Paul
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On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:05 PM
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Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Swing Weight fixture
Hi Tom,
Mine does not have a hole, but it does have a notch behind the shoulder
that holds down the grip end of the club. Is the purpose of the wire
loop to be able to tie the butt/grip end of the club in place while
extending it further back than the shoulder stop allows?
Thanks,
Paul
tom barnett wrote:
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> Paul:
>
> I currently have no means to upload a picture, so let me
> try to explain the positioning of the wire loop.
>
> I use nichrome wire of about the diameter of a sewing pin, cut it to a
> length of about 5 inches and run it under the top of the butt retainer
> on my Golfsmith swing weight device. Mine is several years old and
> the newer ones may be different but I can slip the wire through the
> small hole left where the right angle in formed in the butt retainer.
> I then adjust it for a proper loop and trim the excess wire wit side
> cutters.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Tom
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Paul
> *Sent:* Monday, September 17, 2007 7:18 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: ShopTalk: Swing Weight fixture
>
>
>
> 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:
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> 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]
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Don M
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:50 PM
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 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]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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>> 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
>>
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