Ahhh, another lost soul to join my happy club ;-) Such an animal as you wish to locate does not exist. For instance, I had occasion today to check out the freqs on a few graphite shafts in my possession. I had to build a TM 360 clone (oops . . . I meant a club similar to the 360.) My customer wants something in the (dammit) "not too stiff, but not too firm either" category - a solid request eh? I consider a shaft with those specs to freq in the 242 - 248 cpm range @45", and with torque in the 3.5 - 4.5 range. So, I selected a Grafalloy 3.5 R, a TT Rocket R, a UST 65 R, a UST 75 R, a Graftec YS 70 R, and a Precision Composites Mach 22. I spined each shaft, shimmed the head onto each, marked the 45" finish length, set the spine at 12:00 in the ClubScout II freq meter, and twanged away. Guess what? Not one of the graphites matched any one of the others. Freqs ranged all the way from a low of 240 cpm (the TT Rocket) to as high as 251 cpm (the Mach 22.) I ended up using the 245 cpm UST 65 R flex shaft, which fell in the middle of the range of the shafts tested. So, you may want to do what I've done over time; test each shaft you install or intend to install, and begin your own "comparison" chart. I think most clubmakers with any experience have done something like that.
However, and this is a big however, frequency alone won't get you where you want to be. There are weight, spine, bend point, torque, and even cosmetics, to consider when selecting a shaft. Add those to the golfers' characteristics and you are just beginning to see what's involved in putting the correct shaft into a golfers' hands. It can be daunting but it sure as hell is a lot of fun. TFlan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:35 AM Subject: ShopTalk: shaft flex v.s. frequency > Is there a source where I can match frequency to shaft flex? I have > clubs from two different manufacturers, both showing frequencies of 270 > plus or minus 2 one is a combination s/l flex one is a 6.0. Help. > > Thanks > > Tom >
