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Eddieblade21 14 August 1, 2022 0 Comments

Hi, I am a very new club maker, and I love tinkering with my clubs. I have always love fixing things.

I own a Ralph Maltby MA0222 swing weight scale. I recently damaged my KBS C-taper Lite stiff 110g shaft, in my 6,7 and 9 irons. These are Apex Pro 19 clubs. The grip that I am using is a golf pride tour velvet plus 4 midsize. I like everything standard length, lie and D2 swing weight.
I will explain my steps, I cut the shafts to proper length, install the ferrule, then I start to measure the swing weight. Please note the grip is not installed on the shaft it’s placed on the scale per the instructions provided for MA0222.
I get the swing weight to about D2 but when I assemble the club epoxy the head, install the grip with one piece of double sided tape and install the weight after totally assembled I get a D3.4. Please note the swing weight is calibrated perfectly.
Please explain what I am doing wrong

I inserted a pic of the instructions for placement of the grip from the manual

Britt Lindsey Answered question August 1, 2022

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Answer 1 · 2022-08-01T15:18:38+00:00

The method you describe and what we show is a good way to estimate what the final swing weight will be. Generally, it will be within 1 swing weight point of the assembled swing weight, but there are things that can take it out of that range. If the grip butt cap of the grip you are using is a little thicker, it can make the club distance in front of the fulcrum (head side) a fraction longer, which will increase the swing weight number. As Jim said, the epoxy and tape can offset each other, but that depends on you and how much you use. I do like suggestion Jim gave of using an old split grip of the same weight and actually pushing it on the shaft to get the dry fit swing weight, but it has to have a similar butt cap to the one you are using as well as be the same weight.

Britt Lindsey