbyrd
In a message dated 3/4/2003 5:48:38 AM Hawaiian Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * There have been no convincing controlled experiments to support the ideal alignment, if there is one. There is ample anecdotal evidence to convince me that alignment can make a difference, but nowhere nea

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Corey Bailey
"Not enough interest has been applied to the most interesting (IMHO) question: at what size does spine begin to matter." Dave makes an excellent point here. All of my experimenting with customers has been with shafts that have a predominant spine so that I know the customers can feel a differen

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Dave, > That's because the hands roll, so the club rotates 90* around the shaft > axis during the downswing. But most of the bending (until centrifugal force > -- tip droop -- takes over near impact) will remain in the target plane. If you look at the Bobby Jones single strobe pics, you'll notice

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Dave Tutelman
At 08:59 AM 3/4/03 -0600, Donald Johnson wrote: Pat: I respectfully disagree with that. If what you are saying is true than the oscillation pattern would be the same no matter what plane the shaft is twanged in. I know that is not true. I have also plotted the path an unloaded shaft

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Donald Johnson
003 1:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology Alan: Indeed, Pat Kelly’s comment regarding the direction of shaft loading is correct and your “Fun Experiment” supports that. However, neither addresses the potential for the random location of a predominant spine

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Scott Bershing
I've had a few rifles like that as well. The problem is that there are a lot more of them on the flip side that have an absolutely huge spine at or over 10 cpm. Scott At 08:35 AM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: Corey, > There's no such thing as a spineless steel shaft and probably won't be in our

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Bernie Baymiller
Corey,   > There’s no such thing as a spineless steel shaft and probably won't be in our lifetime.Interesting that you should mention that. I have a 5.0 Rifle iron shaft that I've been saving because it is as perfect a steel iron shaft as I've seen...only .002" deflection around the circumfer

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-04 Thread Pat & Laura Kelley
Dispite what you've shown the shaft does when it oscillates, the whole deal is irrelevent.  If you consider Alan's experiment, the club has hit the ball at the 1/4 cycle mark, where it returned on the EXACT plane that it was loaded in, regardless of spine position.  What happens after that 1

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-03 Thread Corey Bailey
Alan: Indeed, Pat Kelly’s comment regarding the direction of shaft loading is correct and your “Fun Experiment” supports that. However, neither addresses the potential for the random location of a predominant spine to affect the unloading of the shaft during the downswing. In fact your fun experi

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Pat & Laura Kelley
Pat -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Brooks Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology At 04:03 PM 3/2/03 -0500, you wrote: >. . . Now, when the shaft is unloaded, it

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread bob boone
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology Pat: Guess what I have talked to several tech (Professional Club fitters) on the tour mostly senior and Buy.com (or what ever it's called now) and I get a different answer. I also assume these folks are as qualified as t

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Donald Johnson
, 2003 3:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology Bernie, First, I've done a reasonable amout of alignment testing myself, but I've spent many hours discussing the concept of alignment with folks who spend days with this - techs who work for 2 of the

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Alan Brooks
At 04:03 PM 3/2/03 -0500, you wrote: . . . Now, when the shaft is unloaded, it moves in the DEFLECTED direction that it was loaded in, not exactly on the swing plane line. If this coincidentally works, great, but it IS COINCIDENCE, not science. Here is a fun experiment that demonstrates this effec

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Bernie Baymiller
lex is a "false N" or not. But then, I fit for 99% of the players and not for the 1% of pros. Frankly, I don't give a damn what the pros are playing...except knowing that if they are playing it, it's too costly, too stiff and probably to short for me and over 100 of my customers

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Pat & Laura Kelley
tend to align S1 (I've been educated/convinced that S1 in steel is bend, not spine) at 6, FWIW. Pat K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bernie Baymiller Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: H

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Dave Tutelman
At 12:53 PM 3/2/03 -0500, Pat & Laura Kelley wrote: Dave, I agree with everything you've posted - but there is an 'issue' that's unresolved here. Personally, I found it very insulting for someone to ask for emperical data showing the advantages of a minimally spined shaft when THERE IS NO DATA SHOW

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Bernie Baymiller
o fixes his advertising claims). Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Pat & Laura Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:53 PM Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology > Dave, >

