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Old 02-15-2005, 08:41 PM
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Re: Make A Putter!?

Well, you'll need a vise (and a bench to mount it to). You'll also need a shaft clamp to protect your shaft from your vise.

Now then, for your putter, you'll need the following components:

Grip
Putter head
Shaft

To attach these pieces together, you'll need:

Golf Club Epoxy - this is the glue that holds the shaft in the head. Please buy golf club epoxy - regular epoxies don't have the shear resistance to keep heads on shafts (not that you'll be swinging that hard with a putter, but you might want to build other things).

Sandpaper - some coarse grit, and some really fine grit. I like to prep my shaft with a couple passes of coarse grit, then finish up with fine grit.

Rubbing Alcohol - to clean the prepped shaft and hosel.

Grip tape - to hold your grip on. This comes in two types - solvent activated and water activated. If you buy the solvent activated tape, you'll need to buy some grip solvent.

Acetone - to clean up any epoxy mess.

Oh - go to your local plumbing shop and buy a pipe cutter (aka tubing cutter). This will allow you to cut your shaft. Conversely, you could buy a hacksaw.



Golfworks.com sells kits that have pretty much everything you need (epoxy, grip, shaft, tape). You'll still need a vise and cutting device.
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