What Have You Built Recently?

[Lefty11]

1 hour ago, Rob Person said:

Me too! It was hard to decide, but went with the Stealth look

Some pics from this mornings first putting session 

 

That second photo looks like it should be in a golf magazine. 

[RaRa Golf]

I also finished a putter "build" of sorts. 

Not much to build, I just cut the shaft down a bit and heat treated the head.

I love the look, I'm assuming it's just cast stainless, it took a really long time to finally change, but it turned a very nice copper colour.

Wrapped the shaft with White vinyl and put a skinny Lambkin grip I had from the Odyssey Dual Force that came in the $10 lot of random stuff.

I needed something to use this Amazon head cover I've had for a while with nothing to use it on.

I think it looks classy, it pairs well with my Ping Cadence putter, like a good vs. evil sorta vibe.. e

Edited July 5 by RaRa Golf

[TSauer]

1 hour ago, RaRa Golf said:

I also finished a putter "build" of sorts. 

Not much to build, I just cut the shaft down a bit and heat treated the head.

I love the look, I'm assuming it's just cast stainless, it took a really long time to finally change, but it turned a very nice copper colour.

Wrapped the shaft with White vinyl and put a skinny Lambkin grip I had from the Odyssey Dual Force that came in the $10 lot of random stuff.

I needed something to use this Amazon head cover I've had for a while with nothing to use it on.

I think it looks classy, it pairs well with my Ping Cadence putter, like a good vs. evil sorta vibe.. e

Big fan of the copper/white combo. Looks clean! 

[TSauer]

Had a set of Takomo 101T irons dropped off today to be reshafted and some new grips put on, so that’s the next project. 

I will say, these Takomos are soooo nice! 
 

[Rob Person]

1 hour ago, RaRa Golf said:

I also finished a putter "build" of sorts. 

Not much to build, I just cut the shaft down a bit and heat treated the head.

I love the look, I'm assuming it's just cast stainless, it took a really long time to finally change, but it turned a very nice copper colour.

Wrapped the shaft with White vinyl and put a skinny Lambkin grip I had from the Odyssey Dual Force that came in the $10 lot of random stuff.

I needed something to use this Amazon head cover I've had for a while with nothing to use it on.

I think it looks classy, it pairs well with my Ping Cadence putter, like a good vs. evil sorta vibe.. e

Wow!  Looks great 

[buckpillar]

9 hours ago, Rob Person said:

Finished my 1st club build last night. A putter actually.  I was gifted the head from lombardigolf, bought 2 shafts. A maltby chrome shaft and a golfworks black chrome shaft. Winn 2020 vsn pistol 2.0 grip. I trimmed the putter shaft for a total length of 33".  This is the Tour 34 mallet head. Milled face. It feels good in my hands.  Putted with it for the first time today and it's comfortable in my hands.  Will need to work with it some more, but it gave a good first impression.  I did not add a shaft counter weight at the top. I used 3 wraps at the bottom of the grip, and air to install it. I trimmed one of the reflective decals he sent to put on the shaft.

It's not replacing the AI One DB! This is a new hobby I solely blame on all of you!!!  

First use Video is uploading.  Here are some pics.  

 

@Rob Person turned out really nice for the first time build, do you think you will tackle a complete set?

If you need any help or question anything shoot me a message and I'll help you out.

Great Job!!

[buckpillar]

40 minutes ago, TSauer said:

Had a set of Takomo 101T irons dropped off today to be reshafted and some new grips put on, so that’s the next project. 

I will say, these Takomos are soooo nice! 
 

@TSauer I love mine, What flex are in the Talomo irons now? If your customer doesn't want them back, save them I might take them off your hands depending on flex.

[TSauer]

30 minutes ago, buckpillar said:

@TSauer I love mine, What flex are in the Talomo irons now? If your customer doesn't want them back, save them I might take them off your hands depending on flex.

Stiff Tour Lites are in them now, he’s switching to Project X 6.0… and I actually have someone else wanting the Lites for their 101T set lol. 

What are you currently using in yours?

[Josh Parker]

1 hour ago, TSauer said:

Had a set of Takomo 101T irons dropped off today to be reshafted and some new grips put on, so that’s the next project. 

I will say, these Takomos are soooo nice! 
 

Needed some colorful ferrules!

[TSauer]

8 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Needed some colorful ferrules!

I agree! I’m not sure he’s ventured into the custom ferrule game yet, I should have introduced him. 

[Josh Parker]

3 minutes ago, TSauer said:

I agree! I’m not sure he’s ventured into the custom ferrule game yet, I should have introduced him. 

A little pop of blue would have been awesome on those 

[buckpillar]

2 hours ago, TSauer said:

Stiff Tour Lites are in them now, he’s switching to Project X 6.0… and I actually have someone else wanting the Lites for their 101T set lol. 

What are you currently using in yours?

Reg tour lite… you know cause I’m old…

I want to put them in my hogan edge gs, but then again those are in mint condition, I had the grips change out 2 yrs ago. Looking for a set of shafts now.

