BB&F inspo please

[TSauer]

I picked up some of these last week, throwing them on some black shafts, and trying to find a grip to match the Tiffany blue. The only grip that comes to mind is the Golf Pride teams Carolina blue.. is there anything else you can think of that would sorta match?

 

Edited February 26 by TSauer

[kerila07]

26 minutes ago, TSauer said:

I picked up some of these last week, throwing them on some black shafts, and trying to find a grip to match the Tiffany blue. The only grip that comes to mind is the Gold Pride teams Carolina blue.. is there anything else you can think of that would sorta match?

 

Ionic haas some 

[TSauer]

1 minute ago, kerila07 said:

Ionic haas some 

Those look a lot closer, thank you! 

[HillbillyHoma]

[Ger21]

On 2/25/2024 at 7:53 PM, TSauer said:

is there anything else you can think of that would sorta match?

Iomic Stick 2.3 Sky Blue

[03trdblack]

[eddiebigeddie]

I almost bought those 😬

[Avidswampthing66]

10 hours ago, 03trdblack said:

OOOOOO la la!  What are these?  Looks like someone left Mizuno and went to PXG and created these sweet irons.

Tight ferrules

Edited March 1 by Avidswampthing66

[TSauer]

The problem I'm having browsing through this thread is I don't have enough iron sets/wedges for all of the ideas I'm getting..

[Whatnogarnish]

I have a tackle box full of BB&F and the time to my Blueprints is close. I never did pings before without using OE ferrules… any new pointers shimming BB&F on pings? 
 

I asked Patrick at BB&F, he recommended a rubber o-ring…
 

 

[03trdblack]

9 hours ago, Avidswampthing66 said:

OOOOOO la la!  What are these?  Looks like someone left Mizuno and went to PXG and created these sweet irons.

Tight ferrules

 

LogicalOne Golf 

 

I ended up making this set a one length setup. I 3D printed plastic weight screws to take out the weight from the PW and 9 iron. 

[TSauer]

Does anyone happen to have a light blue (Carolina) golf pride teams grip and a "tiphany" colored BB&F ferrule they could throw next to each other in a picture?

[bnholley]

Wife's and mine

[Mako J]

Humbly submitting my first try. Turned by hand with acetone 

[BWillis]

[03trdblack]

[Orange Hog]

Just finished up this set today.  I'm calling it House Harkonnen (if you're a Dune fan you'll get the reference).

 

 

 

 

 

[SwingBlues]

23 hours ago, 03trdblack said:

Very nice 👍

 

Always thought Ping irons needed the collars to sit the shaft right in the bore? Did you use any beads to center?

[03trdblack]

3 hours ago, SwingBlues said:

Very nice 👍

 

Always thought Ping irons needed the collars to sit the shaft right in the bore? Did you use any beads to center?

 

I have used CAD to create and 3D print collars that fit down inside of the hosel that take up the space of the collars that would normally come attached to the ferrule.  After the collars are inserted, the shaft goes into the hosel just like any other iron and the BB&F ferrules sit on top.  Hope that helps.

 

Shafting beads will never fully fill in the gap left by the collared ferrules and you shouldn't really rely on them to do so.  You can use brass shims but they really only cover the bottom part of the shaft tip and not where the collar would normally sit.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 26 by 03trdblack

[Tommyboi95]

[CTG77]

2 hours ago, 03trdblack said:

 

I have used CAD to create and 3D print collars that fit down inside of the hosel that take up the space of the collars that would normally come attached to the ferrule.  After the collars are inserted, the shaft goes into the hosel just like any other iron and the BB&F ferrules sit on top.  Hope that helps.

 

Shafting beads will never fully fill in the gap left by the collared ferrules and you shouldn't really rely on them to do so.  You can use brass shims but they really only cover the bottom part of the shaft tip and not where the collar would normally sit.

 

 

 

 

I'm intrigued, as I've had issues w/ BB&F ferrules just due to not having collars on some irons that, while were for sure .355 taper tip irons, could easily have held a .370 parallel tip shaft at that point after a few rounds of shafting / reshafting experimentation over the years.

What material did you use to do the printing?  Is it standard 3D printing nylon?  Did you use a caliper to take a shaft measurement and then use that to develop your model?  How have they held up over time?

[SwingBlues]

2 hours ago, 03trdblack said:

 

I have used CAD to create and 3D print collars that fit down inside of the hosel that take up the space of the collars that would normally come attached to the ferrule.  After the collars are inserted, the shaft goes into the hosel just like any other iron and the BB&F ferrules sit on top.  Hope that helps.

 

Shafting beads will never fully fill in the gap left by the collared ferrules and you shouldn't really rely on them to do so.  You can use brass shims but they really only cover the bottom part of the shaft tip and not where the collar would normally sit.

 

 

Wow, that's pretty cool😎 thanks 4 the explanation 👍

[03trdblack]

5 hours ago, CTG77 said:

What material did you use to do the printing?  Is it standard 3D printing nylon?  Did you use a caliper to take a shaft measurement and then use that to develop your model?  How have they held up over time?

 

I'm using PLA+ for the material and yes, used calipers to measure the depth and width of the area where the collar sits.  PLA+ isn't too different than ABS which is what most typical plastic items are made from so I expect longevity to be about the same as any standard plastic shim that you'd pick up from somewhere like Golfworks.

 

I've seen other clubmakers take a collared ferrule and cut off the collar to use down inside of the hosel in order to install custom ferrules but I figured why waste a good collared ferrule when I can print the same thing in a similar plastic.

[AKA_Double J]

I buy the cheap golfworks collared ferrules, cut the collar off with a razor blade, then slide the collar on the shaft after the BB&F ferrule.  I have done several sets this way and it seems to work really well.

[Point_Break310]

[AdamMH]

14 hours ago, 03trdblack said:

 

I'm using PLA+ for the material and yes, used calipers to measure the depth and width of the area where the collar sits.  PLA+ isn't too different than ABS which is what most typical plastic items are made from so I expect longevity to be about the same as any standard plastic shim that you'd pick up from somewhere like Golfworks.

 

I've seen other clubmakers take a collared ferrule and cut off the collar to use down inside of the hosel in order to install custom ferrules but I figured why waste a good collared ferrule when I can print the same thing in a similar plastic.

ABS and PLA are not anything alike. Your collars will still work though 🙂

[03trdblack]

2 hours ago, AdamMH said:

ABS and PLA are not anything alike. Your collars will still work though 🙂

 

Chemically no, but in the sense of a tiny <1mm thick shim they are alike enough.

[Point_Break310]

[autronicdsm]

On 3/26/2024 at 11:22 PM, Point_Break310 said:

 

I always wondered who are these people that never remove stickers from the clubs. Now I know 😄 

[MMB1500]

On 3/29/2024 at 10:22 AM, autronicdsm said:

 

I always wondered who are these people that never remove stickers from the clubs. Now I know 😄 

 

Go to the trouble of installing some nice ferrules, then leave the gnarly old shaft stickers on. 

 

 

Edited April 13 by MMB1500