Grinding Kyoei blanks - Follow the journey!

[tokeyb]

Love seeing the different approaches here. Very cool.

[augustgolf]

Nice leading edge relief on the short iron

[SixSixGolf]

Very very cool. Going to be doing the same thing this year I think.

[tbear1123]

So you just eye balled the grinds from a previous wedge to try to match? Or did you measure in anyway?

[speeder717]

How much did the set of irons cost ya?

[SRMD]

.y

[Solidstrike]

Awesome. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. Would you post your grinding wheel specs and polishing wheel specs? Do you use any lubricants to keep the grinds smooth?

[speeder717]

Just dying to see more

[Matt 3 Jab]

Did my 8 iron this morning.

 

Getting a lot better at keeping the same process being leading edge, hosel, topline, toe, trailing edge, muscle thinning for weight. Then a buff to blend it all.

 

I've got 2 more to go and my set will be completed.

[tbear1123]

Did my 8 iron this morning.

 

Getting a lot better at keeping the same process being leading edge, hosel, topline, toe, trailing edge, muscle thinning for weight. Then a buff to blend it all.

 

I've got 2 more to go and my set will be completed.

 

Are these from Kyoei as well?

 

Looking good man. Started my wedges yesterday.. going to order the irons next month.

 

What did these weigh when you got them? How about when you finished?

[blink3665]

Great looking stuff. I've been pondering the purchase for at least 2 months now. You guys make it look easy!

[Matt 3 Jab]

Yeah the same TSG batch

 

They tell you weights online. I think I have the table.

 

As for finished, I'm going off the kyoei proto mb specs they have online on TSG. Good starting point.

 

I left my wedges around 318g head weight as I like heavy wedges to smooth out my chipping and pitching.

 

[toc]

So are you so far just kinda grinding them to suit your eye or taking them out and hitting them and grinding them based on playability?

[kp6622]

I've had these heads sitting in my cart for a little while now... This thread might be the push I needed to pull the trigger. I also have no experience, but the idea of starting with a clean slate is pretty awesome. What size shafts would you use for these? 9.2mm doesn't seem to really match up to anything.

[Matt 3 Jab]

0.355

[CStephenson17]

Wow, this is super affordable. I was thinking 750+ not 350! Guess I’m in too!!

[Matt 3 Jab]

So are you so far just kinda grinding them to suit your eye or taking them out and hitting them and grinding them based on playability?

Hope I'm not hijacking the thread, but for me it's about how they look to my eye. I love the sqaure thick topline as I'm a sqaure toe iron player.

 

As long as they look right, and swing weight is reasonable, I'll hit them as good or bad as any other club.

[Mikeski]

Yeah the same TSG batch

 

They tell you weights online. I think I have the table.

 

As for finished, I'm going off the kyoei proto mb specs they have online on TSG. Good starting point.

 

I left my wedges around 318g head weight as I like heavy wedges to smooth out my chipping and pitching.

 

 

It's interesting seeing this thread as I haven't been own the forum all last week due to vacation. Was wondering if anyone else ordered these iron heads. I ordered the wedge heads last month after they came back in stock on Tourspec web site at 20% off black Friday price and the 25% off suckered me in on the iron heads this past week.

I got my iron heads in yesterday and ground the 4-6 today. I'm also using this KK MB head weight chart as a reference but keeping them a little heavier. The 4 is -14g, 5 is -12g and the 6 is -10g from the raw completed weight.

The wedges I ground down last month and finally got to play this past week on vacation in Florida. Happy so far with the weight and grinds.

I have to find where I wrote down the finished weights of the wedges as I don't want the pw ending up being heavier than the gap wedge.

[Matt 3 Jab]

Yeah the same TSG batch

 

They tell you weights online. I think I have the table.

 

As for finished, I'm going off the kyoei proto mb specs they have online on TSG. Good starting point.

 

I left my wedges around 318g head weight as I like heavy wedges to smooth out my chipping and pitching.

 

 

It's interesting seeing this thread as I haven't been own the forum all last week due to vacation. Was wondering if anyone else ordered these iron heads. I ordered the wedge heads last month after they came back in stock on Tourspec web site at 20% off black Friday price and the 25% off suckered me in on the iron heads this past week.

I got my iron heads in yesterday and ground the 4-6 today. I'm also using this KK MB head weight chart as a reference but keeping them a little heavier. The 4 is -14g, 5 is -12g and the 6 is -10g from the raw completed weight.

The wedges I ground down last month and finally got to play this past week on vacation in Florida. Happy so far with the weight and grinds.

I have to find where I wrote down the finished weights of the wedges as I don't want the pw ending up being heavier than the gap wedge.

Just be careful with your weights being too heavy. I ground my 4 iron and loved the look of it but realised it was going to be E8 or some crazy SW.

 

I kept mine a few grams heavier than Kyoei specs but they are on the heavy side to begin with.

 

Pure clubs but. Share some photos of the shapes you made!

[rymail00]

Great work so far!!

 

I also bought irons and wedges

 

Here are some of the ones I've finished so far. It's a great process. I'm not skilled at all but it's been fun.

 

Kept my wedges a little rounder and the irons I've tried to keep a boxy look, especially the top line as I love the sqaure edges.

 

Great work so far!!

