Re: ShopTalk: ACD shafts

[Alan Brooks]

Hi Dave,  That's not much difference.  Since you are doing a comparison to 
look at differences I would exaggerate the difference to make it more 
discernible and then back off for actual clubs if you decide you like 
it.  I would use a light weight shaft to get the length difference up to 
about 1-inch with the same swingweight.  Test the extremes, then if you 
find a difference from the steel shaft back off to where you can't and see 
where you are.  A Rifle Graphite gave me approximately an inch in a 
4-iron.  Good luck.

Alan Brooks

At 09:22 AM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
Five iron. Relatively forgiving head.

Rapport Low Torque shaft, at Cub's recommendation. (I don't think I'd use 
it in a set; it's tip-trim only.) Medium-weight shaft. Club a little long 
(about 3/8" longer than my steel-shafted clubs), to keep the swingweight 
the same as my clubs. Shaft somewhat stiffer than mine -- because it's 
tip-trim only so I couldn't get a flex softer and fix it.

This is mostly to see if the extra length hurts. If I can't hit it as 
consistently as my current 5i, then I'll try it at the same length but 
lower swingweight. If that fails too, I'll continue to use steel for my 
irons until somebody comes out with a graphite shaft that is light weight 
but sufficiently tip-heavy that it swingweights like steel.

Cheers!
DaveT
At 06:48 AM 3/3/03 -0500, bud carbonaro wrote:
Dave

Tell us a little about your experiment???  it sounds like obviously an iron
with a graphite shaft....  are you going with a very light weight shaft?  or
something in the 80+ gram range???  are you playing with swingwts or lengths
different than your steel shafted irons???
Bud

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Tutelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: ACD shafts
> I don't know. My take has always been that the principal advantage of
> graphite shafts was weight. With the reduced weight, you can make the
clubs:
>   * Lighter swingweight, if you don't have the strength for full-weight
> steel shafts.
>   * Longer at the same swingweight, if you need them longer for whatever
> reason.
>
> By either measure, I don't need graphite in my irons. But I'm going to do
> some experiments with it anyway. I already have the experimental club.
Now,
> if the snow will cooperate and go away, I can do my experiment.
>
> Cheers!
> DaveT