I would recommend that you build your stand so that when you have a club in place, and the bar attached, the grip of the bending bar is about where your hands would hang, or a bit lower. The reason being that you can control your pull and push easier with straight arms and use your body weight to push and legs to pull. ( I think, anyway)
BTW, no matter what height you mount it, you have to bend over to align the head in the clamping device. I usually have a chair set in front of the machine so all I have to do is set the club in place, sit down and align, tighten, and then stand and bend. Just my system to expedite the process.
As for checking it's accuracy, there are several club measuring devices that can check the lie/loft/face angle etc. I use one from Golfsmith. The reality is that the machine is probably within +/- 1* and you probably have that much error in slack. Besides, your most critical bends will be relative to the rest of the clubs. Eg. You will make your dynamic lie test, bend it the correct number of degrees, take a reading of the new angle and bend the rest accordingly. Same for the Lofts. Whether the machine is off a degree or two is less important than whether all the clubs are correct in relation to one another.
FWIW,
Al
At 09:55 AM 8/20/2003, you wrote:
I came across a Golfsmith Loft & Lie machine at a price I could not pass up. (next one will be a Mitchell)
Question: Rather than go through trial and error, at what height is best to mount the machine on a stand from the floor? I am 5'11" if that helps.
I'm planning on setting it directly to the concrete floor.
Also, by what method may I check to make sure that the machine is properly calibrated?
TIA
Dan
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