supo Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) yes............ so there i was a few short weeks abo, stuck with this driver head and NO shaft to put in it. how can this possibly be i hear u all ask.... surely living in JDM land that MUST be impossible. well it wasnt...... i picked up a driver that i have done a cpl of small pieces on previously from solid contacts. its got a made for solid , fujikura shaft in it that weights 45 gram. get this the whole club, weighs just on 250 gram! i bought it out of novelty really thought it might make a nice play thing, i like this comapanys driver heads ,esp the shape of the face, super looking things., took it to the range and played around with it last weekend i didnt hit it that badly ,really ,infact i kinda really liked it. the head that i was really into. its a 360 cc head in 10.5* all face , the body is tiny with a big rounded pear shape to it. its a good looking head. so i take it to my builder ,and just say, work some magic, make it sing. what do i need to put in this ? crazy,,quadra,,,,diamana.... p9003x uwant em, i got em, whats its poison? he hands it back saying i cant help u, the head is only 165 grams! , nothing will suit it, nothing.. im stood flabergasted as u might expect. but i just hit this with a stick of spagetti and i like it, surely there is somehting?? no Gd 9003x not crazy sigma.. what??? nope , he hands it back i walk off depsondand but not defeated, of COURSE theres a shaft for this i say. first i have to explain what i want this driver head to do no its not toplay 300 yards shots , i just want an insurance driver, a quasy 3 wood. similar to the kasco FD , similar to the RC dr spoon,, but a bit more robust, more driver looking ,somehting that wont go so high. something in affect i can take to windy longy and bang a few off the 16th with confidence that ill hit the short stuff to the left and not blow right into the parramatta grass, which i wil say is like hitting form heather,, but much,much worse. next time im back in he shop we stand there and i say , hey what about steel????????? he fingers his chin , goes gets a catalogue and comes back woth a NS 950 steel s driver shaft hmmmmmmmmm this might actually work. ":charrenger" he says and build it. i took it out last week and was clobberign the daylights out of it. not left . not right, not overly short either for yr guide!. high ish but no balloons , and easy to hit the 10.5* got de lofted a wee bit with the steel , and it was hititng nice mid high shots that stopped dropped. could hit stingers, snap hooks , punch fades, all pretty well. distance was more than adequate. perfect pro cord gripped it looks great.. will take it out the game tomorrow as my course is very tricky and requires much more accuracy than distance on a lot of holes cant promise anything yet but steel shafted divers for accuray might be something in this ?????????????????????????????? Edited March 20, 2012 by supo67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankopotamus Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Pics please. And which head did you stick the steel into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Ill post at the range tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMan Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) Dang! 165 grams... Now that's a light driver head! Edited March 21, 2012 by FatMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 supo, weight wise there are some graphite options diamana bb 103 matrix hd10 gd ad di-10 nunchuk they all weight over 100g and even in S but X would be a hair heavier so that should be roughly on par with ns950fw weight wise. hd10 is basically a telegraph pole, di10 is hard to source. i'm looking for a quality BB 103 X pull at reasonable price for a similar kinda project btw. ns950fw is great shaft but a bit soft in my opinion even tho very stable. i'd imagine it plays even softer in a driver and should be great for a smooth swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 right well..... 950 X driver shaft i nthe solid contacts head 6 drives withthis today 5 middle of fairway one left. this was a draw machine, everyshot went left, must be very heel heavy bec for me to hit draws with woods defies pyhysics! distance-- VERY VERY good, a LOT further than i anticpiated maybe 15 yards behind the yamaha no more , this was extremely surprising, its further than the kasco and lower. very solid driver very good for doing what i wanted it to but a bit longer. iwill be taking this to sydney and playing it at longy its perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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