What Have You Built Recently?

[TJ Hall]

3 minutes ago, DAKDAK said:

Hello all. I have been a master club builder for almost 40 years. (Been building for almost 50 years but took a while to become good). For many of you new to club building, this goes back to the days before metal woods so we had to whip woods to shafts. I have not been hitting my 3 wood well at the start of this golf season (NE Ohio) so cleaned up and regripped a Tommy Armour EQL. Hitting it almost as far as 3 wood but accuracy is substantially better. Also using Reid Lockhart 60 degree wedge that has 4 bounce angles for at least 15 years. Remains best wedge ever in my opinion. I use Avon Chamois OS Grips with 5 layers of tape under bottom hand.  

I haven’t seen Avon Chamois in a long time…used these for years growing up.  The grip was completely smooth after years of use and was still tacky!

[StrokerAce]

for those interested in swapping out ferrules I thought this was a great description of how to do it.
He doesn't use any fancy/expensive tools (i.e. belt sander) except for what he calls a "hotbox". I hadn't even heard of such a thing; I just boil some water on the stove and dunk the ferrules in a glass bowl. The water isn't hot enough to melt them but hot enough to soften them up.

 

[dbdors]

35 minutes ago, StrokerAce said:

for those interested in swapping out ferrules I thought this was a great description of how to do it.
He doesn't use any fancy/expensive tools (i.e. belt sander) except for what he calls a "hotbox". I hadn't even heard of such a thing; I just boil some water on the stove and dunk the ferrules in a glass bowl. The water isn't hot enough to melt them but hot enough to soften them up.

 

I always like his video's

[DAKDAK]

For anyone wanting to save major dollars, the first tool I would buy is a shaft puller. There is a fine line between the epoxy melt point and the bonding agents used to hold graphite shafts together. I have a B & D workmate that I keep in the garage for removing shafts and also for gripping clubs. My wife is bothered by the smell, especially from using a propane torch to release shafts. To keep discoloring to a minimum, I place aluminum foil over the hosel. This is paramount with many of the paints used on drivers and fairways woods as the paint will easily discolor.

[StrokerAce]

1 hour ago, DAKDAK said:

For anyone wanting to save major dollars, the first tool I would buy is a shaft puller. There is a fine line between the epoxy melt point and the bonding agents used to hold graphite shafts together. I have a B & D workmate that I keep in the garage for removing shafts and also for gripping clubs. My wife is bothered by the smell, especially from using a propane torch to release shafts. To keep discoloring to a minimum, I place aluminum foil over the hosel. This is paramount with many of the paints used on drivers and fairways woods as the paint will easily discolor.

*if you are working with graphite shafts. you don't need one of these for steel shafts, but yes, without a doubt the only safe way to remove anything from graphite is with a shaft puller.

[RaRa Golf]

I admit it, I have a problem... this poor bastard has more vinyl wrap than a civic at a Thursday night car meet in a Costco parking lot...

To answer your questions, no it doesn't seem to affect the roll of the ball, and yes the feel is almost the exact same.

It has a slightly more muted sound on soft putts, but anything more than 5ft it sounds and feels the same.

I dunno... I like it...