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Old 10-18-2004, 03:43 AM
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Re: Buiding my own driver?

LowPost has a good list for starters.

Club making is not just a glue job. I have found that to make premium club, a good deal of knowledge about shaft spines and weighting is needed. A steel shaft has one spine and a graphite 2 spines. Don't trust the labels on th shafts or the way your irons are assembled. I took my Hogans, factory assembled, apart and marked the original location. I spine aligned the shafts and found only 3 to be perfect, 2 slightly out and 3 so far out they were almost unplayable. I realigned all the shafts to the desired location, re weighted the clubs properly, that's another story, and now they play fantastic. There are a few good books on clubmaking, before starting to explore this (Expensive) hobby, aa good book will be a huge asset!

If you seek this endevour, you will definately improve your equipment, but mistakes can be very expensive. Start with Steel Shafted Drivers, then work into graphite.

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