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How to Make Golf Clubs

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By J.D. Chi
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Making golf clubs is a multi-step process that involves casting heads, shaping the shaft, installing the grip and assembling the club.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions

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

    Casting clubheads

  1. Step 1

    Obtain or make a master metal cast of a head for a wood or iron.

  2. Step 2

    Fill the metal cast with wax and let it harden.

  3. Step 3

    Remove the hardened wax cast from the metal casing. Dip the wax cast into a heated ceramic-gel-chemical mixture and let harden.

  4. Step 4

    Once the ceramic-gel-chemical mixture has hardened, heat the mold until the wax melts and pour the wax out of the mold.

  5. Step 5

    Fill the mold with molten metal and let it harden. Iron heads can then be treated to create a harder hitting surface.

  6. Making shafts

  7. Step 1

    To make a steel shaft, a steel tube is pulled through a cast. First, a length of steel tube is cut to height.

  8. Step 2

    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.

  9. Step 3

    To make a graphite shaft, which is not tapered, graphite and epoxy are simultaneously fed through a hot tube mold.

  10. Step 4

    The graphite shaft is then cooled, removed from mold and cut to length.

  11. Assembling the club

  12. Step 1

    Steel shafts are inserted into clubheads and secured with a pin.

  13. Step 2

    Graphite shafts are bonded to clubheads. Put epoxy into opening in clubhead and insert graphite shaft.

  14. Step 3

    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.

  15. Step 4

    Affix any labels to the shaft.

Tips & Warnings
  • Wear proper safety equipment, including heat-resistant gloves and goggles.
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