Flashlights are ok but to really get the correct plane feel you need to step inside a plane board set to the turned shoulder plane.
I made a lightweigt portable 1/2 plane out of two sheets of 8'x4' styrofoam insulation (Lowe's). Cut the half moon using a cheap soldering iron. Hold together with duct tape. You could easily cut in half (for smaller storage) and hold together with duct tap. Prop up with a couple of dowels.
To make a full plane duplicate above and duct tape together.
MB, I'd like to see a photo of that contraption, if you would...
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the advantage of having surfaces instead of just lasers is that you get to set THE ENTIRE CLUB including the shaft onplane. helluva difference. I've built a couple of these bad boys the half and the full. Personnaly i'd make the full even if there are shifts. Randy used to call them my monsters...lol
a. If you are developing a shiftless swing then a Full Plane Board.
b. If you are not developing a shiftless swing then a 1/2 Plane Board would be better suited.
The other option is to use a flash light or lasers with a line on the floor and wall...
Martee,
I have always been somewhat leery of using flashlights. Conceivably, you can make a flashlight shine at a line thru 180 degrees, right? Doesn't seem right to me...
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Martee,
I have always been somewhat leery of using flashlights. Conceivably, you can make a flashlight shine at a line thru 180 degrees, right? Doesn't seem right to me...
Joe Daniels had a flashlight device (light on each end that you gripped so you aligned it through PP#3 and the sweet spot. It worked rather well I thought.
Seen the same with lasers as well.
The concept of using the flashlights(lasers) as I understand it is to allow for alignment of the sweet spot. Now I have seen people use it for shaft alignment.
The Plane Board Kelley used was the shaft plane. I have had great difficulty in reconciling the use of the plane board in TGM and Chapter 2 along with its references. The answer is another topic in itself, I think.
The one advantage of the Full Plane Board is that you will feel a golf stroke that is probably unknown to most golfers. That in itself may be worth the effort, to gain an appreciation for that feel of the shiftless golf stroke, the location of the hands at the Top and at the End. Also seeing the alignments of the left palm flat to the plane, for swingers earlier than for hitters, the follow through to finish that the club is again on the same plane and the right hand flat to the plane, the flat left wrists, etc. A lot of Look Look Look can be had without doing an manipulation to achieve these alignments.
I think the best plane boards are those items that are already flat- that way you don't need to build them. Bucket's front door would be an excellent plane for you. I believe that his family room windows would be a good plane to use. Since there is a limited supply - the bedroom windows and doors would also work. Kitchen table. If you can get the siding off in one large piece that would be excellent. Garage door. Oh ya- the address is 1234 Grease Pit Way, North Carolina. He'll be out of town this weekend so I'd get it quick because these items will go quickly- Yes everything is free. If the neighbor asks you any questions just have them call me - I'll handle it.
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