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11-04-2005 01:00 PM #1
graphite iron shafts longer than steel
Could someone tell me why graphite shafts in irons are usually 0.5 inches longer than the steel shafts. Shouldn't they be the same length?
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11-04-2005 02:03 PM #2
I had the same question awhile ago, here's what was discussed.
http://forum.ottawagolf.com/showthread.php?t=8531
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11-04-2005 02:51 PM #3
Thanks!
From reading your thread, it has to do with swing weight so isn't there another way to adjust swing weight on graphite shaft with the same length as steel. Probably with weights or lead powder or something...I'm no club maker.
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11-04-2005 03:33 PM #4Originally Posted by bobblehead
However, when you're building thousands of sets like the OEMs are, it doesn't make sense to inventory two different weight heads so they just make one set, and build the graphites longer.
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11-04-2005 05:13 PM #5
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Originally Posted by bobblehead
This allows for proper swingweight OR MOI(Moment of Inertia) matching of the clubs without increasing the length of the club, which in turn, would necessitate altering the lie angle, too.
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11-05-2005 07:01 PM #6Originally Posted by BC MIST
This hosel port design I hate. Only on steel shafts, when I turn the club upside down with the head up to wipe off the excess epoxy, the hosel weight ports falls out. I'm a big fan of the lead weights that plug into the bottom of the shaft.Kind regards, Harry
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11-05-2005 07:37 PM #7
Just put the hosel weights in and let them dry before you assemble the shaft.
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11-05-2005 07:38 PM #8Originally Posted by TourIQLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
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11-06-2005 08:42 AM #9Originally Posted by BC MISTLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
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11-06-2005 10:11 AM #10
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Originally Posted by TourIQ
Originally Posted by TourIQ
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11-06-2005 10:13 AM #11
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Originally Posted by Chieflongtee
If this does not make sense just take a club and set up on a flat surface to an imaginary ball. For those of you who still have a traditional swing, the toe of the club will be slightly off the ground. Now, choke way down on the club to the point where the butt may be contacting your belly, and observe what has happen to the lie of the head when it rests on the flat surface. The heel is now off the ground so the lie angle has effectively become very flat.
If you encounter an uphill/sidehill lie when you play, AND you choke down on the club, the choking down somewhat reduces the amount of uprightness that the upright part of the lie would give you. But if you had a downhill/sidehill lie, AND choked down on the club (theoretically) the choking down increases the amount flatness that this downhill lie would normally give. Too bad you couldn’t choke up on a club for this kind of lie.
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11-06-2005 10:39 AM #12
[QUOTE=BC MIST]Yes. In a normal set of irons, what happens to the lie angle as you go from the 3 iron to the gap wedge? The lie angle of each succeeding club becomes more upright as the club becomes shorter, so when you choke way down on the club, it’s length is shorter, so the effective lie angle has become flatter, ie., more toe down, increasing the chance of the ball going right.
Makes sense. I had a smilar shot yesterday. Choked a 3 iron all the way down the grip. Ball ended up pin high but to the right of the green.Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
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11-15-2005 01:38 AM #13Originally Posted by Chieflongtee
Since the first club I made 10 years ago. I just find it more comfortable that way.Kind regards, Harry
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11-15-2005 01:40 AM #14
[quote=BC MIST.[/quote]
Hi BC MIST
[[Or even epoxying the weights in the weight port with 5 minute epoxy before installing the shafts.]]
Yes I have done that BUT would rather just use plug weight in the shaft tip.Kind regards, Harry
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