Edited July 6 by buckpillar

[buckpillar]

2 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

A little pop of blue would have been awesome on those 

@Josh Parker how have you settled into your irons that you built?

[buckpillar]

5 hours ago, RaRa Golf said:

I also finished a putter "build" of sorts. 

Not much to build, I just cut the shaft down a bit and heat treated the head.

I love the look, I'm assuming it's just cast stainless, it took a really long time to finally change, but it turned a very nice copper colour.

Wrapped the shaft with White vinyl and put a skinny Lambkin grip I had from the Odyssey Dual Force that came in the $10 lot of random stuff.

I needed something to use this Amazon head cover I've had for a while with nothing to use it on.

I think it looks classy, it pairs well with my Ping Cadence putter, like a good vs. evil sorta vibe.. e

Great transformation, looks good!

[buckpillar]

I just completed a cut down of a driver shaft by 1 in, regripped and my customer loves it. 45.5 to 44.5

[TSauer]

5 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

A little pop of blue would have been awesome on those 

Totally agree! 

[GolfSpy_APH]

While I do love my Cobra irons I have reasons to move on from them. So with that I had to find a new set for backup while I wait for my T Series to be reshafted. The club of choice ended up being a set of Mizuno MP25. I have a tournament next week and while I could reshaft them and put the new ferrules on in a day there is a bit too much going on this week so I am sticking with the stock Project X 5.5 (a shaft I actually really enjoy). However the new grips are on! Won't get a chance to hit them till maybe tomorrow and round planned for Monday morning. 

So happy to have this set back in my hands... another set I wish I had never sold. 

[RaRa Golf]

Need opinions.. 1 or 2? Or leave blank? 

[TSauer]

2 hours ago, RaRa Golf said:

Need opinions.. 1 or 2? Or leave blank? 

I like the simplicity of option 1

[TJ Hall]

5 hours ago, RaRa Golf said:

Need opinions.. 1 or 2? Or leave blank? 

I vote 1…simple and clean looking!

[downlowkey]

Picked up a minty face balanced Bobby Grace Lo Pro a couple years ago. Loved the chunky tech packed head but wasn’t wild about the double bend shaft set up. So I decided to give it some toe hang this morning.

Decisions, decisions…

After much deliberation, I went with a one inch aluminum slant flow neck. Primarily because this was a big toe hang hunt, but the aluminum was also 20 grams lighter than its carbon steel counterpart (head already weighed a shade over 390 grams without a hosel). Scavenged a .370 shaft off an old Kirk Currie that I don’t have any plans for, trimmed it to length and started assembling.

After an hour of cure time, I wrapped the shaft with black heat shrink tubing and air installed a NOS blue Pure Big Dog grip. This 31” mighty mouse now has ~50 degrees of toe hang and weighs 602 grams!!! Sounds uber heavy but is actually well balanced with the 120 gram grip. I have a bunch of very nice putters in my collection but this is suddenly at the top of the heap. Amazing that a neck change took it from basically worst to first and I love how it turned out.

While I was waiting for the Lo Pro to cure, I grabbed the 4-iron from another set that I recently snagged. If you’re not familiar, the Adams IDEA MB2 has my vote for the best blade ever made. There are 5 tungsten plugs set in the back near the sole (circular chrome depressions in pic). Considering these were forged from 8620 13+ years ago, the condition is incredible, but I didn’t care for the two-tone red/blue paint fill from the prior owner. Deleted the offending paint with acetone soaked cue-tips and planned to refill with a Tamiya gloss black. Kinda digging the blank satin look though. What do you guys think?

They’re currently laced to X100 TT XP 115 that won’t work with my hinky elbows/wrists. Not sure if I want to build them out with a spare set of Matrix Ozik Program F15 120 collecting dust in the gear closet or try something completely new. May even go so far as stripping the chrome and embracing that raw patina. I’ll update as this project progresses.

[Rob Person]

Vote is for 2 @RaRa Golf

  I like the contrast and the bigger fill for the back space.

Edited July 7 by Rob Person

[Rob Person]

47 minutes ago, downlowkey said:

Picked up a minty face balanced Bobby Grace Lo Pro a couple years ago. Loved the chunky tech packed head but wasn’t wild about the double bend shaft set up. So I decided to give it some toe hang this morning.

Decisions, decisions…

After much deliberation, I went with a one inch aluminum slant flow neck. Primarily because this was a big toe hang hunt, but the aluminum was also 20 grams lighter than its carbon steel counterpart (head already weighed a shade over 390 grams without a hosel). Scavenged a .370 shaft off an old Kirk Currie that I don’t have any plans for, trimmed it to length and started assembling.

After an hour of cure time, I wrapped the shaft with black heat shrink tubing and air installed a NOS blue Pure Big Dog grip. This 31” mighty mouse now has ~50 degrees of toe hang and weighs 602 grams!!! Sounds uber heavy but is actually well balanced with the 120 gram grip. I have a bunch of very nice putters in my collection but this is suddenly at the top of the heap. Amazing that a neck change took it from basically worst to first and I love how it turned out.

