Club Building 101: Understanding epoxy
There are three main components to a golf club: head, shaft, grip–but what keeps the head from flying off while traveling over 100 mph? One of the most under appreciated pieces of every club, epoxy!
This video explains a few simple things to pay attention for when using, mixing, or adding things to epoxy as well, as a few tips for those looking to put a few clubs together.
This past Monday, I played in the U.S. Amateur local qualifier at Rock Creek Country Club in Portland, Oregon. A full tee sheet from 7:30 a.m. to 1:55 p.m., the top 11 scores would make it to the U.S. Amateur final qualifying.
I teed off at 10:48 a.m.. With the 7:30 am tee time, you can get a feel for the leaders’ pace, and they were off and running on the challenging setup at Rock Creek.
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Getting to the highlight of the round on the par five 17th, a drive up the left side and 212 yards left to the front hole location. I took out a 5-iron with plans of middle of the green. The ball ended up 8 feet left of the hole, pin high. A slight downhill putt dropped in for an eagle 3 on the 17th. With the cut line looking to be anywhere from -2 to even par. This was the boost I had been waiting for all day.
With making par from the trees on 18, it was time to wait for a potential playoff with a posted score of one under par 71.
Three hours later, it was playoff time. 8 players for 6 spots. I made par on the playoff hole, which was good enough to advance to the U.S. Amateur final qualifying in July. USGA qualifiers sure deliver on all of the emotions in golf!
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Tony Dyck
Aug 17, 2018 at 9:40 am
You were really doing well until you included the shafting beads. A non-necessary item and really a crutch. A proper build does not require shafting beads. Too many people use WAY too much of the crud and end up doing more harm than good trying to hide poor workmanship.
Parts
Aug 16, 2018 at 6:23 pm
So it’s not 1:1 mix? That’s dumb. You’ll constantly be left with one part of the mix and having to add the other one. That makes no sense at all. No wonder heads go flying
Ryan Barath
Aug 16, 2018 at 8:59 pm
Its 1:1 by volume so no epoxy left over.
Its 10:7 by Mass ( weight ). This is because different liquid had different materials / chemicals and density’s.
Harry Henderson
Aug 16, 2018 at 2:53 pm
Make sure you give it plenty of time to cure!! Usually i have to “hide” some of my new builds bc they are too tempting or most the time glue them at night. That way i get distracted the next morning and around lunch time i remember them. Ive learned the importance of not rushing the epoxy and had to run into life fire on a couple driving ranges chasing club heads down.It was usually the 6 iron for some reason.
allan
Aug 15, 2018 at 10:54 pm
Re: Quick Set epoxy application. Talking to a technician in a tour van adjusting or building clubs for the pros needing a quick fix in half an hour. He said new shafts in clubheads only took 30 minutes to harden and ready for pro swing forces!!!
Chuck
Aug 15, 2018 at 11:44 am
This seems like simple stuff but if you get it wrong, you may see a $300 driver head flying off into the water hazard in front of you.
Nice job on this video.
Geohogan
Aug 14, 2018 at 9:40 pm
best description of two part epoxy ever !
Have been lucky, eye balling by volume, but will use the digital scale to measure in future. Little known fact.. more people are killed golfing than any other sport..
clubheads moving 100 mph coming loose are not nice.
Mark Harr
Aug 15, 2018 at 2:51 pm
“…more people are killed golfing than any other sport.”
Where in the world did you get that from?
From latest available statistics from CPSC (link below), Swimming had most deaths (3007), next was ATVs (446) and other off-road vehicles (204). Golf was 7th, with 19 deaths. Factoring in participation levels, golf drops even lower, 9th, at 0.7 deaths per million participants. Top rank was same three in different order, ATVs (79.6), swimming (62.5), and other off-road vehicles (60.0)
Source: Hazard Screening Report, Sports (minus major team sports), pub 2005. https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/pdfs/hazard_sports.pdf
K Lam
Aug 15, 2018 at 5:02 pm
Can’t believe anything you read on the net lol.
Geohogan
Aug 15, 2018 at 10:00 pm
Did you read the Hazardous report?
Its reporting golf cart related deaths, only. More fake news!
Smith
Aug 16, 2018 at 9:15 am
As soon as you drop the “fake news” line, especially after dropping a total BS line about deaths, you’re going to lose whatever shred of credibility you started with.
Anyway, great video. Always wondered what the shafting beads were all about.
larrybud
Aug 15, 2018 at 2:53 pm
lol, where do you get that info from? Wanna compare it to base jumping or horseback riding?
Geohogan
Aug 15, 2018 at 9:50 pm
Google the words “Golf + Accident + Attorney” and you will find 13 million results, as there appears to be an attorney on just about every street corner advertising himself or herself as a personal injury attorney specializing in golf course accidents.
How many base jumpers are there in the world. If everyone of them died, it wouldnt total the number of golfers killed by lightening every year, not to mention croc attacks. “Lets be careful out there”
Ryan Barath
Aug 15, 2018 at 7:42 pm
Thanks!
Its a simple tip, but one that can be very helpful! Have fun building.