Re finishing and taking care of a beat up Scotty

[Splunge26]

So I have recently come across a pretty beat up Scotty Studio Select Kombi for pretty cheap on eBay. As expected it’s got its fair share of knicks and dings. So I started doing some research on fixing it up, and discovered that the Scotty custom shop no longer refurbishes aluminum putters because of California state Enviromental laws.

 

Fortunately for me I have a very large metal fab shop at my disposal, and a long background in machine tool and fab. So naturally I got to thinking about doing the job myself. Prior to this the only club work I have done is changing grips and stripping and putting in new paint-fill. So I plan on grinding out or lightly filing the dings that aren’t on the actual face of the club, and getting that all in good shape. Then I’m going to sand blast the head with the face covered up. Then I’ll take a die grinder with a little polishing bit, and give it that nice aluminum sparkle. I do however have some questions and would love to hear if anyone has done anything similar and has some answers for me.

 

1) what grit grinding wheel have you guys used to gently correct knicks and dings? I’m tempted to use a flapper on an angle grinder instead because it’s bad practice to grind non-ferrous metal on a grinder.

 

2)I have a mill and am considering taking of 1 or two thou from the face to restore the tool marks, and to remove some of the dings in the face. Is this generally a bad idea?

 

3) any suggestion for grain size for the sand blaster? I also have glass beads for ultra fine worn at my disposal.

 

Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated! Looking foreword to the feedback. Also considering making some putters in the near future, so if that your kind of thing, stay tuned!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Dave Kozy]

Also, what grit do you use on your grinding wheel??????

[McGolf]

On 9/8/2019 at 9:02 AM, Splunge26 said:

 

So I have recently come across a pretty beat up Scotty Studio Select Kombi for pretty cheap on eBay. As expected it’s got its fair share of knicks and dings. So I started doing some research on fixing it up, and discovered that the Scotty custom shop no longer refurbishes aluminum putters because of California state Enviromental laws.

 

Fortunately for me I have a very large metal fab shop at my disposal, and a long background in machine tool and fab. So naturally I got to thinking about doing the job myself. Prior to this the only club work I have done is changing grips and stripping and putting in new paint-fill. So I plan on grinding out or lightly filing the dings that aren’t on the actual face of the club, and getting that all in good shape. Then I’m going to sand blast the head with the face covered up. Then I’ll take a die grinder with a little polishing bit, and give it that nice aluminum sparkle. I do however have some questions and would love to hear if anyone has done anything similar and has some answers for me.

 

1) what grit grinding wheel have you guys used to gently correct knicks and dings? I’m tempted to use a flapper on an angle grinder instead because it’s bad practice to grind non-ferrous metal on a grinder.

 

2)I have a mill and am considering taking of 1 or two thou from the face to restore the tool marks, and to remove some of the dings in the face. Is this generally a bad idea?

 

3) any suggestion for grain size for the sand blaster? I also have glass beads for ultra fine worn at my disposal.

 

Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated! Looking foreword to the feedback. Also considering making some putters in the near future, so if that your kind of thing, stay tuned!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

for like nicks Ive used 1200 grit, it will remove metal and leave behind a smooth surface. however if the love marks are a bit deep i use either a red or blue nylon belt. both leave behind a satin-ish finish. and just to remove anything in the way i use 120. 

remilling the face could make it look cool as long as the milling is level and uniform. personally, i like mill marks but too deep and they can get in the way of a good putt IMO.