Is Saving This Warped Putter Even Possible!?
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- This vintage Newport Two oval track Classic found its way to an inexperienced ‘customizer’ & is likely damaged beyond repair. The extreme welding warped this entire putter, leaving it as a total loss. Furthermore, the flange was gouged out from excessive grinding & needs to be rebuilt. Follow along for more!
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Dude… I hope the right people see this. Your knowledge and work is second to no one. 🎉 Bravo ! And thank you, this has encouraged and taught me too do some of my own old putters.
I appreciate that! These are so tedious and very rewarding projects to work on! Go have fun with some!
Didn't know there was a market for welding golf clubs. My type of fixes
A quick search showed similar, possibly less vintage or valuable, putters going for close to a thousand. Certainly worth a few minutes of welding and sanding to bring back to life.
Wouldn’t it be easier to place it into a furnace and get it to a bright orange and then press it flat?
Just as likely to warp again as it cools down. If you fixture it in place, it'll probably just spring back as soon as it's unclamped. That said, I'm curious if there are any special properties lost by heating it, either by welding or annealing in a furnace.
@@dwaynesykes694 I’m talking about orange hot and the press will cool it down so it’ll be flat in the press.
@@RadDadisRad ask any knifemaker how well flattening an orange hot piece of metal in a press goes. The rapid cooling from the press, which acts like a giant heatsink, actually creates rather tremendous stresses. It'll spring back into a banana shape the second you take it out of the press. Flattening/straightening is done pretty much the same way as here, with targeted application of heat and a solid understanding of how the metal will move as a result of that application of heat.
Alternatively, if you have enough material present, you can anneal/stress relieve the piece in a heat treat oven with slow, controlled cooling, it'll move how it wants based on existing internal stress that's relieve during heat treat, then machine it into the desired finished shape. It'll move again a bit if subsequently heat treated, but it should be minimal given a well-controlled process. Final dimensions can be achieved by grinding after heat treat.
@@dwaynesykes694 works well, most of them do it.
Thanks for your input with this response!
Great further explanation of how technical this is and the process to control it!
When cleaning to degrease or get whatever out of the metal, would using a ultrasonic cleaner with acetone do a good job (after hand cleaning)? Just wondering.
That works well for surface cleaning, likely nothing better! These have the oil/contamination embedded and locked inside of the grain structure from the quench-hardening process. Best I know for this is to warm the grain until it releases oils, then follow with the ultrasonic. Acetone lifts oils away & soapy hot water removes what the acetone won’t dilute. I also like to isopropyl rinse parts after water wash for the best clean I can get.