About how expensive is it to get into clubmaking? Not as a profession or anything but I am somewhat an equipment junkie and I like to try out new shafts, etc. I know how much new shafts, etc would cost but how much am I looking at for the actual equipment to pull and install shafts, etc? I will be playing and switching equipment in this game for a long time to come and It'd be really nice to save some labor charges by doing it myself. Mainly all I would be doing is extracting/installing both graphite and steel shafts, cutting them down, and regripping.
Last edited by LAGolf460 : May 22nd, 2006 at 09:13 AM.
if you really want to do this and not spend thousands , this is what you need: vise, shaft extractor (you can ues a crow bar, but the extractors are much more convienient) this is the one i use http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-C-W-Commerci...QQcmdZViewItem and get the shaft holder also, shoud cost approx. $100. heat gun, mini torch, drill, find a drill bit that will just fit inside the hosel , sanding bits to sand the inside of hosel http://www.golfworks.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_CRMWC from golf works, hack saw and/or tubing cutter, ( i set up a chop saw with a steel cutting wheel, works great on both ), bench sander ( not neccessary, but is really convienient), measuring tape, utility knife (hooked), dialcalipar (measures the diameter of shafts and hosels). suppies: grip tape, solvent, grips, ferrules (these are the best http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrlgolf058QQhtZ-1 ) epoxy ,something to mix with, epoxy wipes, and if you would like to spine align the shafts, you can get jb's spine tool on ebayhttp://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrlgolf058QQhtZ-1
it's not neccessary to get everything at once, some items you can get from your local hardware store, golfworks carries just about everything.
$50 or so, minimally you'll need a shaft pry bar and a hea source, eithe r a heat gun or a little bernz o matic torch, a hack saw and tubing cutter, a vise, which i assume you have already and a pair of soft vise jaws. Vises can be had cheaply at harborfreight.com, they are cheap but fine for reshafting, wouldn't expect to pry out u joints in one, but for shaft pulling they are fine, the shaft puller can be had from golfsmith.com dynacraftgolf.com or one of the other supply stores. the troch or heat gun can be had ust about anywhere, kmart, harbourfreight, lowes...you can go all out and but a chop saw and killer vise and all kinds of otgher gadgets if you want, just like everythgn else, there is a specialty tool for everything.
Actually, $50 is a little low, more like $100 minumum, unless yo already ahve some stuff at home. I made my prybar when i worked in a small factory and i already had a vise tubing cutter and hack saw,and i bought the soft jaws and torch about 8 years ago, so if you have nothing, your looking at more like $100+. And liek Mikey posted there's the little stuff like calipers, which can be really cheap or really exspensive, ferrules, epoxy.... as far as drill bit, I think letter drill F, or letter drill N is a .335 diameter, I can look it up for sure if anybody is interested.
Dont get too many different little tools for the same job too. Just a hacksaw which will work for both steel and graphite(no need for tube cutter) micro torch is good for irons and woods steel or graphite( just be sure to use even heat) I found the heat gun is ok but it will take you a lot of time.If you need a heat gun check local hardware stores even walmart. The golf suppliers will charge a lot more. Use cut up squares of cardboard(from shoe box or cereal boxes to mix up your epoxies, no need to buy plastic cups. I am sure there are a lot more ideas our members here can help you with also. Good luck and have fun I have been doing it for over 20 yrs as a hobby and have had great fun doing it.
it's about time you guy's chimed in, i spent 20 mins thinking of what i used (went out to the garage twice), and another 10 typing. i started out much in the same way (except the crow bar) but as time goes on you start purchasing tools to make it simpler and faster and before you know it, you have a bench full. thanks for the input an i'm sure lagolf460 will enjoy tinkering with his clubs like we do.
In addition to what has already been listed, I would also recomend purchasing a swingweight scale. There's no sense in building custom clubs and not have them correctly swingweighted.
In addition to what has already been listed, I would also recomend purchasing a swingweight scale. There's no sense in building custom clubs and not have them correctly swingweighted.
Is that pretty much the only scale/measurement tool you need to build golf clubs?
In addition to what has already been listed, I would also recomend purchasing a swingweight scale. There's no sense in building custom clubs and not have them correctly swingweighted.
Good idea, forgot about that, i lost part of mine so now it's pretty much useless unless i can find the part. You going to want a 48 steel aluminum scale too, since a yard stick is too short and measuring tape is pretty inaccurate and hard to use, for club making anyway.
in the beginning you don't need to have a swingweight scale. You can use this as an estimator http://www.swingweightestimator.com/ which is pretty accurate.
I use this when pre-determining what weight I need to add to the tip. Usually works great.
The estimator would be Ok provided that you knew the weight of each clubhead. I still think a swingweight scale would be a better purchase. You can find used ones on Ebay for less than 50 bucks.
May 22nd, 2006, 09:07 AM
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