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Stholloway 8 February 8, 2024 2 Comments

Hi, I’m having trouble (actually I always have had issues with it, but I always lived with it) with a swing weight scale. It’s serial number 08291230. It seems to be off and its error seems to increase as swing weight increases. I have placed know clubs in it and it’s always varied up a weight, but there is some in consistency that seems to come from the fulcrum point. It’s like the machining isn’t accurate enough and if it slides slightly in the track left or right there are points that cause resistance. There’s no razors edge balance point if you will. I have cleans the contact points and tried a couple lubricants with a silicone grease being best and light oil worst. None perfect. And ideas to help.

Britt Lindsey Answered question February 8, 2024

Rlafoone commented February 8, 2024

Not sure what model scale you have.
I have a golfmechanix digital sw scale. It’s accurate to .3 SW pts..
It reads to .1 SW (that doesn’t mean accuracy).
I have another mechanical scale (golfworks) that set me back about a $125.similar to GM 1009. t’s accurate to about 1 SW. personally I think that’s about the best you can expect. You might want to verify the accuracy of your weight.

Stholloway commented February 8, 2024

It’s the Golfworks scale SWRM, but mine is the all black earlier version.

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Not sure what model scale you have.
I have a golfmechanix digital sw scale. It’s accurate to .3 SW pts..
It reads to .1 SW (that doesn’t mean accuracy).
I have another mechanical scale (golfworks) that set me back about a $125.similar to GM 1009. t’s accurate to about 1 SW. personally I think that’s about the best you can expect. You might want to verify the accuracy of your weight.
It’s the Golfworks scale SWRM, but mine is the all black earlier version.

Answer 1 · 2024-02-26T02:26:07+00:00

I will have to check if I can tell by the serial number how old it is. The SWRM rarely needs re-calibrating from my experience. We use them in our shops and the ones we have were built years ago. Still, something could be off. What are you comparing it to that leads you to believe the readings are not correct? Another scale? Has it ever been dropped or does anything look bent or not inline? Probably the best thing to do is to send it back to us and let us take a look. You could contact our customer service by phone and tell them you want to send it back for evaluation. If you have had it for more than two years it would not be under warranty, but we can still take a look and if we can repair it or re-calibrate it we wouldn’t charge you anything. You would need to pay the shipping.

Britt Lindsey

Hi Britt,
I got lost in other projects… I actually had success with taking the beam off, and I found one of the v’s had a burr in it. So a little careful filing and it works without binding. I think it’s off one SW, but it balances without any problems and is now consistent so it’s fully usable.