Golf Clubs
 

Now this may sound totally stupid, but I'm serious here. I've got a set of old shitty clubs, I have no idea the company or brand and quite frankly, I don't care. I want to use the shafts of the clubs for something else, but I want to minimize the damage(IE: Avoid cutting off the heads). How are the heads of the clubs put on the shafts? I'll venture a guess they aren't screwed on as I've tried to twist it for a good while. Then I just popped the fucking thing in a vice and it damn near broke the vice but didnt move the head. Any tips aside from busting out a saw and hacking them off or walking to the front of my house and whacking them on a curb?

Tips to remove the grips would be great too.

You should be able to cut the grips off with a box cutter.

My dad used to buy component clubs so he would get the heads, shafts and grips all separate and would then assemble them. He would use epoxy to attach the heads to the shafts.

Aye, skinned it like a snake. Thanks.

Hmmmm, now to figure out how to remove something cemented with epoxy...

There's gotta be a good way to do it. I'd call your local golf shop and ask how they do that when they fix clubs.

A flame.

Aye, I thought about that. Similar to hot glue removal, but I didn't know what epoxy was composed of so I didnt try it. I'll give that a go later, thanks for the suggestion.

Don't know if it would hurt the integrity of the hosel, but I would think maybe they would just cut the shaft off and then grind out the hosel with a rotary tool.

My step-dad has been making custom clubs for his buddies for years, but I can't think of a time where I saw him remove a club head like you are talking.

I am pretty sure he always did the whole component thing.

http://www.truetemper.com/technical/reshafting.htm

Ahhhh, that site could help. Thanks.

I was half right. http://www.sports-boards.net/forums/...ilies/cool.png

Epoxy as stated above is what keeps them on..flame up the head and it should come right out. Be aware that some clubs have a "bore through shaft" like the Callway Big Bertha series. This means the shaft goes all the way through the head, to the bottom and is visible when looking at the bottom of the head (where it says callaway). You cannot reuse these types of shafts.

Also, for those of you with grips that you want to save, what you do is take a needle attached to some source of water and keep pushing water into the grip and once you get enough in there the seal will bust and the grip will come off flying.