What Did You Just Build?

[rbpwrx]

On 11/5/2022 at 10:50 AM, nitram said:

TSR3 9* with Diamana X'17 60X, NO1 50 Pro, 44.5 OAL, D7.

 

It's not as long as my Stealth Plus/X'17 combo but it's the best combination of length and accuracy I've ever hit in 40+ years in golf.

Whoa. Where'd you find the X'17? That thing's a unicorn. I've been looking for 2 years...

[rbpwrx]

Recent builds:

1/ Bridgestone J715 B5 w/ Trono 75TX. Like the head. Not sure about the shaft.

2/ A whole s***ton of glue-in JDM drivers to test shafts. Srixon ZR-600 w/ Fuji Fuel 65X, Japanese Taylormade R510 w/ a Hybrex Helix Tour X, Yamaha Inpres X 410V w/ a Penley G2 82X, Tour Stage ViQ 430 w/ a UST Elements Chrome 65TX. Among others. Turns out I like Tour Stage heads. Still unsure on shafts. I may end up back with Accra!

 

3/ TM Superfast Burner 2.0 3W w/ an Evenflow Black 6.5X 75g. Can't miss with it. Hate the whole look and feel. I even put on a white grip! This club costs me sleep.

4/ Reshafted my Cobra KF MBs w/ a fresh set of C-Taper 130s *using JB-Weld* and I am an absolute convert. I've tried many epoxies, even worked professionally in the composites industry for a while, but lowly off-the-shelf $4 JB has way better specs than any shafting epoxy I've tried, a little steel powder already mixed in for any slop or play in the head, and just feels rock solid. I've been known to loosen a head or two, and the JB's has me swinging with great confidence it'll stay on. Tried it on a WRXer's recommendation. Never going back! I swear it even feels different.

5/ Tensei CK Pro Blue 80TX in an old 17* Titey 816 H1 head. Pretty good combo. Looking for a TS2 head to swap on there.

More shafts waiting for heads: Tensei CK Pro White 70X driver, bunch of Tour Green TXs in 65, 75, and 85 weights. Gotta figure out the top end of the bag! (Is this an illness?)

[SteelieD]

4 hours ago, ForTourUseOnly said:

Just built some new SM9 wedges and some weld work, grind work and stamping

 

These look incredible! Nice work man. 

[SteelieD]

4 hours ago, ForTourUseOnly said:

Just built some new SM9 wedges and some weld work, grind work and stamping

 

These look incredible! Nice work man. 

[nitram]

2 hours ago, rbpwrx said:

Whoa. Where'd you find the X'17? That thing's a unicorn. I've been looking for 2 years...

I bought one (60X) a few years ago for a guy who backed out and actually forgot I had it. I was cleaning out the shaft pile and found it and a GD AD GP 6X. Tried 'em both in the TSR3 and the X'17 won out.

 

They come around every now and then. I bought a 60X & 70X off a WRX member around a year ago. So keep looking and one will pop up.

[rbpwrx]

12 hours ago, nitram said:

I bought one (60X) a few years ago for a guy who backed out and actually forgot I had it. I was cleaning out the shaft pile and found it and a GD AD GP 6X. Tried 'em both in the TSR3 and the X'17 won out.

 

They come around every now and then. I bought a 60X & 70X off a WRX member around a year ago. So keep looking and one will pop up.

Want to sell that 70X ??

[nitram]

No Sir, it's in use.

[BagofToast]

18 hours ago, ForTourUseOnly said:

Just built some new SM9 wedges and some weld work, grind work and stamping

 

Those are awesome! good work. Max Homa style.

[jah7838]

I just shimmed a AMT White s300 4 iron shaft into my Adams Super 9031 23* hybrid.  I recently changed into those irons shafts for my 5-9 iron and had the 4 iron shaft laying around.  I figured it was worth a shot, and I'm really liking it so far.  

