LOGO
Reply to Thread New Thread
Old 08-25-2006, 06:20 PM   #1
casinobonusnolimit

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
439
Senior Member
Default 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.
casinobonusnolimit is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 06:32 PM   #2
TriamiCaw

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
392
Senior Member
Default
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.
TriamiCaw is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 06:39 PM   #3
Olphander

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
621
Senior Member
Default
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.
Olphander is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:02 PM   #4
bgsavings

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
410
Senior Member
Default
You should be able to cut the grips off with a box cutter.
Aye, skinned it like a snake. Thanks.
bgsavings is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:04 PM   #5
Verriasana

Join Date
Nov 2005
Posts
435
Senior Member
Default
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.
Hmmmm, now to figure out how to remove something cemented with epoxy...
Verriasana is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:06 PM   #6
eFDMBwKH

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
515
Senior Member
Default
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.
eFDMBwKH is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:11 PM   #7
Anavaralo

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
460
Senior Member
Default
Hmmmm, now to figure out how to remove something cemented with epoxy...
A flame.
Anavaralo is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:13 PM   #8
netamargr

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
455
Senior Member
Default
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.
netamargr is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:19 PM   #9
blogwado

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
526
Senior Member
Default
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.
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.
blogwado is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:26 PM   #10
sasaderesada

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
341
Senior Member
Default
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.
sasaderesada is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:27 PM   #11
Dumpishchaism

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
485
Senior Member
Default
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.
http://www.truetemper.com/technical/reshafting.htm
Dumpishchaism is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:30 PM   #12
gogoleanylinkfo

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
439
Senior Member
Default
Ahhhh, that site could help. Thanks.
gogoleanylinkfo is offline


Old 08-25-2006, 07:30 PM   #13
wmtravelservice

Join Date
Nov 2005
Posts
604
Senior Member
Default
I was half right.
wmtravelservice is offline


Old 08-27-2006, 09:58 PM   #14
Almolfuncomma

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
590
Senior Member
Default
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.
Almolfuncomma is offline



Reply to Thread New Thread

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:17 PM.
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
Design & Developed by Amodity.com
Copyright© Amodity