1" extension on driver shaft

[New_Guy]

Will 1" extension on a ventus black change profile noticeable amount?

[dokex]

18 minutes ago, New_Guy said:

Will 1" extension on a ventus black change profile noticeable amount?

It won't change anything at all.

[968cab]

1 hour ago, dokex said:

It won't change anything at all.

 

Except the length.  By about an inch.  😏

Edited November 30, 2021 by 968cab

[Hedgehog]

1" extension will snap under the handle with proper speed, I have experience of this, has happened to me 2 times. It's not nice when you drive an hour to a course and have it snap on the 1st tee. My club builder recommends maximum of 0,5". Best option is to buy a new shaft in raw length and just trim it to the longer length.

[Howard_Jones]

6 hours ago, New_Guy said:

Will 1" extension on a ventus black change profile noticeable amount?

That depends on what type of extension you use, the options out there are far from the same, and goes from rigid aluminium, to "chewing gum plastic".

But why do you want it 1 inch longer, and from what length to what length?

Edited November 30, 2021 by Howard_Jones

[New_Guy]

It's a buddies shaft but  plays 44.5" I play 45.25- 45.5.

 

I've tried playing shorter didn't like it

[Valtiel]

If done properly it should be unnoticeable. 

[markheardjr]

I just put an ebay purchased extension in a driver shaft 1" and it was bending significantly under my left hand. (RH'd) My recommendation is buy something that is strong. I saw someone had a 3D printed once that came in 2 pieces and can be printed to exact ID of shaft end. That might be the way to go with some solid plastic, not hollow thin garbage.

[Valtiel]

On 11/30/2021 at 1:33 PM, markheardjr said:

I just put an ebay purchased extension in a driver shaft 1" and it was bending significantly under my left hand. (RH'd) My recommendation is buy something that is strong. I saw someone had a 3D printed once that came in 2 pieces and can be printed to exact ID of shaft end. That might be the way to go with some solid plastic, not hollow thin garbage.

Honestly I just go straight to the source and cut up a strong spare shaft. For a 1" extension I would cut a 1.5" piece that fits snuggly down the handle ~3/4" with the remaining 3/4" used as an anchor to fit a second 1" "collar" piece over the top. I prep the anchor piece about 1" so ~1/4" of prepped shaft is visible right where it exits the handle. Epoxy the anchor piece in place with the excess epoxy that comes up used to create a three way bond between the anchor piece, the top of the shaft, and the inside + bottom of the collar piece. I also lightly coat the inside of the collar piece so when it is fitted over the anchor piece, the excess epoxy is pushed up, creating a bond between the end of the anchor piece and the inside of the collar piece. Assuming a snug fit and well mixed epoxy, this is as strong as anything and will not flex or break. 

Edited December 3, 2021 by Valtiel

[jvincent]

@Valtiel good suggestion. I don't know why I've never tried that method before.

 

I've cut stepped steel shafts to use as extensions before but never used any of the old graphite shafts before.

[pgatw]

I use 5/8" maple dowel. 3 inch piece for 1 inch extension. Machine 2 inches to match inside shaft diameter. Epoxy in place. Once epoxy sets, machine 1 inch extension to match outside of shaft. Inexpensive, lightweight and have never experienced a failure.

[swgolf12]

On 11/30/2021 at 5:05 AM, Hedgehog said:

1" extension will snap under the handle with proper speed, I have experience of this, has happened to me 2 times. It's not nice when you drive an hour to a course and have it snap on the 1st tee. My club builder recommends maximum of 0,5". Best option is to buy a new shaft in raw length and just trim it to the longer length.

 

Get a new club builder.

[Pepperturbo]

No change, except if you used to hit the sweet spot often, you might miss the sweet spot a lot more. 

 

Quite awhile back I extended 45" driver 1" to 46", missed the sweet spot regularly, but when I smacked it sweet, it was 12-15yds longer.  But misses were too frequent, so I went back to 44.75" and kiss the sweet spot most of the time.

[GLF4EVR]

Have used the universal graphite extenders from GolfWorks for years.  Use sandpaper to size it for the diameter of the shaft I am working on.  I am always a little leery of using epoxy on the insert on my own shafts.  This is due to I might change it later.  Then will use tape if needed on the extension part to build it up to the diameter of the shaft.  I have never had an extension fail that I have done.  But did have 2 fail that were already extended when I purchased them.  I admit I do not know the actual "proper" way to do this....so club-builders feel free to correct me.

 

About 4 years ago I did one right at the 2" maximum for my neighbor.  He is 6'5" & around 245-250.  This one I did use epoxy on since it was at the maximum length to start with.  Think Harold is on the 2nd driver head since that one, but still using the same shaft.  Figure I have to be doing something right.

[dokex]

When I was the club tech at the local GG, I used the Golf Works color coded extensions. They rarely needed to be sanded, as there were several different sizes. I even had a gauge to show the exact size needed for a particular shaft.

[BirdieBob]

18 hours ago, dokex said:

When I was the club tech at the local GG, I used the Golf Works color coded extensions. They rarely needed to be sanded, as there were several different sizes. I even had a gauge to show the exact size needed for a particular shaft.

Same ones I use and they are NOT going to break, etc.  Perfectly fine for a driver or any other club.

[New_Guy]

Alright I'm gonna give it a go and see if there's any issues

[Hedgehog]

On 12/2/2021 at 8:42 PM, swgolf12 said:

 

Get a new club builder.

The builder I have is the best in the county with about 20+ years worth of experience. He didn't do the longer extensions that snapped, he did the one that didn't snap.

