Leereed
Head Pro
A lad at our place has sent his driver head off to be milled.i believe it makes the face thinner so adds more trampoline affect.has anyone else heard of this process?
Milled driver
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all the manufacturers, they are already as thin as they can make them within tolerance, why is he trying to make it thinner?
Won't it make it non-conforming
NorfolkShaun
Journeyman Pro
I have to wonder if this will make the club non conforming
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
My thoughts exactly.
Leereed
Head Pro
Because he believes everything he reads.Extra 30 yards and all that.i believe it will make it NONE conforming.
Khamelion
Tour Winner
Makes the face to thin and then hits a Pinnacle gold, he'll be picking the ball out of the inside of his driver head.
pbrown7582
Money List Winner
If they skim too much off he wont have a face at all. Theres not a huge amount of thickness.
not only non conforming COR but also could have issues grooves.
not only non conforming COR but also could have issues grooves.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I suspect all modern drivers have a CoF bang on the 0.83 limit.
Thinning the face will almost certainly create more CoF than is allowed.
And most drivers have such a thin face anyway it will probably cave in after a few shots.
Thinning the face will almost certainly create more CoF than is allowed.
And most drivers have such a thin face anyway it will probably cave in after a few shots.
Tiger man
Challenge Tour Pro
Just sit back and laugh when 1. It makes no difference to performance then 2. Turns inside out after a week. Fools and their money.
Leereed
Head Pro
And I will laugh the cheating git.
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
I've heard it all now, all he is doing is spending money to make his club non-conforming and probably likely to crack very soon.
markgs
Tour Rookie
waste of time, effort money. if he wants extra 30 yards buy a taylormade driver the promise all rubbish like that dont they
John_R7
Assistant Pro
Agree above it will make it non-conforming and probably collapse (assuming it is 'fairly new' ie less than 10 years old).
On a technical note - that will be some piece of milling!
To clamp up, datum & calculate a cutting profile on a curving driver face to skim probably 0.1mm - that is SOME ASK unless you have a top notch CNC, self calculating beast.
I do not know the process but would seriously doubt that manufacturers even mill drivers.
Bad Plan - end off (and I've had some mad plans in my time :lol
On a technical note - that will be some piece of milling!
To clamp up, datum & calculate a cutting profile on a curving driver face to skim probably 0.1mm - that is SOME ASK unless you have a top notch CNC, self calculating beast.
I do not know the process but would seriously doubt that manufacturers even mill drivers.
Bad Plan - end off (and I've had some mad plans in my time :lol
Joff
Challenge Tour Pro
If he doesn't enter a comp, it matters not.
tallpaul
Head Pro
Who offers a such a service?
Does anyone have a link to a company and any related information?
EDIT: Found it...
https://www.worldshottestdrivers.com
Interesting stuff. They see to apply a reliability rating acknowledging the weakening effect. They also sell pre-thinned OEM clubs eg SLDR's. Do long distance drive comps require conforming clubs, or does anything go?
Does anyone have a link to a company and any related information?
EDIT: Found it...
https://www.worldshottestdrivers.com
Interesting stuff. They see to apply a reliability rating acknowledging the weakening effect. They also sell pre-thinned OEM clubs eg SLDR's. Do long distance drive comps require conforming clubs, or does anything go?
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anything goes, rock up with a turbo boosted cannon with a shaft, no-one will say anything
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I know that Joe Miller uses very long shafts - 48"+ - so that part would break normal rules.
They probably have their own set of rules. The heads are super-low loft, about 2-3° but do look like normal size
Face breaker
Q-School Graduate
No good to me I'm afraid as I've already managed to damage 2 driver faces in the last few months as it is, I'm on the look out for a driver with a thicker/heavier face construction if anything !...:thup:
Interesting to see how long the face lasts. I give it three rounds tops
