Thanks Al.
--- Al Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
