myOstrich Golf - Golf Tech Talk

Welcome to Golf Tech Talk at myOstrich Golf

thewitt — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:06:00 -0400

Welcome everyone, to Golf Tech Talk at myOstrich Golf.

In these pages, we'll introduce to you various golf club assembly, ...

Build your own FLO Clamp - Version II

thewitt — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:49:00 -0500

Flo Clamp II

I was having trouble getting FLO readings with my first clamp and noticed the clamp was twisting ...

Build your own FLO Clamp - Version 1

thewitt — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:41:00 -0500

This is a clamp I made to hold the shaft to use with my FLOing tool.

I took a piece ...

Preserving that Flex Sticker under the grip

thewitt — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:07:00 -0500

One of the things that we see on a daily basis are shafts with no flex markings on the exposed ...

Installing 9g Tungsten Shaft Tip Weights

thewitt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:52:00 -0500

The 9g Tungsten Tip Weight can be very useful if you are trying to add weight to a graphite shafted ...

Quick Hint - Drilling out a broken shaft

thewitt — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:16:00 -0400

Heat the hosel before step drilling a broken shaft!

What exactly is BBGM?

thewitt — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:13:00 -0400

What exactly is BBGM - and why should I care? BBGM is the Bottom of Bore to Ground Measurement, and it is one of the most interesting specifications on a club head when you are talking about shaft tipping and stiffness.

Proper Epoxy Bond - Holding it all together

thewitt — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:01:00 -0400

Every surface that the epoxy is asked to bond with has to be clean, abraided, and able to accept enough material to make a bond - but not so much as to "sag out" or exit the bonding area.

ProSoft Insert Profit Center!

thewitt — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:01:00 -0400

We've continue to be impressed with the performance of ProSoft Inserts as a vibration-dampening aide. Many of our custom club orders come to us with the request to help reduce the "shock" to the hands, wrists and elbows of our customers.

Installing Two Piece Putter Grips

thewitt — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:52:00 -0500

"How do I install a two piece putter grip?" This question comes up all the time, so we decided to simply document what we do.

What's the Deal with Blades? Who should play them and who should not?

thewitt — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:08:00 -0400

The term "blades" no longer applies just to pure, traditional blade-like irons. The marketing people at many major manufacturers have usurped the term and applied it to any and all performance-oriented irons that are aimed towards low-handicappers...

Wrist to Floor? WTF?

thewitt — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:43:00 -0400

Wrist to Floor is a commonly heard term when determining how long a specific golf club should be. By itself, it's not a very interesting measurement...

Refinishing a Metal Wood Head

thewitt — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:12:00 -0400

The painted surfaces of metal woods are easy to refinish with just some basic tools and a little patience. In this workshop segment, let's take a closer look at step by step metal wood refinishing...

Hidden Design Dimensions: What the Experts Know about Color

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:41:00 -0400

...well-to-do people insist on seeing their bankers, lawyers and investment counselors in suits of gray or navy blue - the colors of strength and trust. These, and other color design secrets as they apply to golf clubs, are explored in this article....

Investment Casting; by Jeff Jackson

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:19:00 -0400

You walk into a golf shop and admire the latest club offerings in the bags and on the wall. You check out the look of the clubs, you waggle the club, you take note of the price. Ever wonder how the club ever got to the shop in the first place?...

Forging; A Time Proven Method of Club Production

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:04:00 -0400

Typically golf clubs may be made via one of two common processes, casting and forging. Casting, quite simply, involves pouring molten metal into a mold to produce a golf club head. Forging, on the other hand...

Rockwell Hardness Scale

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:39:00 -0400

Golf clubs may be constructed from various materials. Among the most popular are 431 stainless steel, carbon steel and titanium. Each of these metals, not to mention the number of other metals used in golf club manufacturing, have different properties...

Swingweight: What it is; Why it is; How to do it

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:56:00 -0400

How heavy are your clubs? Do they seem too heavy, too light or just right? How can you determine the weight of the clubs that you have, and how can a clubmaker pre-calculate what the swingweight of your finished clubs may turn out to be?...

Learing What Shaft Flex to Use

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:38:00 -0400

"Flex" would be a relatively simple factor to fathom if club manufacturers followed a uniform set of standards. Unfortunately, they do not...

Putter Balancing - A Head Above the Rest

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:35:00 -0400

All putters have a shaft axis. That axis depends upon the bend of the shaft and the location of where the shaft and/or hosel mounts to the head. How the weight distribution pattern of the putter head relates to that axis determines its balance...

Graphite Shaft Removal and Cleanup

thewitt — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:13:00 -0400

Removing graphite shafts is a very common procedure in most clubmaking operations. The key is to successfully remove the shaft so that it may be used again. Doing that with a regular amount of success is something that takes the right equipment and a lot of patience...

The Investment Casting Process

thewitt — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:56:00 -0400

The Investment Casting Process is often called the "lost wax process" and is the most common method used to cast products made of titanium and steel alloys...

Gear Effect

thewitt — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:02:00 -0400

Gear Effect in golf terminology, is used to describe the actions of a golf ball off a club face during an off center hit at impact. Though the golf ball is only on the clubface for 1/10,000th of a second, there is still time for the head and ball to interact...

Shaft Tip Preparation

thewitt — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:29:00 -0400

The tip of the shaft, once you determine the proper tip trimming and trim accordingly, needs to be abraded to allow the epoxy to adhere to the shaft and hold the shaft into the head...

Basic Club Assembly

thewitt — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:37:00 -0400

Basic golf club assembly consists of several fairly simple tasks. Though these basic steps are all it takes to assemble a basic golf club, what separates the hack from the craftsman is attention to detail at every step...