Here in the UK, there is an accute shortage of club builders. At my local golf course the resident PGA Pro butchered my driver. ( I wanted him to shorten it by half an inch, but instead of cutting it off at the butt section he cut it of at the tip and it was then too wide to fit into the hozel. Undefeated he tried to grind the tip down in order to get it to fit into the hozel. The head came off after the first shot. He refused to refund my money and challenged me to meet him in court. Another player asked him to change the lie angles on his iron set. He did not have a lie angle adjustment tool and proceded to clamp them in a vice and wack em with a hammer, totally destroying a brand new set of golf clubs, when asked for a refund, he threatened violence. That's the level of technology and professionalism here in the UK!!!
The USGA legal club length limit is still 48 inches, but the tournament committee can use the optional 46 inch limit like the PGA tour has (stupidly) done. I also use the playing postion unless the club is close to the upper length limit. Mizuno includes the grip cap in the length. Most companies don't.
One-half dozen or the other. When I do my final wipe off of epoxy I dab a small amount of grip solvent on the paper towel. To me, this insures the club hosel and ferrule area are all nice and clean. Not sure if the practice is right or wrong but it seems to work well for me.
Hi Mr Golf total Novice hear.. just starting out (Just Regrips to start). IS there a guide for how much tape you put under the club for standard Midsize or oversize grips?? I know that it had to be built up for the plus 4s (im assuming 4 layers)
The only one thing you didn’t talk about with the Grips is that sometimes people like the tape thicker like me where my second hand is on the grip the lower hand I like to build it up like three down there because that’s just the grip that I like and sometimes it doesn’t wanna slide over and I’ve use the heat gun to warmed the end and also the solvent inside and then put it on put some on the club and some on the grip and then poured on like you said and then don’t stop shove it all the way on but it helps her to get over the gift the beginning part of your grip that you put on the club is warmed up a bit and it fountains it up a little so it’s slides on
Is there ANY standard for head weight to shaft flex? I have an older set of irons with s300’s in them, but the old heads are 15-20 grams heavier than the new heads. So if I transfer them, won’t they be stiffer?
Stiffness is only determined by the shaft, now what you are talking about is swing weight, 2 grams added to the head= +1 point ( example: D1 is nowD2 with added 2 grams to club head) 5 grams added to the butt end = -1 point (d2 is now d1 with 5 added grams to butt end.) -Custom Club Builder Puetz Golf Seattle
Incredibly helpful video Jim!!!! Regarding the ferrules-how do you know when to use a collared, no-collar & specialty ferrule like the Ping club? Is there a reference somewhere?
It made me crazy was the first time I used shafting beads. I wasn't wearing my glasses while assembling and failed to notice the tiny gap between ferrule and hosel from the shafting beads. A minor incovenience but still a pain
After epoxy is used and has set up, does extreme cold harm or crack the epoxy. How many club fittings per week do you do? Do you feel that you are well listened to and then the customer goes with your opinion.
Great video and explanation of epoxy. I have found most people don't understand ratios and tend to miscalculate when eyeballing the amounts of epoxy. I personally use a scale but that because I'm just OCD. Is there a reason you don't use the mixing tips with the 3M glue? yes it is an extra cost but, mixes the epoxy quickly and perfectly.
All good tips!! Personally I have re-epoxied Taylormade irons hands down more than any other brand. Question: I spine align the shafts on everything I make or repair. Benefits or not? I figure it can't hurt.
Duane this is a good how to start an argument question among clubmakers lol. I do too. From comments of golfer it’s about a 50/50 split. Some can live without and some cannot. My opinion is it makes a consistent golf club regardless
Duane…in the early advent of graphites and some very inexpensive steel shafts, spine align or FLO ( flat line oscillation) was deemed critical by custom club makers. As mfgrg quality improved, more OEMs routinely required the shaft mfgrs to include this. Some testing has been performed by some clubmakers Jim McC knows….and playability improvement is hard to measure. As metallic fibers have been introduced, to graphites, designs have become far more stable…and deformation has been reduced. Even in non labeled steels like KBS, I always check FLO, because it’s better todo than not, IMO.
Thank you asking as this is a common question. The answer it no although I am sure there are some successes out there as a whole you will likely get a failure. Simply to much epoxy to fail.
Hi Jim, do you subscribe to the notion that, when measuring for length, both steel and graphite should be cut the same ( talking standard length here, ex 7i = 37”) or should graphite be cut 1/2” longer throughout the set?
