Thanks to everyone for the input on this. I am currently taking the home study course from Golfworks and it has been very valuable, but the one thing that I don't get from it is the practical advice from people who make clubs every day. I know that the differences from spec are very small, but what worried me is the large or small gaps between consecutive clubs. Weighting the heads seems to be the answer and I know that there are many other variables to account for in assembling clubs. Given all that, what is the collected wisdom of the list about using tip weights and altering the center of gravity of the club? My course book suggests not doing this and using lead tape, but I am doubtful about the real difference tip weights will make as far as COG.
Steve In a message dated 2/8/2003 2:38:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Steve, > What you need is a good club making book from one of the major component > distributors. You will find you have a whole lot of specs to deal with to > get a consistent set of clubs. Shafts, shaft lengths, head weights, swing > weights, frequency (flex?), etc. Non linear head weight progression will > throw both swing weight and frequency profiles out of whack a bit. You > need to read up on this a bit to understand it. > > Most reputable component companies will give you +/- 2 or 3 grams. Not bad > considering it is only about 1% tolerance. Head or tip weights are the > most common way to correct for this. Most steel shafts can be found > within 2 or 3 grams, often closer. Graphites can be 3 or 4 grams. They > have entire schools on this subject so really can't be covered real well > here though I am sure some will try. > > Al > > > > At 02:03 PM 2/8/2003, you wrote: > >Here's another practical question. From my reading, I take it that iron > head > >weights generally increase about 7g for each lower numbered club. What is > >considered acceptable for deviations from this or from the sets > >specifications when constructing a set of irons. I purchased a set of club > >heads on sale for a fairly low price. When I weighed the components they > >came up like this: > > > >club weight spec > >3 246 246 > >4 251 253 > >5 262 260 > >6 267 266 > >7 270 272 > >8 279 279 > >9 288 287 > >P 297 294 > > > >Is this deviation from the specs typical or is this indicative of a low > >quality component? None of them are more than 3 grams off of spec, but the > 4 > >and 5 iron are now 11 grams apart. How far off from spec should a quality > >component set be? > > > >Also, how far apart should identical uncut shafts be as far as weight? > > > >Thanks. > >Steve