[Duffman57]

Got a purple ice 83x shaft that just came in today, that I'm now trying to throw into my 07 Burner 3 wood. Loved that club but the standard reax shaft was SO whippy and i'm struggling with the Sim TI off the deck. Found the purple ice pop up for $25 on Ebay and thought it would be a fun project. I've heard good things about it as a FW shaft.

Edited November 8, 2022 by Duffman57

[ChristopherMcDonald]

19 minutes ago, Duffman57 said:

Got a purple ice 83x shaft that just came in today, that I'm now trying to throw into my 07 Burner 3 wood. Loved that club but the standard reax shaft was SO whippy and i'm struggling with the Sim TI off the deck. Found the purple ice pop up for $25 on Ebay and thought it would be a fun project. I've heard good things about it as a FW shaft.

Seen you post about this in multiple threads. Both those clubs have cult followings around here, have 4 heads myself in my storage right now 

We DEMAND you share photos when it's built up. 🙂

[Duffman57]

10 minutes ago, ChristopherMcDonald said:

Seen you post about this in multiple threads. Both those clubs have cult followings around here, have 4 heads myself in my storage right now 

We DEMAND you share photos when it's built up. 🙂

Yeah I love those kinds of cut following clubs/components. I have a bag full of them lol. MP32s, Nike engage wedges (really just the 60 now), had a m2 tour issue driver that didn’t work well for me, but ended up in the g410lst which has it’s own cult following. Love those bargain hunting test shafts and stuff. 
 

I will definitely share some pics. Hopefully it does me well!

[AdamMH]

34 minutes ago, Duffman57 said:

Got a purple ice 83x shaft that just came in today, that I'm now trying to throw into my 07 Burner 3 wood. Loved that club but the standard reax shaft was SO whippy and i'm struggling with the Sim TI off the deck. Found the purple ice pop up for $25 on Ebay and thought it would be a fun project. I've heard good things about it as a FW shaft.

Darn you. I was on the lookout for a PI 85X to put into an Ashton X1 3w head that I refinished in white... Lucky guy!

[NRJyzr]

On 11/5/2022 at 5:48 PM, AdamMH said:

 

Very interested in hearing your thoughts on the D23 when you have them shafted and tested. I'm very strongly considering the CR-16s as a gamer set, rotated with my small collection of vintage blades...

 

My 2i and 5i have arrived.  They look lovely, and in my hands, not as large as I had expected.  

 

Which also piques my interest in the CR-16, as I've tended to like smaller clubheads.  😉

 

I'll try take comparison pics with MP-37s, or some other clubheads I've got lying around.   

 

[Yacho]

'76 Wilson Staffs.

 

Looked like they had seen quite a bit of driveway golf when I got 'em.  Took them down to the steel, gave them a custom sole grind and leading edge relief, electroplated copper onto the nickel left in the stamping, and kinda burnt-bronzed them by electro-brushing copper sulfate solution at high(er) voltage.  Squished some 3/8" copper pipe to make the ferrule rings, swingweighted the set, glued 'em and gripped 'em.  Fun project.  Even more fun to game.

[NRJyzr]

In case anyone is interested in the D-23 clubheads I just acquired, I've taken a few pics, with a golf ball for perspective

 

2 iron

 

5 iron

 

2 iron topline look

 

5 iron topline look

 

5 iron sole end view

 

2 iron sole, end view

 

[AdamMH]

10 minutes ago, NRJyzr said:

In case anyone is interested in the D-23 clubheads I just acquired, I've taken a few pics, with a golf ball for perspective

 

2 iron

 

5 iron

 

2 iron topline look

 

5 iron topline look

 

5 iron sole end view

 

2 iron sole, end view

 

Thanks for the pics! The D-23s look about as large as I expected. The 75mm blade length of the CR16 is only a little bit longer than say a Muirfield, assuming I'm measuring correctly. That puts them in the same ballpark as your (and my...) Rams I believe.

