----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Shaft Help - SK Pure Energy
> Ed Reeder, > I've been on vacation for a couple weeks so this may be too late to help. > I've found that the Pure Energy is very uniform, shaft to shaft and in > stiffness in any plane. With that said, however, there is a certain > strangeness that I've found. The Butt end is very, very stiff compared to > the tip. This causes weird trimming to be needed if you want to build a set > of woods-driver and fairways. My example (freqs with ClubScout III, 5" > clamp, no grip): > Pure Energy A shafts, all within 2cpm of each other as raw shafts. To get a > set of three woods close to the slope (8.6 cpm/inch) I wanted, I had to do > the following with the actual clubheads shimmed on... > tip trim = freq tip trim = freq > Driver 46.5" 0" 230 > 3W 43.5" 0" 233 3.5" 253 > 5W 42.25" 0" 237 5.5" 260 > > The 0", 3.5" and 5.5" tip trims got me the slope I wanted. But because > these are supposed to be, I think, "butt trim to length" clubs, I was pretty > spooked by the huge trim needed for the 3 and 5W's. The good news was that > the client loved them. > > Another story...wanted 275 cpm 5W @ 42". Pure Energy R. > Tip trim [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > 0" 245 > 1 254 > 2 260 > 3 265 > 4 270 > 5" 276 > > Hope this isn't too late to be helpful..or maybe it'll be useful to someone > else > > Brad Smith > > > > > > > > On 7/22/02 6:55 PM, "Ed Reeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Chris, > > Thanks again. I just want to double check on the flex. I've > > heard conflicting claims on how stiff the PEs play. > > > > It is the R flex you are recommending as similar to the TaylorMade M 70? > > > > Thanks for your patience. > > > > /Ed > > > > Chris Burns wrote: > >> > >> 0" tip trim for the driver. > > > >