 

I also bought irons and wedges

 

Here are some of the ones I've finished so far. It's a great process. I'm not skilled at all but it's been fun.

 

Kept my wedges a little rounder and the irons I've tried to keep a boxy look, especially the top line as I love the sqaure edges.

 

 

 

I know nothing about grinding, but these do look really nice shape wise.

 

OP, awesome thread and look forward to seeing more pics as it progresses. I saw these TSG and thought about buying them but again I know nothing about grinding.

 

Good luck to the both you!

[Mikeski]

Yeah the same TSG batch

 

They tell you weights online. I think I have the table.

 

As for finished, I'm going off the kyoei proto mb specs they have online on TSG. Good starting point.

 

I left my wedges around 318g head weight as I like heavy wedges to smooth out my chipping and pitching.

 

 

It's interesting seeing this thread as I haven't been own the forum all last week due to vacation. Was wondering if anyone else ordered these iron heads. I ordered the wedge heads last month after they came back in stock on Tourspec web site at 20% off black Friday price and the 25% off suckered me in on the iron heads this past week.

I got my iron heads in yesterday and ground the 4-6 today. I'm also using this KK MB head weight chart as a reference but keeping them a little heavier. The 4 is -14g, 5 is -12g and the 6 is -10g from the raw completed weight.

The wedges I ground down last month and finally got to play this past week on vacation in Florida. Happy so far with the weight and grinds.

I have to find where I wrote down the finished weights of the wedges as I don't want the pw ending up being heavier than the gap wedge.

Just be careful with your weights being too heavy. I ground my 4 iron and loved the look of it but realised it was going to be E8 or some crazy SW.

 

I kept mine a few grams heavier than Kyoei specs but they are on the heavy side to begin with.

 

Pure clubs but. Share some photos of the shapes you made!

 

I play graphite shafts so I'm hoping it will kind of, sort of won't be too off the charts swing weight wise. The fun thing will be experimenting. If they are too heavy I'll grind away some more.

[A.Princey]

I think the most fun part for me would be deciding how to stamp each and every head.

[Matt 3 Jab]

Yeah the same TSG batch

 

They tell you weights online. I think I have the table.

 

As for finished, I'm going off the kyoei proto mb specs they have online on TSG. Good starting point.

 

I left my wedges around 318g head weight as I like heavy wedges to smooth out my chipping and pitching.

 

 

It's interesting seeing this thread as I haven't been own the forum all last week due to vacation. Was wondering if anyone else ordered these iron heads. I ordered the wedge heads last month after they came back in stock on Tourspec web site at 20% off black Friday price and the 25% off suckered me in on the iron heads this past week.

I got my iron heads in yesterday and ground the 4-6 today. I'm also using this KK MB head weight chart as a reference but keeping them a little heavier. The 4 is -14g, 5 is -12g and the 6 is -10g from the raw completed weight.

The wedges I ground down last month and finally got to play this past week on vacation in Florida. Happy so far with the weight and grinds.

I have to find where I wrote down the finished weights of the wedges as I don't want the pw ending up being heavier than the gap wedge.

Just be careful with your weights being too heavy. I ground my 4 iron and loved the look of it but realised it was going to be E8 or some crazy SW.

 

I kept mine a few grams heavier than Kyoei specs but they are on the heavy side to begin with.

 

Pure clubs but. Share some photos of the shapes you made!

 

I play graphite shafts so I'm hoping it will kind of, sort of won't be too off the charts swing weight wise. The fun thing will be experimenting. If they are too heavy I'll grind away some more.

Awesome.

 

I've installed (not yet glued) modus 120 TX and at the Kyoei mb weights they are swing weighting about D5/D6. But I love the feel of them so far so will play and see.

 

Can't wait to see what other people do to these

[Roland]

Out of interest where did you get the belt attachment from?

[Mikeski]

Here are some pics of my wedges.

[Mikeski]

The first pic is the iron set before they were ground. The second and third pics is the 8 iron and the last is the 4 iron before I relieved the sharpness a bit and ground the sole with 1000 grit. All the grinds to the irons are the same as humanly possible.

 

I grind with 120 grit 1x30 belt and the tiny grind marks are with a dremel with sanding barrel. The final sole polishing is with a 1000 grit belt on my 1x30 sander.

 

I have to get some more Dremel attachments to polish the backs a bit more.

[Mikeski]

Here are the wedges rusting.

[blink3665]

Ok. So are people using a belt attachment, or is a 1x30 belt sander good enough? I have an old wheel grinder, but I can't find a large attachment for it. It would cost more than I want to spend to get an attachment or a bigger belt sander. I can pick up the 1x30 belt sander at HF for the right price... Will that work?!? Anyone else have any suggestions on what grit they are using?

[jll62]

Ok. So are people using a belt attachment, or is a 1x30 belt sander good enough? I have an old wheel grinder, but I can't find a large attachment for it. It would cost more than I want to spend to get an attachment or a bigger belt sander. I can pick up the 1x30 belt sander at HF for the right price... Will that work?!? Anyone else have any suggestions on what grit they are using?

 

I've modified some wedge grinds using the HF 1x30 belt sander and it was okay, but I can't imagine shaping iron or wedge blanks with it.

[Mikeski]

I'm using this. https://www.harborfreight.com/1-in-x-5-in-combination-belt-and-disc-sander-69033.html