XCalibers - white/red line explained

[RobinArthur]

Greetings -

I've had quite few ?s re: the markings on the butt end of all the XCalibers, so I thought explain them within this forum.

 

When the shafts are checked for frequency during QC/QA, the technicians are instructed to find the most stable plane, and if that is within spec, mark that plane with a white line. The shafts are then rotated 90 degree and checked for rotational consistency, that is it must be within spec. That plane is then marked with a red line. During the painting/logo application process, the red plane is to be aligned with one of the three "daggers" with the white line facing 9 o'clock, or the target line for a right handed golfer. So when assembling an XCaliber, one should simply align the white to ball flight direction, and the game's on. Of course we're talking about a manufacturing process 13k miles away so sometimes they do miss it, but never by much. Hope this helps.

Robin