Mark, Thanks for the forward thinking. I do appreciate the input.
I'm sure I'd figure this out on my own, after four years and thousands of dollars. Dan --- Mark Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan, > I second what Al wrote about the accuracy. You > don't need absolute readings as > much as you need relative readings. > > About the stand, since you're looking at setting it > into the floor, you might > want to think about getting a stand from Mitchell > and then making an adapter to > fit the Golfsmith machine. That way, when you buy > the Mitchell, you already > have your stand in place and you can just swap out > the machines. Also, when > you look at the Mitchells, look into getting a > rebuilt one. I got one about 2 > years ago and I couldn't tell the difference between > it and a brand new one. > They're also a lot cheaper. I've got mine bolted to > my garage floor and it's > solid as a rock. There's not a club made that I > can't break with that > setup!!! Hope this helps, > Mark > > Al Taylor wrote: > > > Dan, > > I would recommend that you build your stand so > that when you have a club in > > place, and the bar attached, the grip of the > bending bar is about where > > your hands would hang, or a bit lower. The reason > being that you can > > control your pull and push easier with straight > arms and use your body > > weight to push and legs to pull. ( I think, > anyway) > > > > BTW, no matter what height you mount it, you have > to bend over to align the > > head in the clamping device. I usually have a > chair set in front of the > > machine so all I have to do is set the club in > place, sit down and align, > > tighten, and then stand and bend. Just my system > to expedite the process. > > > > As for checking it's accuracy, there are several > club measuring devices > > that can check the lie/loft/face angle etc. I use > one from Golfsmith. The > > reality is that the machine is probably within +/- > 1* and you probably have > > that much error in slack. Besides, your most > critical bends will be > > relative to the rest of the clubs. Eg. You will > make your dynamic lie > > test, bend it the correct number of degrees, take > a reading of the new > > angle and bend the rest accordingly. Same for the > Lofts. Whether the > > machine is off a degree or two is less important > than whether all the clubs > > are correct in relation to one another. > > > > FWIW, > > > > Al > > > > At 09:55 AM 8/20/2003, you wrote: > > >I came across a Golfsmith Loft & Lie machine at a > > >price I could not pass up. (next one will be a > > >Mitchell) > > > > > >Question: Rather than go through trial and error, > at > > >what height is best to mount the machine on a > stand > > >from the floor? I am 5'11" if that helps. > > > > > >I'm planning on setting it directly to the > concrete > > >floor. > > > > > >Also, by what method may I check to make sure > that the > > >machine is properly calibrated? > > > > > >TIA > > > > > >Dan > > > > > >__________________________________ > > >Do you Yahoo!? > > >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > > >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
