What did you build today?

DonM · 2020-01-24T22:58:56+00:00

I'll start. Vertex AW on SK Fiber TT75R shaft. Cleveland Launcher HB 5W on UST 55 Gold R shaft.

Mattyv

Here are my last couple of builds.

Built the CER irons for my buddy who had his clubs stolen. Shafted with some DG R300 pulls I had laying around. Golf Pride MMC Midsize grips that someone gave me. I also through into his set a couple of Ping G15 hybrid clones and regripped his old driver. He is getting all this for $130. I think that is a pretty good deal.

Next up are a set of wedges I did for my buddy who is now blind in his left eye. Maltby M-Series 56° and 60°. Also did an Inazone Hyedge 49° chipper for him. Hopefully they work well for h8m.

Typhoon

You’ll love that M series. Don’t open it up, just play it square and the ball comes out of sand and whatever else nice with tons of spin.

Typhoon

I weighed my Nike pro combo and Ping ie-1 irons and checked swing weights. It’s funny to look at the increments from one club to the next and also the difference between the 2 brands with the modus 105 shafts and the DGpro s300 shafts. The clubs range from 15 to 25 gram difference from say one 7 or 8 iron to the next brand. No wonder there is a big difference in how I hit them.

Typhoon

what is odd maybe is that with both sets there are 2 irons that are the same weight.

Eguller

Typhoon

Looks like those PINGs are good candidates for some lead tape or tip weights should the lead tape pan out.

HybridWood

Typhoon Not to be critical here, but based on the numbers you have it appears that the scale used looks to be only to the nearest 5 grams. What may happen for example is that an actual 408 g weight may actually read as 410 grams (rounds up) but so will 412 grams (rounds down). Not knowing how the scale functions I'm not exactly sure (perhaps it rounds up regardless?).

I guess if you are using it for general guidance it is probably OK.

bad9

I'll be putting together my old Tricept red 58° on the Xcaliber Spin 85 that showed up today.

Par4QC

HybridWood Yeah, I have 2 scales. 1 is accurate, but not with anything coming up at 239.7, it will show 240. The other will only go by 5 gr. increments. You now know why I have 2, and which one I bought 1st. 😉

Typhoon

It’s a old Golfsmith one that’s in increments of 5... not the fancy digital ones. Close enough for what I do. Like I added some tape and reweighed... arely moved from say 400 so I call it a ""c-h"" over 400.

i added 2 2" strips to the 5 iron and U wedge as well like I did with the 7 iron. I then taped another one on the 7 iron so I can compare the numbers from hitting it the other day with 2 strips.

mulegolf

candukid that thing is big.

That's what she said!

Rickochet

I am pulling some Ping Eye 2+ heads. Whoever invented the glue Ping uses is a cruel sumbitch. 🤬

Mattyv

Rickochet

They really jam the shafts into those heads. I don't think it is only the epoxy they use. They showed the assembly process at Ping on an episode of How It's Made a few years back. I also got to see it in person when I went on a factory tour.

Par4QC

Rickochet Try pulling a shaft from one of their putters.

Rickochet

Mattyv They really jam the shafts into those heads. I don't think it is only the epoxy they use. They showed the assembly process at Ping on an episode of How It's Made a few years back. I also got to see it in person when I went on a factory tour.

Maybe after heating it to what I think should do it I need to whack the head with one of those wooden mallets like the Ping techs use to set the lies. I might use some spicy language as well. Duh, I always use spicy language when I work on shit. 😜

Rickochet

I didn't really build anything today but I found something I built many years ago. I have been in my current house for 35 years and am fortunate to have a huge workshop in the basement with benches and shelves everwhere. And with me being a packrat all the shelves and benches are full and I have been trying to clear the many shelves so I can sort out all of the shit on the benches and put it up on the shelves. I ran across something in a box on an upper shelf I had totally forgotten about. Do you know what this is?

This is a funnel ashtray (butt can). Made from a solvent can and a funnel. The spring in the top holds the cigarette tightly and won't let the wind blow it off while the ashes fall into the funnel then the can. Then you let the butt drop in the can when finished. I don't know where these originated (probably WWII Navy) but we had two on our houseboat that my wife used. Friends saw these and liked them. Someone asked if I could make a "few." I found the cans and funnels online and got the wire for the holder and made a jig for bending the wire. These became very popular with local boaters and I don't know how many hundreds I made until I got tired of it. What is shown in the pic is the last one I had a can, funnel and wire to put together from parts in the box I found. I still had the invoices for the parts in case I needed to order more. The last batch were done in 2004. My wife would paint them and put custom graphics on them like boat names.

sdandrea1

Rickochet

Nice Rick! Innovative.

I'll change the thread title to " What did you build a few decades ago?"

😅

Rickochet

sdandrea1 Nice Rick! I'll change the thread title to " What did you build a few decades ago?"

Or for us geezers, "What did you remember today what you built." 😜
Actually I did build the butt can in the pic today. I had to assemble the funnel to the lid and add the wire holder. Picknitter. 😁

Par4QC

Rickochet Gets kinda grouchy when the GN run short, doesn't he? damn. 😉

sdandrea1

Par4QC Gets kinda grouchy when the GN run short, doesn't he? damn

Giphy - angry clint eastwood GIF

Rickochet

Par4QC Gets kinda grouchy when the GN run short

Grape Nuts? I don't need no stinkin' Grape Nuts. 💩

Par4QC

20 more clamps. May be the last run due to circumstances beyond my control.

No wait....because of Covid, dammit, that's why.

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