Mjr. D Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 I've recently gotten into club building as I like to tinker, learn and have control over how my clubs look and play. Anyway, I bought what I need to find the spine (easy and works with every shaft I've tried) and Flo. However flo'ing the shafts that I use (x flex to tour xx flex) Modus 3, Recoil Protos, Monaco protos, Rogue 125, Diamana X, etc. I have literally spent 5 hours "flicking" these shafts and I cannot get them to flat line oscillate. I've literally rotated them 360* in tiny increments, flicking them a hundred times and every time, every shaft just wants to rotate counterclockwise (over the top). Oddly enough though, I took a Dynamic Gold S200 shaft that came with a wedge I bought and was able to get it to flat line oscillate fairly quickly. So does this mean very stiff shafts tend not to Flo easily or at all compared to a much softer flex shaft or (arguably) a lower quality shaft (doesn't really make sense)? Any idea why I might be having problems with this? P.S. I also noticed the "flick" is a major factor in how the shaft oscillates. Slightly low to high flick angle = more of a clockwise rotation. Slightly High to low flick angle = counterclockwise rotation. But again, I'm making sure I flick them on a dead neutral 180* plane, yet every time they want to rotate counterclockwise (right hand club). Thoughts. Help, anything. Appreciate it guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1dirtypanda Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) For the xstiff iron shafts u need a heavy weight. I just got a 454g weight. That's what tom wishon uses. There was a recent post with this exact se problem on wrx. Edited August 7, 2015 by 1dirtypanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjr. D Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Really? Is that the problem? I didn't want to use too heavy of a weight with graphite shafts due to stress concerns but maybe I'll try this. I used a 205g weight and a 315g weight I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1dirtypanda Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 I think 205g for graphite should be enough. 454g for x100 type steel iron shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1dirtypanda Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 also, what are u using to clamp them down? it needs to be stable and no shaking. also the clamp need to be pretty tight as I believe if you're using grip on it could cause it to not FLO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjr. D Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 No grip, just a standard vise with shaft adapters/holders from golfsmith. They seem perfectly fine. I clamp them pretty tight. The longer I tried to flo the tighter I clamped just do to frustration haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteretro Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 I also read about the heavy weight (454gms) wishon uses a while ago Where does one order one from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 If you can locate one, the removal chuck from a drill would suffice for the steel shaft FLO'ing weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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