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Ron
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Ron
Now I think I may know why. The posts in the above are interesting;
what struck me was one by David S-A, quoting a guy named Alec Hidell
from another forum.
Hidell says he's a former employee of RP, and one of the major issues
was quality control, including this quote:
"Even the "showpiece" of the Royal Precision shaft manufacturing
process, Frequency Matching of shafts in a set, was being done by a very
few devices that were falling apart, for which there were no parts
lists, schematics, calibration procedures, etc. These devices were
invented by a former executive of the company, and the company never
obtained the information needed to maintain or replace them as needed."
It matches with my experience.
It's too bad--not only for the people losing their jobs, but for the
shaft industry generally. We don't need all the shaft production
capacity in the hands of only one company.
At least, I think we don't.
Mike
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>> http://www.wishongolf.com/twforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4540
> As you may have remembered, I have not been a fan of Royal Precision
> shafts, principally because they weren't actually matched, at least in
> the ones I tested (including a $200 Project X set of shafts).
> Now I think I may know why. The posts in the above are interesting;
> what struck me was one by David S-A, quoting a guy named Alec Hidell
> from another forum.
> Hidell says he's a former employee of RP, and one of the major issues
> was quality control, including this quote:
> "Even the "showpiece" of the Royal Precision shaft manufacturing
> process, Frequency Matching of shafts in a set, was being done by a very
> few devices that were falling apart, for which there were no parts
> lists, schematics, calibration procedures, etc. These devices were
> invented by a former executive of the company, and the company never
> obtained the information needed to maintain or replace them as needed."
> It matches with my experience.
> It's too bad--not only for the people losing their jobs, but for the
> shaft industry generally. We don't need all the shaft production
> capacity in the hands of only one company.
> At least, I think we don't.
> Mike
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Ron
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/05/26/roya...
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> Ron
> As you may have remembered, I have not been a fan of Royal Precision
> shafts, principally because they weren't actually matched, at least in the
> ones I tested (including a $200 Project X set of shafts).
> Now I think I may know why. The posts in the above are interesting; what
> struck me was one by David S-A, quoting a guy named Alec Hidell from
> another forum.
> Hidell says he's a former employee of RP, and one of the major issues was
> quality control, including this quote:
> "Even the "showpiece" of the Royal Precision shaft manufacturing process,
> Frequency Matching of shafts in a set, was being done by a very few
> devices that were falling apart, for which there were no parts lists,
> schematics, calibration procedures, etc. These devices were invented by a
> former executive of the company, and the company never obtained the
> information needed to maintain or replace them as needed."
> It matches with my experience.
> It's too bad--not only for the people losing their jobs, but for the shaft
> industry generally. We don't need all the shaft production capacity in
> the hands of only one company.
> At least, I think we don't.
> Mike
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> Mike Dalecki GCA Accredited Clubmaker http://clubdoctor.com
> RSG-Wisconsin 2006: June 23-25 Info: http://dalecki.net/rsgwis2006/
> RSG-Wisconsin 2005 Pics: http://dalecki.net/rsgwis2005/pics/
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
cheers
david
Why would True Temper or anybody "buy" the business which by its own
admission has been losing money for several years?
Buying the patents maybe, but not the business as there are all kinds of
liabilities including union contracts, pensions, and environmental.
>> Now I think I may know why. The posts in the above are interesting; what
>> struck me was one by David S-A, quoting a guy named Alec Hidell from
>> another forum.
> Tom Wishon, claiming to be 'in the know', feels there will be an
> announcement within weeks about a resumption of manufacture...but reading
> between the lines this will be by another manufacturer...True Temper
> strongly rumoured to be in the running. The key products of Project X,
> Rifle Flighted....etc being produced under some form of licencing
> arrangement.....or outright intellectual property purchase.
> cheers
> david
1. Royal Precision's Flighted Rifle vs. True Temper's Tri Gold
2. Royal Precision Rifle shafts and Dynacraft Golf
3. "Shaft Pureing" (per Royal Precision)
4. Royal Precision Flighted shafts
6. Royal Precision Microtaper?
7. Royal Precision homepage--can't navigate?
8. Opinions wanted on FM Precision Rifle shafts
10. Please Explain The Differences Between "Tour Flighted" and "Precision" For Rifle Shafts
11. Comments on Precision Rifle Project X shafts for irons?
12. Dumb question re: Precision Rifle shafts - Darkside rookie stuff
13. Dynamic Gold or Precision Rifles?
14. True Temper buys out Royal Precision assets.....(Rifle et al)