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Pat & Laura Kelley
, 2003 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology Hi, Harry. At 02:29 AM 3/2/03 -0500, Harry F. Schiestel wrote: >Yes Dave you got the main point of my message (alignment of a predominant >spine shaft could results in better perform

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread Dave Tutelman
eed journals. Today's journal papers tend to be from academia or from small companies wanting to make a splash. I see the same trends in the golf industry. Cheers! DaveT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Tutelman Sent: Friday, Feb

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-02 Thread timhewitt
Perhaps this rule will help you understand why an asymmetrical shaft is against the rules of golf - from the USGA website: "Appendix II, 2b requires that: At any point along its length, the shaft shall: bend in such a way that the deflection is the same regardless of how the shaft is rotated a

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-03-01 Thread Harry F. Schiestel
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Tutelman Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology Alan, Outstanding post!!! Thanks. I think your comments about the SST "data" are well-founded. A

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-02-28 Thread Dave Tutelman
ess technology you said "spine orientation or purring is really not necessary any more". Prove this by sharing the data if you will. Thanks Harry S <http://www.Golf54.com>www.Golf54.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Sent: We

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-02-27 Thread Alan Brooks
Hi Arnie, I was quoting the engineer's perspective.  I like the colorful shafts too, even though I am an engineer my father was a photographer and I come by my appreciation for color honestly. Regards, Alan At 12:09 AM 2/28/03 -0500, you wrote: In a message dated 2/27/03 11:43:20 PM Eastern Standa

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-02-27 Thread Arniesclubs
In a message dated 2/27/03 11:43:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then some artist in a corner that nobody but the marketing types likes because the engineers don't think they add anything to the design process (solid black is a great color for a shaft) decides what the shaf

RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-02-27 Thread Alan Brooks
irection incorrectly > Thanks HFS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample Hi Harry, As an eng

RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-02-27 Thread Mike
7:51 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology Hi Mike C Sure I can "do what I want to do", even if I choose to do what is wrong.  That is not my question or concern. Mr. Cheng, my question to you relates to statistical data (old spine align

RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology

2003-02-26 Thread Harry F. Schiestel
half Of MikeSent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:36 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample Dear Harry:   Alan is on the mark. You can still do what you want to do with spining or purring. However, you will find that the

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

2003-02-26 Thread Al Taylor
A FWIW:  A few years ago, Penley started to use a computer program that specifically placed "spines" strategically around the shaft so that they, in effect, all cancelled or minimized each other's effect.  They, basically admitted they couldn't get rid of them, in the manufacturing process, so th

RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

2003-02-26 Thread Mike
e mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our new interactive web site http:\\www.harrison.com -Original Message-From: Harry F. Schiestel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday,February 26,2003 9:45 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

RE: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

2003-02-26 Thread Harry F. Schiestel
TED]Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:37 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sampleHi Harry,As an engineer I can assure you that man has yet to make anything that was perfect (or in this case, spine-less).  What Mike is saying is th

Re: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

2003-02-26 Thread kellcats
TED] > Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample > > Hi Harry, > > As an engineer I can assure you that man has yet to make anything that was > perfect (or in this case, spine-less). What Mike is saying is that their > shafts will not have a '

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

2003-02-26 Thread Alan Brooks
Hi Harry, As an engineer I can assure you that man has yet to make anything that was perfect (or in this case, spine-less).  What Mike is saying is that their shafts will not have a 'prominent spine'.  What I interpret this to mean is that the spines that exist will be of sufficiently low magnitud

RE: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

2003-02-25 Thread Harry F. Schiestel
Hi Mr. Cheng I applaud your efforts to make the best shaft in the business.  I carry your shafts on my web site (so I am a paying customer). I have used a lot of the Harrison UL Pro 2.5 to 4.5 woods in the past (and loved them), and my customers embarrass the UL line. To make such a marked

Re: ShopTalk: Harrison Spineless Technology and free sample

2003-02-25 Thread Dr. Voo
Mike,   Thanks for the quick response and the information for all on the new Premier Lite 85 shafts.  I appreciate the explanation for the problems I had with the Striper Titanium shafts and the steps that your company is working on to correct this problem.  Good luck in your endeavors and i