MSH Lie graph

[dnoboy 5]

I might be way off here but why don't we make a chart on here that we could use to find the correct lie of our sticks? Maybe a graph that we could literally put our sticks up to the computer screen to find the lie. Possible?

[vitaminZ 0]

Rockered blades might make it hard but that is a cool idea

[ntwusc 62]

At least a chart of manufacturers' listed lies for retail curves would be a good start.

[dnoboy 5]

Isn't that in the pattern DB on top? I'm more concerned with what retail lies REALLY are. As well as Pro Stocks.

[habsfan87 0]

yeah itd be interesting to know what lie equals to angle wise as well.

[Engine37 0]

That's a good idea. I agree that it would be very helpful to have actual lie info for the different curves. Locating the listed/claimed lie is easy, but the differences across different brands is a little aggravating.

[Rustpot 1]

The pattern DB lists the lies for retail curves using a standard of measuring with the center of the blade as the bottom, regardless of rocker, regardless of what the manufacturer lists it at. It is, however, slightly out of date since a few more curves and companies have shown up. IIRC, Chadd made it and no longer works at a store where he had limitless time and resources to measure all the curves.

It would be nice to have a PDF made with a little skeletal outline of the angle measures that you could line up, like what's on Christian's blade order form but in full size and to scale.

[sdcopp 1]

if you're really wanting to know any given stick lie, get good with a protractor. With a stick laying on the floor, blade to the left and pointed up, a 5 lie is 45 degrees. For every half measure of lie, it's a one degree difference, so 4.5=44, 4=43, 5.5=46, 6=47, etc.

[ambro 0]

An easier way to do it rather than a protractor would be using a calculator with the arctan function on it. Lean the stick against the wall with the blade flat and measure the distance from the wall to the butt of the stick, and also the distance of the wall to the heel of the blade. Use arctan(height/distance to heel) to find the angle and use sdcopp's method with the angle measures to figure out your lie.

That method would be much more accurate than any protractor.

[scorer75 9]

God, I love it when geeks talk dirty!!!

[habsfan87 0]

gee I do enough trig in school as it is lol, but it is a good accurate way of finding it out. interesting to know that its only 2 degrees per 1 lie.

[lampliter87 8]

Definitely mentioning this to my math teacher tomorrow...

[t-bone 1]

An easier way to do it rather than a protractor would be using a calculator with the arctan function on it. Lean the stick against the wall with the blade flat and measure the distance from the wall to the butt of the stick, and also the distance of the wall to the heel of the blade. Use arctan(height/distance to heel) to find the angle and use sdcopp's method with the angle measures to figure out your lie.

That method would be much more accurate than any protractor.

...Lean the stick against the wall with the blade flat...

There lays the problem. Rocker gives you options on what flat means.

[Rustpot 1]

Center of the blade, regardless of rocker.