Obviously, I'm doing something very different. When using a butane torch to heat up the hosel, the head is so hot I must wear a glove. You pull it off barehanded. Wow.
Interesting tidbit I picked up about epoxy a while back is that the viscosity while curing follows a sigmoid-shaped curve, with the transition from liquid-gel-solid happening relatively quickly. I haven't built any clubs yet but I'm hoping I can pick up a decent set of blades that need new shafts or grips for cheap at a thrift store some time, and it's great to know what the proper resin/filler is and how exactly the length is measured.
Two questions on gripping. 1) Do you also find mid-size grips harder to put on than standard size grips? Especially the Grip Master Kangaroo mid-size grip, that one is a nightmare to put on. Any tips? 2) I removed and re-used some quite old junior grips. Put them back on and some 12+ hours later (kept them in a room with a dehumidifier) some of them were still turning. Never experienced this before so I don’t think it’d an issue with my tape or solvent. Is it possible the grips are too old and after taking them off, they stretched out too much?
1) the kangaroo grips are problematic for a smooth install the last I did was a work out. If the grip was old and was on a bigger butt shaft or built up I’d also think the grip would not seat
@@McGolf Thank you sir good to know I’m not alone with the kangaroo midsize grips! If you ever get a chance can you do a video on how to put on all the problematic grips? 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hello, is your grip tape double sided? It didn’t look like it when you were handling it and I was curious cause I haven’t seen that before. Thanks for all the tips love your channel!
Is it possible to utilize the air installation method for irons rather than using solvent? Recommended? I’ve done both methods but not for steel shaft irons. A driver shaft I put in another club did not have any tape so it was blown on.
Looking for help. Wanted to change shafts in a set of old Macgregor irons, graphite to steel. Tried to remove old graphite shafts, when pulling out they have essentially just ripped right at the top of the hosel. Tried drilling out but hitting metal about 5mm down in the hosel meaning no depth in the bore to put new shafts in. Anyone have any suggestions on what has happened or another option for getting the rest of the heads as normal?
Graphite is brittle when introduced to heat, use a heat gun, you CAN NOT twist the club head to get it off a graphite shaft. It has to be a Parallel “pull” basically you need a shaft extractor. If not accessible you can cut the shaft off flush then boar the hosel ,start with a small drillbit and work your way up bigger, you’re hitting a swing weight it’s brass and a particular drill bit is needed or extractor, you can try to heat the hosel up with a propane torch sometimes the weight will come out on its own, but at best it will loosen epoxy and be more likely to slide out as you’re drilling. Use heat shield on hosel. But best would be to take them to a club builder. -Custom Club Builder Puetz Golf Seattle
@@McGolf .. since I work with Mizuno Fitting cart, I don’t have to do that. I ream out the .355” fitting adapters to .370” when needed. Trying to KISS it.
@@malcolmbosanko2007 I just saw a newer high end iron involved and was wondering why anyone would do that? I get it that there isn't as big of a selection for .355 hosels and might save a buck but just seems like carving up a very nice "new" iron
As always, a great Video. It was fun to watch 🎉
Merry Christmas from Michigan!
Here in the UK, there is an accute shortage of club builders.
At my local golf course the resident PGA Pro butchered my driver. ( I wanted him to shorten it by half an inch, but instead of cutting it off at the butt section he cut it of at the tip and it was then too wide to fit into the hozel. Undefeated he tried to grind the tip down in order to get it to fit into the hozel. The head came off after the first shot. He refused to refund my money and challenged me to meet him in court. Another player asked him to change the lie angles on his iron set.
He did not have a lie angle adjustment tool and proceded to clamp them in a vice and wack em with a hammer, totally destroying a brand new set of golf clubs, when asked for a refund, he threatened violence.
That's the level of technology and professionalism here in the UK!!!
meet him in court?
Excellent video on mistakes and techniques, Jim. Thank you for sharing this!
I use a couple strips of 2 inch painters tape to mix my glue on. When done peel and throw it away
Thanks. Pat's Golf Club Repairs
Very informative Jim!!! Thank you!!! 💪👍👍
The USGA legal club length limit is still 48 inches, but the tournament committee can use the optional 46 inch limit like the PGA tour has (stupidly) done. I also use the playing postion unless the club is close to the upper length limit. Mizuno includes the grip cap in the length. Most companies don't.
