Removing a shaft from a scotty cameron Santa Fe

[OrdinaryAngel]

Hey All,

I've got an old beat up Santa Fe TEI3 putter that I'm sending in for restoration. I'm wondering if there's a way to remove the old shaft so that I'm only sending in the head in a much smaller box, since they're re-shafting and re-gripping it anyway...

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Caligula]

Heat! If you have a heat gun then heat up the place where the epoxy that keeps it on is located! Go easy but it will take quite a lot of heat to get things moving but don't blacken the shaft with flames or napalm - Geneva convention and all that About 275f+ should do it. Wear gloves! Have fun!

[OrdinaryAngel]

Cheers Neil,

The heat worked just fine! I simply put it over my gas cooker hob, and gradually screwed it off..! thanks for the tip.

 

I bought it from a charity shop for £10. I don't think it had seen a golf course for years and someone had tried to sand off the rust to no avail...

 

Its going to be pimped up at the custom shop to be my all weather gamer: as I have a original 1997 Santa Fe TEI3 that I'm scared to play with in the rain!

 

Full restoration with Pro Plat finish,

Sight dot,

Pebble Grain grip,

Pro Plat headcover

Authentication

 

 

[ronaldroettger]

how much does it cost to get all that done?

[johndeere10]

Should be around $265 without shipping.

 

1) TEI3

-Restoration $175.00

-Finish - Pro Platinum $30.00

-Sight Dot - Add One Dot $30.00

-Shaft - Reshaft No Charge

-Grip - Pebble Grain NOS No Charge

-Authentication $30.00

-Stamp - Custom Shop No Charge

-Headcover - Pro Platinum - Grey No Charge

 

 

Sub-total $265.00

[Caligula]

Glad it came off nicely - But hold it there - The CS are very choosy about which no elastomer Tei3's they will do as it is apparently very tricky ground. If there is any sort of problem with the insert they won't do it and you'll be picking up the postage. Maybe you could send them a pic of the insert and check it's up to spec. Or check out Kevin Colbert Putterplating he has a very good rep.

[zip7111]

Glad it came off nicely - But hold it there - The CS are very choosy about which no elastomer Tei3's they will do as it is apparently very tricky ground. If there is any sort of problem with the insert they won't do it and you'll be picking up the postage. Maybe you could send them a pic of the insert and check it's up to spec. Or check out Kevin Colbert Putterplating he has a very good rep.

 

 

Honestly, the insert looks like it is in better shape than the rest of the putter. I wouldnt be worried.

Steve

[OrdinaryAngel]

Well, a week after sending it to the CS, I got an email saying that they'd received it and were starting work on it - all good I thought...

 

However, I got an email 2 weeks later saying this: "Unfortunately there has been significant after-market grinding that has made the engravings and insert too shallow and thin for us to restore this putter. "

 

Naturally I'm dissapointed, and yes, Neil you were right, it seems they are quite choosy, I've replied to them expressing my dissapointment and asking them if they could try harder, although it seems all I'm going to get back is my old rusty putter with a new shaft, grip, and headcover!

 

If I want it back then I'll be picking up the postage and then I suppose if I want to carry on with the restoration, then I'll have to get in touch with Putterplating before I send it off again... lesson learned!

[curryj]

" significant after-market grinding " yeah sure!!!

 

Sounds like they aren't going to bother because of the insert, apparently the TeI3 insert without the elastomer suround takes a lot more work to refit precisely - the one with the elastomer gives them a bit more tolerance to work with.

The putter looks in pretty good condition except for the rusting, the engraving show no signs of being reduced through after-market grinding(at least from what the pics show).

Send it to Kevin Colbert - bet he will be able to restore it to it's former glory.