The "Ask a Clubmaker" Thread

[Captain Nemo]

Push.
Ive read and seen footage of putts hit from behind with the toe sitting up, and it causes pulls.
Youtube it.....

[Daves]

A mate has lent me his Frequency Analyser whilst he is away for a few weeks. I am just trying to set it up correctly at the moment. I didn't get a chance to get instructions or a demo, so I am a bit unsure on a few things;

1) Does it matter where the tip weight is positioned? Does it have to be on the tip at a precise length/depth?

2) The Woods tip weight weighs 216 grams and the iron one 249 grams, are these "standard" as I have seen reference to a 205 gram weight being the standard?

3) The info I have read seems to say that the butt end clamp length should be 5", measured from where?

Any help appreciated.

[dc68]

Call Perci Dave, he had/has one.

[chappy1970]

Daves the 5 inch clamp should be from flush with the butt end (no homo) of the shaft.

As far as tip weights go, most have a bore hole where the tip is supposed to be inserted, so there should be no guess work with it. The weights you have are fine for what you want to achieve

[Daves]

Call Perci Dave, he had/has one.

Yep, he was my next port of call.

Daves the 5 inch clamp should be from flush with the butt end (no homo) of the shaft.

As far as tip weights go, most have a bore hole where the tip is supposed to be inserted, so there should be no guess work with it. The weights you have are fine for what you want to achieve

Thanks Chappy, that makes sense. The clamp he gave me is only 3 inches wide and has a depth gauge of sorts on it which was measuring about 6 & 1/2". Once I turned the depth gauge around the right way, the 5" made sense! The iron weight has a plug in it to establish depth I found, the Woods ones didn't, but I now know how deep to install it (about Prep depth basically).

I am getting some interesting results. Shafts with heads attached apparently measure quite differently to a comparable shaft with tip weight.

Examples;

NS Pro 970 R installed in a AP2 5i = 267cpm
NS Pro 105T S installed in an AP2 5i = 292 cpm
NS Pro 970 R 5i iron shaft measured at same length as above with tip weight = 280cpm
NS Pro 950GH S 5i shaft measured at same length as above with tip weight = 318cpm

[leftyhack]

Chappy, PM sent re re shafting irons

[timah!]

How do you most accurately measure the length of irons?

Measure from heel to just under the end of the grip?

[timinsa]

Straight ruler up the back of the shaft leant roughly at playing angle of the club. Measurement from the ground to end of shaft or end of grip depending on whether you are a Titleist or Mizuno fanboi.

[Captain Nemo]

I bought one of these from Tozer ages ago, great investment
http://www.golfworks.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_TMR

[BayBum]

Will a Harrison Saga 60s give me more flight and spin than my current VTS Silver 6s ?I haven't had any dealings with the saga but have read good things.Currently playing a 9.5 Fast12 LS with the VTS but the ball isn't staying airborne long enough.More of a low/mid rainbow flight with very little spin.

[Johnny Canuck]

Do you need one?

[BayBum]

I have one JC but I dont want to waste my time or $ if the numbers don't stack up to begin with.I'm not a fan of tinkering tbh.

[TheNuclearOne]

Will a Harrison Saga 60s give me more flight and spin than my current VTS Silver 6s ?I haven't had any dealings with the saga but have read good things.Currently playing a 9.5 Fast12 LS with the VTS but the ball isn't staying airborne long enough.More of a low/mid rainbow flight with very little spin.

Saga won't be the answer here. The first answer is always get more loft but shafts like the Axivcore Black kick the ball up quite a bit.

[BayBum]

Saga won't be the answer here. The first answer is always get more loft but shafts like the Axivcore Black kick the ball up quite a bit.

I was thinking about the Axivcore Tour Black or even the Blue 69. Im gonna grab the V2HL off JC & see how that goes.

Thanks TNO. I guess the Saga can sit & wait for the next driver if this experiment doesn't work

[TheNuclearOne]

I was thinking about the Axivcore Tour Black or even the Blue 69. Im gonna grab the V2HL off JC & see how that goes.

Thanks TNO. I guess the Saga can sit & wait for the next driver if this experiment doesn't work

The HL should let you know if you need to ditch the loft/head, that's for sure.

[xr06t]

Not sure if this is a 'clubmaker' query but i need help with my driver.


I am currently using a cleveland launcher 10.5 with the 44g fujikara in stiff. I was a little unhappy with the height and consequent distance loss with the 10.5 so i found a launcher 9.0 with a stiff diamana 50g. I thought i was onto a winner but after trying the 9.0 i have found my slice is back. I have had problems losing my drives to the right for a long time but had it under control with the 10.5 putting the ball forward in my stance and strengthening my bottom hand. even doing this with the 9.0 sees 8/10 drives heading way right (only 2/10 with the 10.5).

Will putting the 44g fujikara into the 9.0 head solve all my problems or is there more to it than the shaft?

Thanks

[TourFit]

There is more to it than the shaft...

Less loft means your mishits will have more off-axis spin (often misrepresented as sidespin) in the direction your swing path/face angle dictates. So if you naturally tend to fade/slice, then less lofted clubs will make it worse.

The length of the club can (will) also make a difference. The longer the shaft is generally the harder it is to hit the ball a) in the middle of the clubface and b) with the clubface angle in the correct position.

[mrbluu]

Q: I brought Timah's RBZ with a 76g Stiff V2 shaft which I feel I hit a fraction low. Would installing the lighter stock shaft allow me to hit the ball a little higher??

[Captain Nemo]

Yep, send the V2 my way.....😀

[timah!]

Q: I brought Timah's RBZ with a 76g Stiff V2 shaft which I feel I hit a fraction low. Would installing the lighter stock shaft allow me to hit the ball a little higher??

Yep, whack the stocko back in...

[mrbluu]

Yep, send the V2 my way.....

Putting an order in tonight, can order you one thru that if you like??

If the V2 gets pulled from the RBZ, it will be going into the VSteel.....maybe.

Yep, whack the stocko back in...

Cool. Might do.

[Captain Nemo]

Where from mate?

[mrbluu]

golfworks.

[darkmatter]

Hi guys,
bought a dirt cheap tp7hd, tipped for 5w, but it turns out it's been tipped at least 2.5", and its only got a 3" parallel tip!
I want to put this in my 906f2, but its a bore through. Could i insert it 1.5", fill the remaining bore with an old shaft tip, and butt extend it to length?
The shaft doesn't go that far into a 910 sleeve, so maybe i have to whittle down the tip to fit?
What do I do clubmaking gurus????

[LeftyHoges]

Hi guys,
bought a dirt cheap tp7hd, tipped for 5w, but it turns out it's been tipped at least 2.5", and its only got a 3" parallel tip!
I want to put this in my 906f2, but its a bore through. Could i insert it 1.5", fill the remaining bore with an old shaft tip, and butt extend it to length?
The shaft doesn't go that far into a 910 sleeve, so maybe i have to whittle down the tip to fit?
What do I do clubmaking gurus????

Yes you can do this, they even have a name for it. For some reason blind-bore comes to mind but don't quote me on that. But short answer is yes, you can do it. Be mindful though that if its been tipped 2.5 inches when a 3 wood should probably only have about an inch it'll play pretty damn stout to flex.