Abstract: A holder for an acetabular reamer of the type including a generally hemispherical shell having a circular edge and cross arms connected adjacent to the edge and which converge at the center of the edge. The holder includes a base having a datums and at least three pedestals extending up from the base at locations spaced radially from, and distributed about, the datums. Each pedestal has side walls and an upper wall extending between the side walls and facing away from the base. The upper wall is curved so that together the upper walls of the pedestals define an imaginary surface having substantially spherical curvature, so that the pedestals help to retain a reamer whose shell is congruent to the collective upper walls and whose edge is substantially parallel to the base.

Abstract: Turbine blade growth is measured by judiciously locating a prescribed dimple on the blade remote from the root and indexed in a fixture relative to a master blade. An optical micrometer affixed to the fixture can be readily adapted to facilitate the measurement technique.

Abstract: A distance golf club for hitting a golf ball a distance generally designated for golf clubs using wooden heads and under conditions where the golf clubs using wooden heads are generally used. The golf club comprises a shaft, a club head and a hosel integrally formed with the club head for fixedly receiving an end of the shaft to secure the end of the shaft to the club head in alignment with the face of the club head. The club head is formed from a hollow steel casting and has either a metallic sole plate or an epoxy sole plate, dependent on whether the distance club is either a driver or one of the other distance clubs.