Forum: Club Making & Components

Hi. New here but have seen enough expert advice to know I can find an answer here. I have a hybrid head with a 370 hosel, and am going to get a grafalloy hybrid shaft with a 350 tip. I've seen shims and bushing ferrules at various online retailers, but none seem to be made for this particular...

Anyone know where I can get a 3 wood reshafted in a pinch? I bought an Aeroburner 3HL but it was a ladies flex, I have an aldila rogue black I want to put in it. Also it will need to be shimmed as the shafts are different widths. Thanks in advance MacKie

Put a hybrid shaft in a Taylormade UDI 3 iron. Suggestions?

In your opinion is shaft fitting that important? I say clubhead is just as important in the fitting process. Your opinion please.

So I decided to re-tool the bag this winter spring. Out: Nike VR Pro Ltd driver, 3wd and 5wd w/ Wishon Interflexx x flex shafts. In: Cally XHot Pro w/ MCS freq'd to 6.2 and Cally XHot 2 Pro 3Deep w/ stock Aldila Tour Green s flex. Out: Nike VR Pro 23* w/ UST V2 96gm x flex In: Cally FT...

Anyone else try cutting their driver down to this length? I did, and could't be happier. Where I used to have up to over a half dozen bad drives a round, I'm down to maybe 2 or 3 tops. And even those are nowhere near as bad of misses as it used to be at 44.5". And pretty much every tee shot is...

Soft stepping is taking a 3 iron shaft and putting in the 4 iron, 4 iron in the 5 and so on, correct? Hard stepping is doing the oppostie, correct? My question is, for a taper set of iron shafts, if you soft step, would the irons not be longer in length? And if you were then to butt trim...

Has anyone done any research on launch angles on various irons. There are numerous charts out there on woods. Just curious.

After seeing Brianson's ad with those sweet gunmetal type 690CB's I was think of looking into doing something like this. I lik my irons an ddon't want to giv ethem up but like everyone you get bored of the same sticks. Anyone know of where you could get this treatment done?

I was just wondering if anyone knew where I could get this done. I talked to GolfWorks and they said they wouldn't do it, so I was just wondering if anyone here knew. Thanks!

Ok .. I found my discontinued Acer XDS2 heads .. I also found my discontinued Grafalloy Pro-Logic shafts. Now it appears that Kelmac has gone outta business, and the Tour Select (black) grips are almost impossible to find. Anyone know where I might be able to find these grips? My beautiful...

So I've been fixing/building custom clubs for a while now but mainly just my own. I was thinking about maybe spreading the word out to try and help people out that don't want to go to some large corporation *cough*GolfTown*cough* to have it done. I don't like sending my things in to large places...

Is there a list of club makers in Ottawa? I see that Artisan Golf has retired and I may need help! johnreid

I've recently realized that I need flatter lies in my irons. I have a set of '72 Hogan Apexes that I hit exceptionally well. They are based on a 58* 5i and compared to them, all of my other sets seem to be too upright. As an experiment I'd like to flatten the lies of my other sets to match the old...

This method: http://golfworks.com/images/art/2008HowToBuildClubs.pdf Step number 14 or this method: There is a 5/16 difference between the 2 methods??????????

O.k..i'm half way through Wishon's "Search for the perfect club" and i have to say i'm impressed with this guys aproach to club fitting:thumbsup What i cant understand is why some shafts cost 20 dollars and others cost 300? If im fitted lets say for a 60 gram shaft(for my perticular clubhead...

I know ping has a specific "dot" lie system that they use. I was wondering if there would be any problems encountered if you were to have to lie angle altered?

I have a stock Tour Burner TP driver that I believe plays at 45.5-46". I've had some control problems with this over the past year and I seem to have much better accuracy choking up an inch on the handle. I need a new grip installed on the club anyways, so I'm debating shortening the shaft at the...

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone on these boards knew if SMT Golf is still around. I play with their driver, 3 wood, and hybrid and love them. That said, they have not released a new driver head in 3 or 4 years, and I can't seem to access their discussion forum from their website any...

Hi All, Would any of you out there be willing to rent a swingweight scale to me for a day or two? I no longer have the need for scale of my very own. Many thanks.

Does shortening a shaft in an existing club make it stiffer?:listen:

I may be picking up a set of TM Rsi2 irons. They come with KBS 105 Tour in regular. I'm enjoying less and less swinging S300's, and according to the guy at GT, I'm borderline reg anyway: 85mph 7i ss Slow side of Moderate tempo, slow transition to downswing Lots of acceleration through the...

I'm deciding between these two shafts for my Taylormade RAC OS irons. I'm coming from their t-step 90 mid-tip shafts in regular flex. My fitter has told me to move to a stiff shaft, like the FST 115 or the TT Dynamic Gold SL or Dynalite Gold SL. My understanding is the oem TM shafts made by TT...

Other than Golfworks, is there other components distributors in Ottawa? I am looking to pick up a Diamana W+ series shaft, but Golfworks doesn't have them and Golftown (at least in Kanata) doesn't seem to carry that kind of stuff anymore. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

I have a set of TM RAC LTs with stock TM graphite shafts that a buddy would like to buy and have extended 1". Is this doable with graphite shafts? Thanks!!

