Ferrules

I'm reshafting a fairway wood for my wife and am now waiting for the epoxy to harden. The new ferrule is a tad larger that the hosel and needs to be "taken down" in diameter. I'm not sure how to do this. I want the finished appearance to be high quality.

I've read that I can dip a rag in acetone and then work the ferrule with the rag. I guess the chemical disolves the ferrule material. I'm worried that it might also disolve the graphite shaft or the finish on the shaft.

In the clubmakers catalogs that I have, they show the club being held up against what appears to be a sander. Again, I suspect that it's not really a sander as the sandpaper would marr the hosel and/or the shaft.

Could someone please enlighten me? Thanks in advance.

Jim

hi Jim .
why not buy a new ferrule go to www.golfgrips-direct.com.

hope this is of help . Regards ......Terry

Terry,

This is a new ferrule.

Jim

Take it back to where you bought the shaft. It it obviously the wrong ferrule. If you bought the shaft on-line your statutory rights should not be affected. Terry

There is no standard size for ferrules . they can vary from 12.6mm down to 12.1mm and they cost £3.50 max.

Terry,

You're right - they are not expensive. The one I bought was about 35 cents. It would cost more in postage to return it than it's worth. You are also right, as I understand it, that a replacement ferrule is unlikely to fit exactly.

What I'm interested in is to find out how to modify the ferrule I have to make it a nice clean fit. I know this is done by custom clubmakers all of the time. I, unfortunately, do not know how they do it.

Jim

i'll get back to you soon jim.
i'm off to investigate the matter for you.
cheers....Terry

Terry,

Problem solved. I used laquer thinner on an abrasive rag and it disolved the ferrule material to the point that it is a perfect fit with the hosel. Polished the whole club head and hosel and the product looks very professional if I do say so my self.

Just as an aside, I also identified the spine of the shaft and set it in the club accordingly. The old gal now has a very nice five wood to add to her bag.

Thanks for your help and interest.

Jim

Any time friend. Glad it worked out for you becuase for the first time i was completely and utterly lost .

I now know who to call on when i decide to reshaft.

Regards .Terry

Hi Jim,

What you see on the sander is a linen belt. You can use it to turn ferrules (just make sure you turn it against the run of the belt).

The acetone option works like this: You take an ordinary rag, soak it in acetone. Then you spin the ferrule in the acetone soaked rag by holding the ferrule edge with the soaked rag, and rotate the clubhead about as fast as you can. Turn it 2 or 3 times, and whip the rag away. If you're slow, you'll leave a dull spot.

What kind of abrasive rag did you find? It sounds like it might be an easier measure than trying to use acetone.

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For this project I used laquer thinner and a piece of what I think was artificial chamis.

Jim

Hi Jim

Sounds as though you got it figured out

I have an older Golfsmith video on buiding clubs. He used masking tape to wrap his hosel, took a file to cut the overhang diameter of the furrule where it meets the hosel, till he nicked the masking tape on the hosel with the file cut. This told him the ferrule was flush with the hosel

He then used acetone on a cloth and with the process LowPost had given twirled the club a cpl of time with the cloth on the ferrule. This only purpose was to bring back the gloss of the ferrule