tungsten powder?

[superduper]

I have been using tip weights for years.  And sometimes I need a 10 g tip weight because the driver heads these days are waaay to light (196g).   My drivers are about 44.5" length with D4 swing weight.  So I need to add a lot of weight.  Getting a 10g tip weight is difficult and only golfworks sell it.  It's pricey too, about $3 a piece.  A dozen costs $36? (the 6g tip weight only about $3.5 a dozen).  

 

So I have been thinking using a tungsten powder and pour the powder inside the hosel.  Would I need a lot of powder to add 10gram into the hosel?   and then put the shaft and the epoxy?   will this work? 

[jaskanski]

Tungsten powder isn't really suitable for use in graphite shafts (especially driver shafts) for any swing weighting. Most professional club makers would use a specific discrete interchangeable head weight that most drivers have, hot melt internally in the head, or good old lead tape applied directly to the head. If you have no other option than using a tip weight to get your swing weight correct, then $3 seems like a bargain. For the record, adding 10g will also weaken your flex by around 5cpm - think carefully before making any rash decisions about modifying the specs on a driver.

[apprenti23]

Lots of good info above- I would go the route of hot melt. You could get the weight to a very specific area in the head (heel, toe, back, forward, etc.) if you load up all that weight in the neck, it is possible youd have quite the anti right combo.

[RookieBlue7]

I have been using tip weights for years. And sometimes I need a 10 g tip weight because the driver heads these days are waaay to light (196g). My drivers are about 44.5" length with D4 swing weight. So I need to add a lot of weight. Getting a 10g tip weight is difficult and only golfworks sell it. It's pricey too, about $3 a piece. A dozen costs $36? (the 6g tip weight only about $3.5 a dozen).

 

So I have been thinking using a tungsten powder and pour the powder inside the hosel. Would I need a lot of powder to add 10gram into the hosel? and then put the shaft and the epoxy? will this work?

You'd need a pretty decent amount and it's not good doing it in graphite, especially since you have to cork it and ramming the cork in place would weaken the shaft in that spot if you ram it just a hair too far. Buy the tip weights from Hireko, much cheaper. They go through, I believe, 12 or 14 grams. I bought a hotmelt gun to add weight to the actual head with(plus I can put it where I want it). That's a bit more expensive initial cost but I've made some of it back by doing it for others. Also adding that much, I'd tip the shaft around 1/2" (the manufacturer would be able to tell you how much tip to trim for 4-6 CPM).

[superduper]

Tungsten powder isn't really suitable for use in graphite shafts (especially driver shafts) for any swing weighting. Most professional club makers would use a specific discrete interchangeable head weight that most drivers have, hot melt internally in the head, or good old lead tape applied directly to the head. If you have no other option than using a tip weight to get your swing weight correct, then $3 seems like a bargain. For the record, adding 10g will also weaken your flex by around 5cpm - think carefully before making any rash decisions about modifying the specs on a driver.

 

yes i added 10g but at the same time I decrease the length so I make the shaft stiffer?   

 

And I recently reshafted Nike Covert 2.0.  The head weight is a whooping 210g (with the adapter) but their stock length is 45.5".   Can you imagine how flexible the shaft would be?

[superduper]

You'd need a pretty decent amount and it's not good doing it in graphite, especially since you have to cork it and ramming the cork in place would weaken the shaft in that spot if you ram it just a hair too far. Buy the tip weights from Hireko, much cheaper. They go through, I believe, 12 or 14 grams. I bought a hotmelt gun to add weight to the actual head with(plus I can put it where I want it). That's a bit more expensive initial cost but I've made some of it back by doing it for others. Also adding that much, I'd tip the shaft around 1/2" (the manufacturer would be able to tell you how much tip to trim for 4-6 CPM).

 

not this way.  I'll mix it with epoxy and pour it inside the hosel.  No cork needed. 

[RookieBlue7]

Inside the hosel? So you're going to make it like a blind bore? Doesn't seem like itd be real consistent. I'd just bite the bullet and buy tip weights or go with lead tape or pay someone to hotmelt it. Tungsten powder isn't real cheap either and by the time you figure it and epoxy you could do a whole lot of tip weights. You'd get 11 ten gram weights out of a $23 jar of tungsten powder. That's over $2 each before you add the epoxy cost.

[superduper]

Inside the hosel? So you're going to make it like a blind bore? Doesn't seem like itd be real consistent. I'd just bite the bullet and buy tip weights or go with lead tape or pay someone to hotmelt it. Tungsten powder isn't real cheap either and by the time you figure it and epoxy you could do a whole lot of tip weights. You'd get 11 ten gram weights out of a $23 jar of tungsten powder. That's over $2 each before you add the epoxy cost.

 

I plan to use this tungsten powder:

http://www.golfworks.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_HDTP_A_High+Density+Tungsten+Powder_A_c2p_E_cs

 

Since I never used this powder, how much powder do I need to make it 10 grams?   

 

and no I won't make it a blind bore... just standard bore.  just like if you use hotmelt but this time, you use this powder. 

[RookieBlue7]

I plan to use this tungsten powder:

http://www.golfworks.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_HDTP_A_High+Density+Tungsten+Powder_A_c2p_E_cs

 

Since I never used this powder, how much powder do I need to make it 10 grams?

 

and no I won't make it a blind bore... just standard bore. just like if you use hotmelt but this time, you use this powder.

So you're putting the epoxy/tungsten inside the head. Hello rattle city. It's going to break loose inside the head. And it's going to rattle. And that'll be a size able lump. There's 1/4 pound of powder in that jar. That's 113 grams. You'll use 1/11th of the anount in he jar. Will end up bein like 5 of the spoon that's in the jar full.