I read somewhere you pioneered this technique, can i adapt a dial force guage to my system?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Baymiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:41 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: NBP-COG > Jim, > > Generally speaking...Steel shafts are almost all Type 1, with one NBP and > one spine opposite each other. Most graphite shafts are Type 2 shafts with > two NBPs opposite each other and two spines 90� from the NBPs. The softest > NBP, call it the N1, is the NBP you want to use for the NBP-COG alignment. > When you put a flex on a shaft in free bearings, the shaft rotates to a > stable point...and the NBP is on top. But, you don't know which NBP is N1 > unless you have a way to measure the stiffness of that point. A Neufinder > with a dial indicator to measure deflection is the fastest and easiest tool > to measure N1 and N2, as well as S1 and S2, if you want to know the spine > magnatude. For this NBP-COG alignment, the location and size of the spine(s) > don't matter. You are only interested in the N1. > > > Then when you put the shaft into the housel and lay it off > > the end of the table the spine will point up and the NBP will point down > > towards the COG of the head? Does this sound right? > > If you are using a steel shaft, that is correct. I haven't used this > alignment with any steel shafts yet. Let me know how it works for you and if > you see any differences. My friend Harry used Precision Superlites with this > alignment and found them to hit the ball much straighter for him (a 90+ > player). > > Bernie > Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
