I'm currently setting myself up (slowly) for clubmaking, and want to know what is the best option for shaft cutting. My golfsmith instructional uses a tube cutter (attatches to shaft, twists to cut) but doesn't say whether this is OK for graphite too. I bought a cheap hacksaw, but it won't even scratch a true temper steel shaft. I'd prefer not to saw them anyway as the saw can slide out of place and scrath up the shaft.
A good tubing cutter, like Imperial Eastmen or Swedgelok, will give the best results on steel shafts. However the tubing cutter is slow and time consuming. A chop saw with a carbide cutting disk is best for graphite and will work well with steel shafts. The drawback is cost and you have to grind the rough edge of the cut. The benefit is time saved! Hope this helps. Oh, do not attempt to cut a graphite shaft with a tubing cutter!
If you're going to make more than 10 clubs a year, you absolutely have to have a chop or mitre saw with an abrasive cut off wheel. This is a necessity. Golfsmith has the little 7in ones, or I use a mitre saw I bought at Lowes. It cuts graphite and steel in a breeze, multiple shafts at once.
If you're going to make more than 10 clubs a year, you absolutely have to have a chop or mitre saw with an abrasive cut off wheel. This is a necessity. Golfsmith has the little 7in ones, or I use a mitre saw I bought at Lowes. It cuts graphite and steel in a breeze, multiple shafts at once.
Cool, thanks. I plan to buy this from a local hardware supplier rather than ship it from golfsmith, so If I just buy a small drop saw, are there different types of abrasive disks? Different grains or something? Or not? What else do I need to know?
(not meaning to hijack but suggesting a possible idea) could a dremel with a cutting wheel in a vice work on steel/graphite shafts? would that be cheaper?
I have used a dremmel tool and it works fine if you already have one. The problem is 1) it can be tricky (for me, at least) to freehand a straight cut, and 2) I go through a LOT of abrasive wheels... enough to justify a cheap chop saw if you are planning to stick with clubmaking. All in all, I'd say a low-priced chop saw is the best way to go, especially since they are designed to withstand the metal dust particles that will eventually chew up the inner working of wood saws.
July 23rd, 2006, 06:56 AM
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