How to Make Golf Clubs
Making golf clubs is a multi-step process that involves casting heads, shaping the shaft, installing the grip and assembling the club.
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Things You'll Need
- Metal clubhead molds
- Hot wax
- Chemical-gel-ceramic clubhead "skin" mixture
- Molten metal
- Steel tubing or graphite and epoxy
- Shaft mold
- Grips
- Solvent
- Epoxy
- Vice
Instructions
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Casting clubheads
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Obtain or make a master metal cast of a head for a wood or iron.
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Fill the metal cast with wax and let it harden.
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Remove the hardened wax cast from the metal casing. Dip the wax cast into a heated ceramic-gel-chemical mixture and let harden.
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Once the ceramic-gel-chemical mixture has hardened, heat the mold until the wax melts and pour the wax out of the mold.
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Fill the mold with molten metal and let it harden. Iron heads can then be treated to create a harder hitting surface.
Making shafts
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To make a steel shaft, a steel tube is pulled through a cast. First, a length of steel tube is cut to height.
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The tube is then inserted into the mold. The tube is pulled through the mold for several inches and then the tube is tightened to create a tapered shaft. This process is repeated until the entire shaft is tapered and marked.
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To make a graphite shaft, which is not tapered, graphite and epoxy are simultaneously fed through a hot tube mold.
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The graphite shaft is then cooled, removed from mold and cut to length.
Assembling the club
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Steel shafts are inserted into clubheads and secured with a pin.
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Graphite shafts are bonded to clubheads. Put epoxy into opening in clubhead and insert graphite shaft.
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Grips are attached by covering the hole at the end of the grip by inserting a tee or covering the hole with the index finger. Pour solvent into the grip and then slide it onto the shaft.
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Affix any labels to the shaft.
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Tips & Warnings
Wear proper safety equipment, including heat-resistant gloves and goggles.