I'm going to be putting on some BB&F ferrules on my Srixons 785s and Cleveland zipcore wedges. The tips here were better than what I've been doing.
glad to hear it
One-half dozen or the other. When I do my final wipe off of epoxy I dab a small amount of grip solvent on the paper towel. To me, this insures the club hosel and ferrule area are all nice and clean. Not sure if the practice is right or wrong but it seems to work well for me.
Subscribed. Love the channel 🔥
Great stuff Jim
Hi Mr Golf total Novice hear.. just starting out (Just Regrips to start). IS there a guide for how much tape you put under the club for standard Midsize or oversize grips??
I know that it had to be built up for the plus 4s (im assuming 4 layers)
The only one thing you didn’t talk about with the Grips is that sometimes people like the tape thicker like me where my second hand is on the grip the lower hand I like to build it up like three down there because that’s just the grip that I like and sometimes it doesn’t wanna slide over and I’ve use the heat gun to warmed the end and also the solvent inside and then put it on put some on the club and some on the grip and then poured on like you said and then don’t stop shove it all the way on but it helps her to get over the gift the beginning part of your grip that you put on the club is warmed up a bit and it fountains it up a little so it’s slides on
Is there ANY standard for head weight to shaft flex? I have an older set of irons with s300’s in them, but the old heads are 15-20 grams heavier than the new heads. So if I transfer them, won’t they be stiffer?
Stiffness is only determined by the shaft, now what you are talking about is swing weight, 2 grams added to the head= +1 point ( example: D1 is nowD2 with added 2 grams to club head)
5 grams added to the butt end = -1 point (d2 is now d1 with 5 added grams to butt end.)
-Custom Club Builder
Puetz Golf Seattle
Incredibly helpful video Jim!!!! Regarding the ferrules-how do you know when to use a collared, no-collar & specialty ferrule like the Ping club? Is there a reference somewhere?
There will be a shoulder in the hosel of the club for the collar to fit in. Specialty ferrules like ping isk model will be very obvious
It made me crazy was the first time I used shafting beads.
I wasn't wearing my glasses while assembling and failed to notice the tiny gap between ferrule and hosel from the shafting beads. A minor incovenience but still a pain
After epoxy is used and has set up, does extreme cold harm or crack the epoxy. How many club fittings per week do you do?
Do you feel that you are well listened to and then the customer goes with your opinion.
Where are you located and what is the cost to reshaft 8 clubs from steel to Graphite
Great video and explanation of epoxy. I have found most people don't understand ratios and tend to miscalculate when eyeballing the amounts of epoxy. I personally use a scale but that because I'm just OCD. Is there a reason you don't use the mixing tips with the 3M glue? yes it is an extra cost but, mixes the epoxy quickly and perfectly.
IMO the tips do add some precision but using them wastes the epoxy
I’ve regripped my clubs for years. Had trouble with jumbo max not sliding on well. Any tips? Thank you.
The opening is always a bit trouble some, I tend to come at from an angle then while twisting the grip get is started then push like hell.
All good tips!! Personally I have re-epoxied Taylormade irons hands down more than any other brand.
Question: I spine align the shafts on everything I make or repair. Benefits or not? I figure it can't hurt.
Duane this is a good how to start an argument question among clubmakers lol. I do too. From comments of golfer it’s about a 50/50 split. Some can live without and some cannot. My opinion is it makes a consistent golf club regardless
Duane…in the early advent of graphites and some very inexpensive steel shafts, spine align or FLO ( flat line oscillation) was deemed critical by custom club makers. As mfgrg quality improved, more OEMs routinely required the shaft mfgrs to include this. Some testing has been performed by some clubmakers Jim McC knows….and playability improvement is hard to measure. As metallic fibers have been introduced, to graphites, designs have become far more stable…and deformation has been reduced.
Even in non labeled steels like KBS, I always check FLO, because it’s better todo than not, IMO.
Can you simply use the quick centre beads to fit a 0.355 shaft into a 0.370 hosel? Or do you have to use a shim?
Thank you asking as this is a common question. The answer it no although I am sure there are some successes out there as a whole you will likely get a failure. Simply to much epoxy to fail.
From personal knowledge the shim is the right way to fill that large gap.
GW T Shims work. Abraid both sides to remove the gloss.
48 inches is still the maximum allowable club lenth unless the tournament committee exercises the 46 inch limit option.