Edited November 14, 2022 by AdamMH

[guty17]

During the summer, I softstepped ctapers on my Mx 17’s for the second time and put on new ferrules I got from china. I dont have the machine to put sanding belt on, only a wheel but not the right one. Will have to get this done proper. Also put on ping grips on my IIIA set. Currently I am looking for cheap shafts to put in 913H hybrid head I got for cheap and to MP Fli Hi head which is now without shaft. I would like to get something graphite around 100g. Also build S18 gap and sold it because I did not like it in my set and got Mx19 gap instead and I am very happy with it. 

Edited November 14, 2022 by guty17

[semarlor]

Finally got the right ferrule and found the time to put together the 757 Speeder Evo IV for my TS2. I am going back to a 44" driver after playing 44.5" for the last couple of years. The extra shaft weight and the adjustable weights in the head let me keep it at D2 even with a midsize MCC+4 grip. 

 

[BagofToast]

21 hours ago, NRJyzr said:

In case anyone is interested in the D-23 clubheads I just acquired, I've taken a few pics, with a golf ball for perspective

 

2 iron

 

5 iron

 

2 iron topline look

 

5 iron topline look

 

5 iron sole end view

 

2 iron sole, end view

 

Those are nice lookin. Never heard of arias before this, they seem pretty intresting, super customizable. My intrest has been peaked! Let us know how they are.

[NRJyzr]

55 minutes ago, BagofToast said:

Those are nice lookin. Never heard of arias before this, they seem pretty intresting, super customizable. My intrest has been peaked! Let us know how they are.

 

Speaking of customizable...  the clubheads have a weight port, not unlike the Wishon weight port in the bottom of the hosel bore.

 

[AdamMH]

21 minutes ago, NRJyzr said:

 

Speaking of customizable...  the clubheads have a weight port, not unlike the Wishon weight port in the bottom of the hosel bore.

 

I saw that on the spec page and I was under the impression it was for them to use a tungsten plug for custom builds. Does it fit std tip weights?

[NRJyzr]

12 minutes ago, AdamMH said:

I saw that on the spec page and I was under the impression it was for them to use a tungsten plug for custom builds. Does it fit std tip weights?

 

I haven't tried plugging anything in there yet.  I'll have to see if I have some old Golfsmith weights...

 

[03trdblack]

Some Tourstage X5000 forged irons with Nippon Modus 130 shafts and BB&F Co. ferrules. 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2022 by 03trdblack

[rbpwrx]

On 11/8/2022 at 12:28 PM, jah7838 said:

I just shimmed a AMT White s300 4 iron shaft into my Adams Super 9031 23* hybrid.  I recently changed into those irons shafts for my 5-9 iron and had the 4 iron shaft laying around.  I figured it was worth a shot, and I'm really liking it so far.  

Love a steel shaft in a 9031. One of my favorite clubs for a long while. Nippon 1050GH X.

[sheamclkel]

I tossed a KBS Ctaper x130 on my putter, looks so cool!

[jah7838]

11 hours ago, rbpwrx said:

Love a steel shaft in a 9031. One of my favorite clubs for a long while. Nippon 1050GH X.

I tried a few different graphite shafts in the 9031, and none of them were as good as the steel s300 shaft I had in there for years.  The club just got to heavy feeling for me after I switched to the AMT in my irons.  I'm enjoying the hybrid again now that I've switched back to the steel shaft.  

[rbpwrx]

10 hours ago, sheamclkel said:

I tossed a KBS Ctaper x130 on my putter, looks so cool!

Bet it feels amazing too! Great idea. Best shaft ever. Wish they made them for woods. Then I could have 14 in my bag.

[BigBod]

On 11/5/2022 at 2:05 AM, Chip Duffer said:

Built this up a few weeks ago and so far it’s keeping my 10+ year old hybrid out of the bag. Wishon Black Reg. Shaft hard stepped twice. (They we’re out of Stiff. Maybe they’re waiting for the new shafts to arrive). Launch really is stunning and it will hold greens well. 

Pleased to say all the Wishon S2S graphite shafts are now back in stock.

Edited November 16, 2022 by BigBod

[NicholasP]

Getting ready for next season, PM Grinds were worn out and decided to give these a whirl......