What did you build today?
TS1 and TS1-IM 6 irons are drying. Recoil 110 in TS1 and Rapid Taper 105 in TS1-IM. Also glued up a KE4 Tour 5h with NV105 shaft. I want to like this head, but maybe it needs a steel shaft? We'll see.
Played my new LogicalOne 48* wedge and it works great with my lunge/swing…
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Finished up the Taylormade I bought to try some custom work on. Did just okay on this one, a little sloppy on the insert work for sure. Time to set it free/get someone to buy it on Marketplace 
Typhoon Damn that IM looks nice
It's a beauty IMO. Don't tell people it's Maltby and they might assume it's the new TM P770 or maybe some new DTC golf club. Feels good too. I think the TS1 and TS2 are a bit harsh feeling and maybe needed some of TM's Speedfoam, but the TS1-IM is nice. TS3 is sweet as well. I might build a set of one of them this winter.
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Exotics c721 5 wood, GD G series red stiff. I don't know if I can wait until next year to hit this, but a lot of courses are closing even though the temps are in the mid 70s this week.
Rainy day!!! Spine alligned the shafts on my hybrids and took my playing irons apart and replaced the 7gr lead weights with 3gr ones and 2"- 4gr nitrile-butadiene-rubber dowels (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003913053848.html) for vibration damping. There should be no rain tomorrow afternoon, so I'll be able to test those out.
Also made 2 faiway woods as a X-mas present for my GF (I-Drive tour lite shafts).
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Still rainy days: rebuild my old trusty belly putter that I cut down years ago to normal lenght but was way to heavy (400gr head) to game. New shaft @42" and new 17" grip. In order to adjust the loft to armlock specs I transformed the in-hosel design into a 6.5° forward slanted over-hosel design by means of a small piece of Alu tubing + a tiny piece of shaft glued into the hosel.
The final build next to my normal putter both sitting flat on the ground; the forward slant of the armlock is obvious. That putter in belly configuration had a slight toe hang, but with the forward bend hosel it's face balanced now. Feels quit natural tested on my balcony putting green, could become a gamer.
Luc_Van_Daele I think that if I could find the right armlock for me, I would love it. So far my experimental ones have not been what I'm looking for.
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DonM I think that if I could find the right armlock for me,
https://www.valuegolf.com/pinhawk-on-lock-armlock-putter-head
https://www.valuegolf.com/pinhawk-deadbolt-reverse-armlock-putter-head
DonM I think that if I could find the right armlock for me
What I did different then what is mentionned in guides and youtube videos to convert a belly into an armlock, is that I measured the required angle the shaft needed to slant in order to press my left forearm. I did put the putter centered in belly position with the shaft vertical and measured the space between the butt end and my forarm when gripped normaly. That was 4.5". The putter being 42", I did the measurement at 41" and that gives arctan(4.5/41) = 6.26°; I did bend the alu hossel by hand and measured with a protractor it being 6.5°, close enough. With the putter head having a loft of 3° that gives a dynamic loft of 9.5°, quit a lot more then the 6-7° that is most commonly stated. Maybe this is the reason the putter feels so natural: having the ball centered in my stands the putter head sits flat and my whole body, arms,... etc are in exactly the same position as with a normal putter, only the wrists have a slight forward press.
DonM if I could find the right armlock for me
Might ch. out the Evnroll line of armlock putters.
https://us.evnroll.com/midlock/
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Going to be more of a tomorrow project.
I get to build myself 3 wedges with steel shafts.
I really just need to figure out which ferrules I like best. I'm leaning towards the ones with the single silver stripe...
@LogicalOne thank you!!!
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colej as am I. All this is going on true temper R300 shafts.
Getting ready to seat the ferrules on the shafts to the proper spot. Boiling some water in the electric kettle now. Tomorrow I will mix the epoxy and once that is cured, I'll see about making sure the ferrules match the hozel perfectly.
Mock up pics. I think they look pretty darn good so far!
Thank you for the support Walter! 
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I did this yesterday, not today. Today is the day I polish the ferrules and double check everything looks good and solid. I already checked the toothpicks on the plates. Those were solid. 
The last thing to do, is to replace the grips... these feel really slick... that will happen tomorrow I think.
I ended up with a few of those from @LogicalOne, so I'm thinking that I'll put those on there...
Looking good Walter! 
Luc_Van_Daele
That’s the concept of the Graves Golf putter. I got to try a few putts with one yesterday and I liked the geometry. I’d need more time to be sure.
https://gravesgolf.com/locknrollputter-2023/
Also the BioMech putter. I had one and hated the feel of it. I just went to their website, and they didn’t have any products listed, so maybe they are done.
LogicalOne thank you Kelly!!
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Yesterday I shafted up my STi P, G, and S wedges with DGSL tipped less than R300. Tried them today and loved them. The 9 is shafted with DG105 R300 also tipped a little soft. I think it’s slightly better than the older SL shafts but I have those on hand so let’s do it. I played the SL extensively a few years ago.
Today I built the 7 and 8 irons. Here’s the PW.
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More putter shenanigans. Found a carbon steel lefty and decided on a whim I'd shoot and edit a video of the process of doing a refinish. Screencap from some footage.
