You guys are on the verge of making this difficult.
Actually, there is an even easier way.
If you just FIX the flange at 59 degrees, you will never be more than an eighth of an inch off due to lie error. My own tool is a ruler with a bent aluminum (not hinged) flange at 59 degrees. But now 60 degrees has an additional bonus; it can measure drivers for conformance. Maybe I'll bend mine up a degree. It will make the error even smaller for irons. The error for fairway woods will still be negligible. The driver measurement will be a tiny bit larger -- but the conformance measurement will be spot-on.
You are basically playing at the fringes of accuracy and won't affect your club making. The bottom line is, be consistent.
Amen, brother Al. And a fixed, non-hinged flange is more consistent than a hinged one.
Cheers! DaveT
