Dan, I second what Al wrote about the accuracy. You don't need absolute readings as much as you need relative readings.
About the stand, since you're looking at setting it into the floor, you might want to think about getting a stand from Mitchell and then making an adapter to fit the Golfsmith machine. That way, when you buy the Mitchell, you already have your stand in place and you can just swap out the machines. Also, when you look at the Mitchells, look into getting a rebuilt one. I got one about 2 years ago and I couldn't tell the difference between it and a brand new one. They're also a lot cheaper. I've got mine bolted to my garage floor and it's solid as a rock. There's not a club made that I can't break with that setup!!! Hope this helps, Mark Al Taylor wrote: > Dan, > 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 > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