THE "L" is the most useful to at least me new at this.
Hi Jim, the epoxy gun shown around the 11-min mark with the DP420, is that the VB1005 50ml epoxy gun from Golf Works?
Not sure if the model number but yes it is from golfworks
Hi Jim, do you subscribe to the notion that, when measuring for length, both steel and graphite should be cut the same ( talking standard length here, ex 7i = 37”) or should graphite be cut 1/2” longer throughout the set?
Length is length regardless of the shaft material. YOu are putting in a a lighter shaft for a reason and a result will be a lower swing weight
Obviously, I'm doing something very different. When using a butane torch to heat up the hosel, the head is so hot I must wear a glove. You pull it off barehanded. Wow.
Interesting tidbit I picked up about epoxy a while back is that the viscosity while curing follows a sigmoid-shaped curve, with the transition from liquid-gel-solid happening relatively quickly. I haven't built any clubs yet but I'm hoping I can pick up a decent set of blades that need new shafts or grips for cheap at a thrift store some time, and it's great to know what the proper resin/filler is and how exactly the length is measured.
Two questions on gripping. 1) Do you also find mid-size grips harder to put on than standard size grips? Especially the Grip Master Kangaroo mid-size grip, that one is a nightmare to put on. Any tips? 2) I removed and re-used some quite old junior grips. Put them back on and some 12+ hours later (kept them in a room with a dehumidifier) some of them were still turning. Never experienced this before so I don’t think it’d an issue with my tape or solvent. Is it possible the grips are too old and after taking them off, they stretched out too much?
1) the kangaroo grips are problematic for a smooth install the last I did was a work out. If the grip was old and was on a bigger butt shaft or built up I’d also think the grip would not seat
@@McGolf Thank you sir good to know I’m not alone with the kangaroo midsize grips! If you ever get a chance can you do a video on how to put on all the problematic grips? 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hello, is your grip tape double sided? It didn’t look like it when you were handling it and I was curious cause I haven’t seen that before. Thanks for all the tips love your channel!
It is double sided. I start at the top barely touching in order to make sure to minimize wrinkle’s
Is it possible to utilize the air installation method for irons rather than using solvent? Recommended? I’ve done both methods but not for steel shaft irons. A driver shaft I put in another club did not have any tape so it was blown on.
I’ve used air to install grips on both steel shafts and graphite. Painters tape works.
Ron you should be able to use air to install a grip for either type of shaft
Appreciate the vid!
Now, how to repair the hole in your 🚪?
I know right!? That’s a new door kinda thing for sure
No tip weights?
Looking for help. Wanted to change shafts in a set of old Macgregor irons, graphite to steel. Tried to remove old graphite shafts, when pulling out they have essentially just ripped right at the top of the hosel. Tried drilling out but hitting metal about 5mm down in the hosel meaning no depth in the bore to put new shafts in. Anyone have any suggestions on what has happened or another option for getting the rest of the heads as normal?
Graphite is brittle when introduced to heat, use a heat gun, you CAN NOT twist the club head to get it off a graphite shaft. It has to be a Parallel “pull” basically you need a shaft extractor. If not accessible you can cut the shaft off flush then boar the hosel ,start with a small drillbit and work your way up bigger, you’re hitting a swing weight it’s brass and a particular drill bit is needed or extractor, you can try to heat the hosel up with a propane torch sometimes the weight will come out on its own, but at best it will loosen epoxy and be more likely to slide out as you’re drilling. Use heat shield on hosel. But best would be to take them to a club builder.
-Custom Club Builder
Puetz Golf Seattle
Jim.. who machines the hosels on your Mizuno 923s ??
I do using a reamer and a drill press and a jig
@@McGolf .. since I work with Mizuno Fitting cart, I don’t have to do that. I ream out the .355” fitting adapters to .370” when needed. Trying to KISS it.
Not sure I understand this comment. Why would you ream out a .355 hosel?
@@pgowan357 to fit a 0.370 parallel shaft I'd guess.
@@malcolmbosanko2007 I just saw a newer high end iron involved and was wondering why anyone would do that? I get it that there isn't as big of a selection for .355 hosels and might save a buck but just seems like carving up a very nice "new" iron
What brand epoxy gun do you use with your 3M epoxy?
I get mine from golfworks
DP810 vs DP810?
How damn hard is it to make sure the music isn't 10 times the volume of your voice? Jesus Christ