Question for clubmakers

[Finn07]

What is a great book for beginner clubmakers? Its becoming a hobby of mine and would like to start reading up on it. I can put together clubs with out a problem, but swingweighting, loft and lie checks and stuff like that I dont know how to do. What is a reference that can teach?

[MGP]

Here are some references I've found useful:

There are a lot of useful videos here that will walk you through most of the common clubmaking items. They also have a lot of useful articles written by their clubmakers and club designers.

Golfsmith Online Turorials and Articles

Golfsmith used to have a book called "Basics of Golf Clubmaking" that got me started. Sadly, it looks like they no longer have it.

Pretty much the bible on clubmaking and repair. Not cheap but there isn't much it doesn't cover:

Golf Club Design, Fitting, Alteration and Repair by Ralph Maltby

Anything you can find written by Tom Wishon will be excellent too.

[ctmurrray]

Malby has a forum where club makers hang out at www.ralphmaltby.com .

[JaY_B]

I can't remember the exact name but something along the lines of Tom Wishon 10 Myths about golf clubs is a good read