Blade with graphite shaft

[Bill Wood]

Since I've got some chronic tennis elbow and love a blade I'm going to have to look at a Graphite shaft. But I'm not sure if I can make up a set of grphites with a blade. Here's the specs - heads are Maltby - average weight is 260 grams 3-pw. Probably the weight of these shafts is going to be around 60 grams. If I can do this I'm going to mess around with a lot of lead tape.

Andre will proabably chime in on this. Is it possible to fit a blade to a grphite shaft with some degree of predictability.

Thanks all clubmakers

[jvincent]

There's no problem matching blades to graphite.

Is there a particular reason you are going with 60g shafts? You would probably be better off with a heavier graphite to make it play closer to what you are used to.

Other than that, the biggest drawback with graphite is the price.

[John]

I used to game blades with the Proforce V2 shafts at around 115 grams and i loved em.

[Chieflongtee]

If vibration is an issue you might want to consider prosoft inserts or sensicore inserts and you could also ram down a cork down the shaft.(steel shafts)
Lighter graphite shafts will possibly generate a bit more clubhead speed but if swingweight is an issue you will have to build them longer to achieve a swingweight over D. If going with graphite check the torque as generally speaking most graphite shafts have higher torque values than steel. If I were you I would try one club before comitting to the whole set.

[Bill Wood]

Thanks for the responses guys. All the responses I wanted to hear. I will go with a heavier graphite if I build them. I think vibration and shaft weight is an issue dealing with this tennis elbow issue.