Twice i went to Golftown once trainyard and once kanata to get lie checked, both told me there perfect standard. Being 6"3 and always having a slight toey dibbet i finally decided to raise em 2 deg, what a difference, ive elliminated the left side of the course with misses with irons. Anyone that...

I am just wondering if anyone had information on the effect of weight configuration on ball spin rate for any TM drivers, in particular the Superquad. Right now, I have a 10.5 Superquad with the Proforce V2 High Launch 65S and I find that my launch angle seems to be fine and the ball takes off...

I'm in the process of reshafting my Taylor Made R540 Driver (with a shaft that's been getting alot of positive reports on this forum ...) and was disappointed to find out that the shaft that I'm interested in has a .335 tip diameter while my R540 has a .350 bore. I've always been a bit nervous...

Has anyone ever tried the Avon chamois grips? And has anyone ever tried to install them with air? I love my Pure grips but I am thinking of trying these ones. http://www.golfworks.ca/product.asp_Q_pn_E_CHMS_A_cn_E_3

hey question for all you guys, can an experienced person remove a grip from one club and install on another? i have never found this out before. thanks

With the demise of GolfQuip, who distrubuted components from Dynacraft, please be aware that Dynacraft products will be distributed by Bob Londry at SG Distributing Co., in Kingston, for 2006. www.sgdistributing.com I have been getting some components from Bob for years and he is most...

It was fine, took one swing and it started to rattle really bad. It sounds like a stone in the head or something. It has to be epoxy right??? What is the worst case scenerio?

According to the Grafalloy web site is says 1.25 for standard bore but golfworks says not at all! Any ideas? going in an R7 draw http://grafalloy.com/grafalloy/trim_prolaunch65.asp http://golfworks.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_TT0014W

so i'm reading up about club fitting for the mid-capper -me - average between 84-92 ....i was told by a guy at golf town that the standard clubs (length) are good enough..... has anyone gone thorugh this - and if so have you noticed your control increase?? i'm ok with not bombing every...

What is the difference between DG S200 and DG S400 shafts? What should a high handicap 86ss 5 iron player use?

Hey guys I usually just use this site to check out golf gear and to sell gear but today I had an unreal experience that needs to be shared. So I am a fairly good golfer but short game has kept me from shooting par or going under. So after using 8 putters over the last two years I finally decided to...

I ordered what was supposed to be a brand new mizuno mx-500 driver on ebay and I got it and it had been hit a little and there were paint chips on the crown of the club. I was furious and contacted the company, they agreed to give me half my money back and I would get the paint chips fixed. But, I...

For those who did not receive the email yesterday, Wishon is discontinuing the 550 line and has all remaining heads on for $19 a piece. If someone is placing an order, let me know as I may want to jump in and pick up a few spares. GarthM

Anyone have experience with this brand of shafts? The clubmaker I will be going to uses them, I have never used one or know anybody so your thought would be appreciated.

I have decided to do my first reshaft on an R7 425 head I have sitting in the basement. I have a .350 driver shaft and the head, from what I have seen, is .350 as well. However when I insert the shaft (prepped, no epoxy yet) into the hosel there seems to be a lot of play. I have tried the same...

I have a few tweaks needed for the upcoming season a shaft swap here and there... I don't mind doing some of my own basic stuff... but would like any recommendations for someone who does good work? any suggestions? thanks

I am currently on vacation in the sun and played with a guy who was using a 5 Wood with a 3 wood shaft. He really hit it well Would appreciate opinions, like this guy I have trouble hitting a 3 wood and am thinking of giving it a try. Thanks

I'm considering purchasing a new non-OEM driver. I'm of the belief that the products from the better component companies are less expensive and at least as good as the OEM (Titleist, Taylor Made, etc.) models. However, I'm finding it very difficult to decide which component company to go with. ...

a friend of mine refuses to get fit for a shaft so I'm going to fit him myself by watching him swing.... This is what I found. His ball flight is way to low, he swings around 105mph and has a bit of an inside out swing... So, I told him to get a 9.5* driver but use a shaft that will get the...

Hey guys, the shaft in my ft-5 snapped the other day on the course, and if i cant get the warranty for my driver i was wondering where the best/most reliable place would be to get the existing shaft taken out and replaced by a new one(kingston/ottawa area), and where could i buy a brand new diamana...

I'm looking to change my shafts in my cleveland tl310 driver and cleveland Mashie 3 wood from there current x-stiff to stiff. Looking for someone in Kingston area that might have a couple extra shafts and the know how to do it for a cheap price and swap for my current shafts. Thanks.

I am carrying out some research regarding the balance point of a golf club. If there is any data out there, I would apreciate being pointed at it.

Bought some lead tape at GT and the package states that each piece adds 2 swing weights? I have no idea how many grams that is. Does anybody know? I want to add 5-10 grams of weight to my driver. Is lead tape the best way to do this barring changing to a heavier shaft?