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Don,
I tried to send you the attachment, but your spam-blocker wouldn't let it
through.
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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 9:33
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Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again
Hey Bernie, send it to me
to...df
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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:59
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Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again
George,
As I recall, the Apache PM-30i (now the MFS 30+) R1 was about 283 cpm
raw. I found that 275 cpm was what I needed...picked up 10-15 yards in that
much softening, and it still feels stiff to me. I'd guess the Powerflex
FW-501 would play about 3 or 4 cpm softer than the R1 Apaches, but the
profiles are obviously different so it's strictly a guess. Suggest you get a
couple of shafts and try them out...at $6.95 for singles, you can't lose
much. Since it's an R/S combo shaft, you have plenty of room to stiffen it.
That Pro Perimeter head is a good bargain for an inexpensive set,
too. I was hitting the set very well again today. Missed two greens
with full iron shots today...one an easy 7-iron that I pulled 15
feet left of the pin into a Bermuda grass bunker...had to chunk it out and
DB'd the hole 3-putting from 12 feet. :-( The other was another 7-iron I hit
dead at, but 20 feet short of a front-side pin and chipped up
for a gimmee. Our greens have just been aerated and I had trouble with
the putter all day...3 three-putt greens and a 78 that could easily
have been a 73 if the swingee had been a little smarter...had maybe 6 birdie
putts under 15 feet and only made one on the second hole. The manufactured
quality of these heads is certainly not as good as Wishon's, but comparable
to GW CER series and some of GS stuff. The design is clean and the heads
play as well as any. For an addicted clubmaker like me who likes to try
new stuff several times a year, heads and shafts like these make it possible
and affordable.
I'll send you my set record table and pic of the head privately. If you
have Microsoft Word, you can open it OK.
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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:26
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Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again
Bernie,
I need to build a low cost set of irons
for travel. I was going to order the apache mfs 30+, this powerflex sounds
too good to be true. I normally play the R-1 in Apache's old spec's.
how do you think this shaft will play without soft stepping it.
George
Huson
Bernie Baymiller wrote:
Don,
SK Fiber makes very good shafts, though I haven't tried the
Tri-Tec. I use the Pure Energy A for most of my long drivers. Here's an
iron shaft option, if you want to experiment...
I found an inexpensive graphite shaft which seems to play
as well as my old $15 Apache PM-30i A-2 shafts. It's a Hireko
proprietary filament wound Powerflex FW-501 combo R/S iron shaft (I'm
using the R softstepped one club with a 3/8" slope), spec'd at 88 grams,
but is actually 81-82 grams (same weight as my Apaches), torque
3.0...about where I like it. Consistency shaft-to-shaft was quite
good on my NF2, with a spread of only .023" for ten shafts, all
readings taken on the NBP...or a little less than 5 cpm, I
think. Seven of the shafts has spines less than 2 cpm and the
other three were .013", .015" and .016", or a little less than 3 to
a hair more than 3 cpm. Cost is $6.30 each/10 shaft quantity. Tip
sensitivity was .026"/inch, or about 5 cpm. These shafts have a profile
that feels a little heavier than many graphites the same weight...which
is a feature I like because it stabilizes my swing on the short irons.
Impact feels very solid and shaft action is smooth. Played three
rounds with them and had three straight 77s...if I could putt, they
would have been 74s or less. :-)
Used Pro Perimeter heads ($6.95) with these shafts, very clean
looking cavity backs with low offset, and used Hireko's Soft Tread
grips ($1, like a Softee). Swingweight across the assembled 3-PW set was
D2.9 to D3.5, or .6 of a point spread (except for SW at D4.7, which I
wanted heavier). Also, tried the NBP-COG alignment, which seems to
result in a very straight ball flight (though most of these shafts
really didn't need any particular alignment). Club length is standard
graphite lengths. Component cost about $15 a club. Time will tell,
but these might be my "cheapo" iron success of the year.
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Sent:
Sunday, September 14, 2003 6:58 PM
Subject:
ShopTalk: Again
Can anybody recommend something better
then SK Fiber Tri-Tec iron
shafts?
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