While I was waiting for the Lo Pro to cure, I grabbed the 4-iron from another set that I recently snagged. If you’re not familiar, the Adams IDEA MB2 has my vote for the best blade ever made. There are 5 tungsten plugs set in the back near the sole (circular chrome depressions in pic). Considering these were forged from 8620 13+ years ago, the condition is incredible, but I didn’t care for the two-tone red/blue paint fill from the prior owner. Deleted the offending paint with acetone soaked cue-tips and planned to refill with a Tamiya gloss black. Kinda digging the blank satin look though. What do you guys think?

They’re currently laced to X100 TT XP 115 that won’t work with my hinky elbows/wrists. Not sure if I want to build them out with a spare set of Matrix Ozik Program F15 120 collecting dust in the gear closet or try something completely new. May even go so far as stripping the chrome and embracing that raw patina. I’ll update as this project progresses.

That looks nice!  How hard is the wrap process? Is it a sleeve or like a masking tape you shrink with a heat gun? (Im sure I can look this up on YT)

[downlowkey]

30 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

That looks nice!  How hard is the wrap process? Is it a sleeve or like a masking tape you shrink with a heat gun? (Im sure I can look this up on YT)

Thanks pards!

It’s a sleeve - same polyolefin heat shrink tubing you would use for electrical connections. I always use black 3/4” ID w/ 3:1 shrink ratio.

Piece of cake with a heat gun, just have to step it up slowly, alternating sides, so you don’t trap any hot air (bulges). It’s pretty cheap in bulk, comes in a bunch of colors, protects the shaft finish and when it starts looking dinged up you can wipe it down with an acetone soaked paper towel and make it look new again.

It’s also an easy way to add some weight to the entire length of the shaft. I went all the way to the tip on the Lo Pro project and it was ~17 grams. Just be sure to stay away from the marine grade stuff with heat activated adhesive and make sure it doesn’t have the specs printed on the exterior.

Edited July 7 by downlowkey

[Rob Person]

1 minute ago, downlowkey said:

Thanks pards!

It’s a sleeve - same polyolefin heat shrink tubing you would use for electrical connections. I always use black 3/4” ID w/ 3:1 shrink ratio.

Piece of cake with a heat gun, just have to step it up slowly, alternating sides, so you don’t trap any hot air (bulges). It’s pretty cheap in bulk, comes in a bunch of colors, protects the shaft finish and when it starts looking dinged up you can wipe it down with an acetone soaked paper towel and make it look new again. It’s also an easy way to add some weight to the entire length of the shaft.

I went tip-to-tip on the Lo Pro project and it was ~17 grams. Just be sure to stay away from the marine grade stuff with heat activated adhesive and make sure it doesn’t have the specs printed on the exterior.

Can you share a link? I take it you remove the grip and install from the top?

[downlowkey]

1 minute ago, Rob Person said:

Can you share a link? I take it you remove the grip and install from the top?

This is the eBay listing where I get it. Usually buy 25 feet, which is enough for 8-12 putters depending on whether you’re trimming to full length or just to the bottom end of the grip.

Correct - I air install all my grips so there’s no waste for me. But I suppose you could alternatively pull the shaft, run a sleeve of heat shrink on from the tip end and then reinstall the shaft.

[Rob Person]

21 minutes ago, downlowkey said:

This is the eBay listing where I get it. Usually buy 25 feet, which is enough for 8-12 putters depending on whether you’re trimming to full length or just to the bottom end of the grip.

Correct - I air install all my grips so there’s no waste for me. But I suppose you could alternatively pull the shaft, run a sleeve of heat shrink on from the tip end and then reinstall the shaft.

Thank you! I already have ideas swimming through my head!   

[Northern Monkey]

On 7/5/2024 at 1:06 PM, Rob Person said:

Finished my 1st club build last night. A putter actually.  I was gifted the head from lombardigolf, bought 2 shafts. A maltby chrome shaft and a golfworks black chrome shaft. Winn 2020 vsn pistol 2.0 grip. I trimmed the putter shaft for a total length of 33".  This is the Tour 34 mallet head. Milled face. It feels good in my hands.  Putted with it for the first time today and it's comfortable in my hands.  Will need to work with it some more, but it gave a good first impression.  I did not add a shaft counter weight at the top. I used 3 wraps at the bottom of the grip, and air to install it. I trimmed one of the reflective decals he sent to put on the shaft.

It's not replacing the AI One DB! This is a new hobby I solely blame on all of you!!!  

First use Video is uploading.  Here are some pics.  

 

Awesome job on the first build @Rob Person

That looks fantastic!

19 hours ago, RaRa Golf said:

Need opinions.. 1 or 2? Or leave blank? 

I prefer option 2 although both look good

[buckpillar]

21 hours ago, RaRa Golf said:

Need opinions.. 1 or 2? Or leave blank? 

its #2 for me

[03trdblack]

Some Baldo forged irons I recently rebuilt with Nippon Modus3 120 shafts.