My club-building happy fun times

[runpuddrun]

I began this build (my first full set build) with Wishon 560MC heads that were used but in great condition thinking that I was just going to do a standard SW build but decided to go all out and build it to MOI. I won't bore you all with that, but here is the basic stats for this. I weighed and sorted everything (ferrules, heads, shafts, grips, epoxy) I added tip and hosel weights to get the weights right. I also built the lengths in .4 increments instead of the normal .5.

I dry-fit everything and measured 3x before I cut or eposied and I used my golf ruler to measure club lengths, air compressor to install grips and cut shafts.

It was a lot of fun, confusing at times, and I learned a lot. The shafts are pullout Nippon 1150gh Pro shafts in Stiff flex, grips are Karma MultiCompound's, heads are Wishon 560MC Forged 5-AW.

5 iron	D1.3	257.8	38	0	50.8	0	116	41	416
6 iron	D2	264.8	37.6	0	50.6	0	116	41	422
7 iron	D2.5	271.3	37.2	0	50.2	0	116	41	427
8 iron	D2.9	277.8	36.8	0	49.5	0	116	41	431
9 iron	D2.8	286.9	36.2	0	49.5	0	116	41	439
Pitching Wedge	D3.4	292.8	35.9	0	49.3	0	116	41	444
Gap Wedge	D3.8	298.4	35.6	0	48.4	0	116	41	448

I am not completely done with it yet and will update this thread with the pictures after I finish turning down the ferrules, and paintfill the heads.

I will also be building the other 2 wedges and building a set of Wishon 870ti with FST 115's in a week or so and will use this thread for all that are interested. I also built 2 drivers and 1 FW that I will update on here as well.

Without further adieu, the pics...

Heads with original badges removed and paintfill removed:

heads with new badges on:

Nippon shafts weighed and sorted:

Ready to work!

Shafts cut and ready to epoxy and grip:

Ready to grip and glue:

Cavity close-up:

Face close-up:

Grips on and epoxied:

That's all for now. I have other pics of the other wedges and stuff, but I'll wait until I finish them to update the thread.

 

[Howzat]

Neat project to follow. I have wanted to do this work for a while but have yet to dive into it.

 

[ddec]

very nice! Club building is a lot of fun

 

[mikedean441]

looking good!

 

[Wicked Cool Bearded Man]

Nice pics and work man!!! I wish I knew how to do all that stuff. Maybe at some point in my life....

 

[Hawk]

Nice work, rpr!

Did you pick up new badges because the old ones were damaged?

 

[runpuddrun]

Nice work, rpr!

Did you pick up new badges because the old ones were damaged?

No, the old badges were fine, I just liked the new ones a lot better. The old ones are a yellowish bubble looking badge and the new one is sweet looking IMHO. Jman feels differently

 

[Hawk]

That makes sense. I'm going to do this over the winter I believe. I'll be bothering you soon about it hehe.

 

[Oregon Golfer]

Wow, great job! You are actually making me re-think trying to re-shaft my irons myself. I have a set of KBS Custom's on the way and I was going to try to re-shaft my self but it looks like it's more involved than I thought. Good for you for taking the time to do everything.

 

[Perkins Rooster]

Run, somehow I missed this thread. Great job, man I love those 560mc's. How do you like MOI matched? Do you feel a difference to swingweight matching?

 

[Mr. Satchmo]

Those turned out great! I hope they play as good as they look!

 

[runpuddrun]

I like them a lot. Although i've just used them on the range thus far. I did a better job, by about 10 fold on the 870ti's that I built with FST's, but that was all new stuff and easier to add weights and get it perfect. I will post my results in here in the next day or so. I really, really like the 870ti's, and i'm alternating playing them and my G20's.