As far as the GS Gauge is concerned, the plane of the shaft (as it effects loft) and the plane base is 90 deg. Given that, bounce should make no difference in the loft reading. Whether you line up the clubface to dead square on the GS Gauge definitely would make a difference though.
GregZ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of bob boone Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 8:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Scotland vs. Measuring Gauge Loft on irons is measured from the centerline of the shaft, so if the face of the iron is flat against the arms of the Scotland, you are getting the loft. The base of the measuring gage is perpendicular to the arm holding the shaft, you should get identical measurements!! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Bershing Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 5:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Scotland vs. Measuring Gauge Could it be possible that the difference I'm seeing is due to the bounce? The GS gauge measures loft in relation to the flat surface of the base of the gauge, vs. the Scotland measures relative to preset angles that aren't affected by the bounce. Scott At 08:08 PM 3/30/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Scott, > >I have the same two machines as you and have found the measurements on the >Scotland to be consistently 1 degree weaker than on the GS Club Gauge. The >lie is too close to call. Based on printed specs all bets are off when I got >into measuring a friends Volkey wedges. I got really weak measurements on >all three with the Scotland and the Golf Club Gauge. As the iron gets >shorter I have a more difficult time lining up the clubface on the Golf Club >Gauge. > >As far as the Scotland goes, just looking at the mechanics of the system, I >really can't see how it would be very far off unless a shaft was bent >between the hosel and the measurement point. Some have said it measures >offset clubs incorrectly but once again I can see how offset would affect >the measurement. Either way 2-3 degrees is a big difference-make sure your >doing the + / - math right on the machine. > >Take care, > >GregZ > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Bershing >Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 4:44 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: ShopTalk: Scotland vs. Measuring Gauge > > >I've been playing around with taking measurements using both the Golfsmith >Golf Club Gauge (model from a couple years ago) and the Scotland L&L machine >I recently purchased (roughly 6 years old). The Scotland lofts are based on >the older 'standard' of a 30° 5 iron, but doing the math is easy enough to >measure the loft & lie. > >Lie measurements come in really close, or at least close enough that I don't >question either of them. The loft measurements are usually quite a bit >different though. The GS gauge seems to average 2-3° stronger measurements >in loft vs. the Scotland. I would guess that the GS gauge is inherently >more accurate, but I'm questioning it at the moments as I've now assembled 3 >sets of irons since having both. All three sets measure strong across the >board according to the GS gauge, but are almost all dead on according to the >Scotland. I'm not so much worried about having each one dead on spec, but >I'd like them to all at least have an even loft progression of 4°, and I >need to start somewhere. > >So, which do I believe? I thought I remember reading something about the >Scotlands being off a little on their loft readings, so before I start >bending, I'd like to get some direction on which reading to trust. > >Thanks, > >Scott > >