 

I guess you guys don't play golf in the 35° F in the winter like happens in my county that puts a real strain on gear.

[Stuart_G]

2 hours ago, Hedgehog said:

I guess you guys don't play golf in the 35° F in the winter like happens in my county that puts a real strain on gear.

 

That would only be a problem when using a low quality, plastic extension.  

 

Edited December 8, 2021 by Stuart_G

[swgolf12]

7 hours ago, Hedgehog said:

The builder I have is the best in the county with about 20+ years worth of experience. He didn't do the longer extensions that snapped, he did the one that didn't snap.

 

I guess you guys don't play golf in the 35° F in the winter like happens in my county that puts a real strain on gear.

 

Might need to move then, or at least be willing to leave the county to find a competent club builder. I live in Connecticut and have extended drivers over 1" before and hit them in the dead of winter and based on the shafts you play vs the shafts I play I'm guessing I put a little more strain on them than you do. 

[dokex]

7 hours ago, Hedgehog said:

The builder I have is the best in the county with about 20+ years worth of experience. He didn't do the longer extensions that snapped, he did the one that didn't snap.

 

I guess you guys don't play golf in the 35° F in the winter like happens in my county that puts a real strain on gear.

Would slightly cold temps affect a piece of plastic?

[Stuart_G]

12 minutes ago, dokex said:

Would slightly cold temps affect a piece of plastic?

 

For some plastics yes it's possible - although it would also usually mean that it wasn't really all that strong at any temperature and would bend more in warmer temperatures - which a good quality (or really well designed) extension shouldn't do either.

 

Edited December 8, 2021 by Stuart_G

[third-times-a-charm]

13 minutes ago, dokex said:

Would slightly cold temps affect a piece of plastic?

In these days of made in china stuff - yes it could.

 

There are also several kinds of extensions and some better than others.

[dokex]

1 hour ago, Stuart_G said:

 

For some plastics yes it's possible - although it would also usually mean that it wasn't really all that strong at any temperature and would bend more in warmer temperatures - which a good quality (or really well designed) extension shouldn't do either.

 

 

1 hour ago, third-times-a-charm said:

In these days of made in china stuff - yes it could.

 

There are also several kinds of extensions and some better than others.

It's only 35º; I doubt that would affect even the cheapest extension.

[Stuart_G]

1 hour ago, dokex said:

 

It's only 35º; I doubt that would affect even the cheapest extension.

 

For most probably not but for some plastics, the strength can be reduced significantly going from 70* F to 35* (from an engineering perspective ~10% or more).   So it's plausible that a poorly designed extension could be pushed over the edge - even more so if the installation was done poorly on top of that reduction.

 

[Ger21]

A cheap plastic extension that might bend in warm weather, might break in cold weather. Either way, it's a bad extension.

[Bad9]

13 hours ago, Hedgehog said:

I guess you guys don't play golf in the 35° F in the winter like happens in my county that puts a real strain on gear.

As a resident in NE Canada O have played regularly each year in temps like that with up to a 1.5" extension with no issues at all. A properly installed extension should not break regardless of temperature. I wouldn't go back to the guys who did the ones that broke.

[Hedgehog]

On 12/9/2021 at 1:19 AM, Bad9 said:

As a resident in NE Canada O have played regularly each year in temps like that with up to a 1.5" extension with no issues at all. A properly installed extension should not break regardless of temperature. I wouldn't go back to the guys who did the ones that broke.

Yeah I did go back to the guy that made it, he made it 2 more times and it kept breaking. That's when I had enough so I when I went to my normal builder that built an extension that lasted, he preferred to max out at 1,5 cm. I have to ask that if "cheap plastic" is to blame here, what high grade materials is your extension made out of?

 

On 12/8/2021 at 7:21 PM, swgolf12 said:

 

Might need to move then, or at least be willing to leave the county to find a competent club builder. I live in Connecticut and have extended drivers over 1" before and hit them in the dead of winter and based on the shafts you play vs the shafts I play I'm guessing I put a little more strain on them than you do. 

a real GWRX keyboard macho man flexing about how much 'strain he puts on a shaft'..  lol

[Bad9]

1 hour ago, Hedgehog said:

Yeah I did go back to the guy that made it, he made it 2 more times and it kept breaking. That's when I had enough so I when I went to my normal builder that built an extension that lasted, he preferred to max out at 1,5 cm. I have to ask that if "cheap plastic" is to blame here, what high grade materials is your extension made out of?

 

a real GWRX keyboard macho man flexing about how much 'strain he puts on a shaft'..  lol

I use these and have never had a problem https://www.golfworks.ca/premium-graphite-shaft-extensions/p/gw4000/

[swgolf12]

2 hours ago, Hedgehog said:

Yeah I did go back to the guy that made it, he made it 2 more times and it kept breaking. That's when I had enough so I when I went to my normal builder that built an extension that lasted, he preferred to max out at 1,5 cm. I have to ask that if "cheap plastic" is to blame here, what high grade materials is your extension made out of?

 

a real GWRX keyboard macho man flexing about how much 'strain he puts on a shaft'..  lol

 

Just remember, this started with you coming in here and posting that " 1" extension will snap under the handle with proper speed, I have experience of this, has happened to me 2 times"  when it's not the speed but rather faulty club making that is the issue.

 

Use part of an old shaft to make an extension. A lot less likely to break than those cheap plastic ones most people use that don't match the inner diameter of the shaft you're trying to extend well causing a weak point.

Edited December 13, 2021 by swgolf12