Steve, Most of today's woods have such a short hosel (or no hosel at all), that most companies say to not bend them. The older metalwoods had a longer section above the hosel and there are some L&L machines which are equipped to bend them a few degrees, I think (never tried it).
Lie isn't very important on a driver, anyway, unless the appearance of an off-lie club bothers you. So if only a few degrees off, don't worry about it. Perhaps it is a little more important on a fairway wood...because the toe or heel could hang up in the grass, but if the sole is curved to any extent, it isn't very important on these woods, either (up to a 7W, in my experience). I've been able to hit long drivers (48"), which have a very toe-up head position at address and an 8� and 9� loft, right down the middle of the fairway. Loft accentuates the effect of an incorrect lie...the higher the loft, the farther off direction the shot will be. To see the effect of loft on shot direction, attach a rod perpendicular to the face at it's center. Rock the head forward and back and watch which direction the rod points. It will barely move on a low loft driver...say, 9� or 10�... but put it on a PW and it will point much farther to the right or left. Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 2:45 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Lie adjustment for woods > I'm fairly new to club-making and I have a question about adjustments to the > lie of a wood. There has been a lot of discussion about the importance of > testing and adjusting the lie of irons, but I'm unclear on how to handle this > issue with woods. The materials I have read about fitting say that you > cannot dynamically check for lie on woods. Is this true? Also, if you want > to change the lie angle of a wood, how do you do it? All of the tools I see > advertised as loft and lie machines only handle irons. I'd like to thank all > of the people on this list who contribute their years of practical expertise > to answering questions from people like me. > > Steve > >
