First post here, so thanks for your patience if this is not appropriate. I tried to search for flex board, "flex board", 'flex board' and either come up with nothing or come up with every post that contains either flex or board. I don't see anything obvious on how to refine the search, and I can't seem to search back more than to Aug. last year. So how do I find these references?
Similar results searching for torque measuring tool and frequency meter. Not that I'm going to build them, but I'd like to see what is involved. By the way, at the moment I'm more interested in building clubs for me than setting up a shop. Thanks --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave Tutelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:28 PM 10/1/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I would add here IMHO anyone starting in club building should first build > >the deflection board in the archives, learn to calculate swingweight using > >what should be one of your first tools, a good gram scale. I am often > >asked by a customer about "torque" when they more often mean to say > >"flex". It's easy to illustrate "flex" with a deflection board and this > >device will always be useful in club making. You can alter flex and swing > >weight so start with and understand those factors. > > That is why I said that a frequency meter is more important than a torque > meter. But Arnie is right that a limited-budget shop can measure flex with > a flex board instead of an F-meter. > > >I think that because you cannot change the torque of a shaft this factor > >is not worth testing against specs. unless you question a shafts > >supplier's honesty in printing the specs. If you don't trust that why are > >you buying from them. > > I can think of a couple of reasons for owning a torque meter: > > (1) Matching shafts against a customer's existing clubs. > > (2) Different manufacturers measure torque in different ways. If you want > to compare the torque of shafts from different manufacturers, you probably > ought to measure them comparably. But... There is a cheaper way that works > for most shafts. Dynacraft has a huge archive of shaft measurements for > most of the current shafts on the market, and many past models as well. I > always go there first to try to evaluate the specs of a shaft. > > > Component weights, shaft lengths and the effects will become easier to > > understand. Go on to splining and understand how that relates to flex and > > soon you will encompass knowledge of such things as "toe droop', and > > other factors in building. Soon you will want a frequency meter because > > of it's more exact measurement capabilities. You can't easily measure > > kickpoint but you need to understand the effect. Than you must get a good > > bending machine. > >How about a swing analyzer? A launch monitor? > >Will the list of gotta haves ever end? > > Sounds like the voice of experience here. Pay attention!!! > No :-) either. > > Hope this helps, > DaveT
