Shafting Beads and Assembly

[jsttaylor]

To all the club assemblers out there, are shafting beads necessary and who uses them? Also, a comprehensive link to re-shafting would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[Chieflongtee]

Beads are mostly used to center a shaft when the fit is a bit loose. Some folks use them all the time but it is not necessary.

http://www.golfworks.com/images/art/...ftGraphite.pdf

http://www.golfworks.com/images/art/...shaftSteel.pdf

http://www.golfsmith.com/display_pag...stration1&ln=N

http://blog.hirekogolf.com/2010/07/h...raphite-shaft/

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/...hafting-beads/

[The Saint]

Every club builder should have a supply of centering beads. You'll find that they are necessary in your arsenal for complete club assembly.

[LobWedge]

I use shafting beads all the time. If there's any play at all between the tip and the hosel, it's the best way to ensure that you're going to get a uniform fit with no deflection, and no potential stress "hot spots" on the shaft tip.

A word of caution, shafting beads should only be used when fitting the same hosel and tip sizes (eg .370 to .370, etc), and never in place of a shim, or hosel adapter when trying to bridge the gap between a larger hosel diameter and a smaller tip size (eg .350 to .335)

[The Saint]

A word of caution, shafting beads should only be used when fitting the same hosel and tip sizes (eg .370 to .370, etc), and never in place of a shim, or hosel adapter when trying to bridge the gap between a larger hosel diameter and a smaller tip size (eg .350 to .335)

Agree 100%

[jsttaylor]

Thanks everyone. Keep the tips coming.

[Chieflongtee]

There are zillion of clubs put up every year without shafting beads. To my knowledge no OEM use them and as a matter of fact their epoxy does not have
the same strength as aftermarket.