kenneth smith swing weight scale conversion chart

A modern gray/black protective finish completes the professional quality of this unit. The Scale has a bubble-level indicator and adjustable feet to ensure accurate readings no matter what surface it's on.

Permanently mounted parts tray measures the weight of individual components.

By placing any club in the resting cradle, this Scale also measures total club weight. Scale markings are large, easy to read, and are printed on both sides of the Scale, so readings can be taken from either side. This Golf Club Scale measures swingweights using the industry standard 14” fulcrum principle which provides direct swingweight readings (C8, D2, etc.). Smith believed, unlike the Pro''s, the average golfer couldn''t handle light long irons and woods, hence his proposed (and never really accepted) change in fulcrum placement.The “industry standard” golf club scale designed by Ralph Maltby. This is a '28' scale, unlike Adams'' '12' and other later '14' scales, you will need to find a conversion chart for this. This piece is patent #2595717, also a good read with lots of manly scientific stuff. Kenneth Smith acquired Adams'' right to the swingweight scale circa 1945 and started producing these classics under his own patent. If you''re into extreme machine age design, and drink beer while watching golf on TV, this is a cool Kinetic 'sculpture'. Thus the longer the club, the lighter the head had to be, by about twice the percentage increase in length. For the laymen, the formula they used was to match the product of the head weight and the square of the length.

It was a balance that measured the amount of torque the weight of the club exerted about a pivoting fulcrum, such that a tuned set of clubs could be 'swingweight' balanced. If you''re into physics and who isn''t, you probably know this device is used to measure 'moments of inertia' in golf clubs and the like. It''s a cool read, 'heft' is a manly keyword in the patent description. If you''re into golfing esoterics, and play for the scholarly love of the game, you probably already know the 'golf club balance' and lorythmic scale were conceived and patented by Robert Adams in 1934. That''s pretty much all the manly food groups. Cast aluminium base with brazed aluminium uprights, polished and scored aluminium pivoting balance rod, sliding stainless steel counter-weight, bronze fittings, enamelled tag. About A man cave Art Deco golfing Classic.

Kenneth smith swing weight scale conversion chart