RIduffer Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Had a fitting for some iron shafts the other day and also tested the impact of the balance certified weights in the grip section. They definitely did some good things, improved distance, smash factor and club head speed all while improving the dispersion on the 6 irons I was hitting. Two things came up as a result of the testing I was doing... 1) Over time would you need to increase the amount of weight in the grip section in order to offset the increase in muscle strength that the weight is going to cause to develop? In other words, will you eventually get used to the different weight distribution and need to increase it in order to continue to derive benefit? 2) It seemed the inner diameter of the heavier graphite shafts was too small to fit the weights. Would boring out the shaft to allow for the weight insertion adversely impact the performance of the shaft? Thanks for your thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eca Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Hey R, I did look at this a while ago but never tried it. Wouldnt the supplier/fitter be able to answer these questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 its too hit and miss if you do it alone. you need a fitter to help you navigate the path. there are a gazillion combinations trust me. http://www.balance-certified.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Looks like a fancy counterweight to me. Experimenting with this can take a while, depending on your meticulousness and willingness to assemble and disassemble. The weight itself is reasonably simple but the grip might suffer from repeated pulls. I spent a few months trying to save a set of badly cut shafts experimenting with counterweights I made with lead and held together with belt tape. I needed to keep it outside the shaft to be able to add or subtract as ideas came and went. At conclusion, I snipped the needed weight, formed it into a tube, bathed it in epoxy and slipped it into the grip end. My experiments had taken place just below the grip so I had to add about 20% more lead at the grip end to get the same feel. I thought about bolts, washers, screws and a variety of hardware for the weights but decided on sheet lead I bought at the hardware as the easiest and most enduring application. In the end, I threw away the shafts as a lost cause. The operation was a success but it only proved to me that I had wasted my time on shafts not worth the effort. Shambles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted July 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 I did ask the guys at Balance Certified Golf, but I also like to get opinions of people that might have tried something similar in the past. Not always willing to give complete trust to a manufacturer. The response about needing to adjust over time was that most people do not keep their clubs long enough and since every club set is different a different weight could be required anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 I did ask the guys at Balance Certified Golf, but I also like to get opinions of people that might have tried something similar in the past. Not always willing to give complete trust to a manufacturer. The response about needing to adjust over time was that most people do not keep their clubs long enough and since every club set is different a different weight could be required anyway. Once you have a set that works for you it normally takes a fair amount of time for you to need different specs, unless the first assembly was wrong in the first place or you are improving at a marvelous rate which is more often a mistaken impression. If you find the clubs good, you're unlikely to change them all that easily but might be frustrated at not playing more often than you already are. I don't much like the looks of those weights dangling down the shaft. I get the feeling that repeated vibration will cause a rattle. I much prefer my own home made solution regardless that it's a more clumsy application. For temporary use, I might cut out the butt end of a gripped shaft and use those weights alternately to find a weight and feel I like. It seems to be designed for that purpose and should be adequate. Shambles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted July 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 My intent is to find the weight I like and then put them under the grip in a final build of the club. This set of clubs should last me quite a while and as such am going the extra mile in the setup. There is a set screw that compresses a rubber against the inner wall of the shaft prevenig it from rattling once set. As long as I can get to the set screw I should be able to tighten it should the need arise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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