Re: ShopTalk: Swing Weight fixture

[Paul]

Hi Tom, This sounds very interesting but I am having trouble visualizing it.  I have a golfsmith swingweight scale but no frequency device.  How exactly would this wire loop be used?  It sounds like it would contribute almost no weight at all if it is as thin as a steel guitar string.  I have only made clubs based on swingweight so far.  Have only been building my own clubs for a couple years now.  Is there a picture somewhere that would save a thousand words? thanks, Paul D tom barnett wrote: Bob: I use a loop of very small diameter steel wire at the club end of my swing weight device. You can test for the effect on the club by taking the measurement of a club with the wire and without it and adjust for the difference. The butt end of the shaft is slipped through the wire loop and the swing weight may be measured with the shaft beyond the end step. For my device, from Golfsmith, it was less than one swing step. I hope this helps. Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Don M Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:50 PM To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Swing Weight fixture Bob, I have seen a write-up of a person who drilled a hole such as you are comtemplating. Using a pre-tested club as a constant, he weighted the back end of the scale with lead tape to re-zero it. I have often wished to do the same thing. The other way is to sacrifice a "goat" shaft, I believe. I have a write-up somewhere on that but have never done it. You start with a full shaft and keep cutting and measuring as you go down through the set. You might be able to use it for your shortest club at the end, or else it is just the sacrificial goat. Something like that. -Don M --- Bob Barrette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All: I dry fit all my clubs to my desired frequency, my problem is, getting a uniform swing weight throughout the set. If I add lead powder to match s/w, that changes the frequency.(catch 22) I thought of drilling a hole in my swing weight fixture, which would allow me to check s/w at different points on the shaft, but then it would change the counter balance, by removing some weight from the shaft cradle. I have a Kenneth Smith fixture and the cradle is very thick, and drilling a hole would remove quite a bit of weight.Then a formula would be needed to determine the plus or minus effect on s/w, based on the amount of shaft protruding through the fixture. Does anyone out there have an easier solution to this problem? If so, would you share it. Thanks to all, Bob --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!