My lame-o attempt at a putter with a laser pointer

[nevets88]

1 hour ago, billchao said:

@nevets88

 

THAT'S IT!!!

[nevets88]

OK, so @SavvySwede and @billchao inspired me and thought this up:

The presentation laser originally used is 5mw. It is too underpowered. 50mw should make it easier to spot. Afraid of blinding someone w/50mw though. Paranoid?

http://a.co/8YHxvcA

Now mounting is the tricky part but an old iPhone Gary Fong camera tripod adaptor I had lying around unused is the key.

It screws into this (which I'm using as a dashcam mount), which clamps onto the putter shaft. I'll use the bottom right ball mount. It'll serve as a platform for the laser.

http://a.co/hvARqKa

The laser will be housed in this:

 http://a.co/javAyl1

Multiple options to put laser on tripod adaptor, Gorilla tape, double sided tape, drill a hole, screws, whatever. Should be easy to secure.

Power supply is easy enough, can just tape that to shaft: http://a.co/e13jZfR

The great thing about this setup is it's flexible. You can adjust where it points easily and it has a wide range of where it can point. Change the laser lens to a line and point it down or point a dot straight in front.

You can also make a base with a little rod in the middle, clamp it onto the rod and do the mirror stuck to the putter head method.

Total for everything is $40, but I already have the Gary Fong adapter, it's $20ish used, not in production anymore, but you could probably use your giant smartphone tripod mount to do the same thing.

Something like this as a finished product is going for $120.

Thoughts?

[iacas]

What are you going to do with this massive contraption?

[nevets88]

25 minutes ago, iacas said:

What are you going to do with this massive contraption?

What he's doing at 1:00 in the video. LOL, it is pretty Frankenstein.

[billchao]

3 hours ago, nevets88 said:

What he's doing at 1:00 in the video. LOL, it is pretty Frankenstein.

I'm planning on getting an Edel one day and permanently put aside my aiming problems. The laser helps you learn your aim bias and how to adjust but you're going to have to keep practicing it or you will just revert to it eventually.

[Jack Watson]

A couple sticks and a piece of string works well.

[boogielicious]

11 hours ago, iacas said:

What are you going to do with this massive contraption?

@nevets88 wants to contact the Mother Ship obviously. 

[scotth]

On 8/12/2017 at 2:40 PM, DaveP043 said:

I'll suggest again.  Put a small mirror on the face of the putter, with double-stick tape, it should be simple to align the mirror flat against the face.  Then put the laser on the ground, next to a wall, pointed at your putterhead.  If you're aligned properly, the reflected laser should be on the wall directly above the laser itself (due to the loft of the putter).  The angular error is doubled because of the reflection, so you should be able to learn to align yourself pretty precisely.  

Smart!