Hi Guys, At the risk of raising the spine issue for the umpteenth time I thought I might mention one lttle alignment technique I tried which worked pretty well. There seem to be some concern as to just how closely a particlar point (sorry, plane) on the shaft could be aligned. I'm and NBP at 3:00/9:00 or 9:00/3:00 sort of guy. Admittedly it is difficult to get the alignment down to the couple of degrees but 5 degrees is a whole lot better than 45 dgerees.
To see how close I could get it I took a 1" square plastic block about a half inch thick and cut a .56" notch in it. I installed a set screw to hold the block onto the shaft. I drilled a small hole in the side of the block and stuck a 10" long shis ka bob stick in it. I then secured it to the shaft about where the grip would end. I did my twanging and when I found the minimum frequency plane while twanging vertically I slid the block around 'til the stick pointed directly vertical. When I glued the head in place I simply addressed the "ball" and rotated the shaft until the pointer was pointed at my target, or directly away from it if the logo looked better. I haven't messed with this approach lately. I find it much easier to use shafts with one cpm variation or less. Cheers, John K
