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Date: 20 Dec 2006 05:24:56
From: squelchy
Subject: Need Help Please
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Hi There
Not posted to this group yet but found the information on here very
helpfull in my new hobby of golf, I have been playing now for over 8
months had some leasons and starting to get better.
I am looking to upgrade some of my clubs as been using very cheap,
unfitting and not whats right for me (from what I can gather from
information gleaned off this site and otheres).
I have always been into working with my hands and have reciently been
reading allot about building my own clubs but am finding it very hard
to find any shops or stockists of club building kit in the UK or even
Europe it all seems to come from the states and I dont rearly want to
have to get all the hastle of ordering and paying import taxes as am on
a buget is there anyware you can tell me that might help as I am very
interested to try this out?
Also forgot to mention that my options are even more limited as I am
left handed and finding good left handed clubs is hard already.
Thank you all for your help with this matter
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Date: 20 Dec 2006 11:11:29
From: Mike Dalecki
Subject: Re: Need Help Please
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squelchy wrote:
> Hi There
>
> Not posted to this group yet but found the information on here very
> helpfull in my new hobby of golf, I have been playing now for over 8
> months had some leasons and starting to get better.
>
> I am looking to upgrade some of my clubs as been using very cheap,
> unfitting and not whats right for me (from what I can gather from
> information gleaned off this site and otheres).
>
> I have always been into working with my hands and have reciently been
> reading allot about building my own clubs but am finding it very hard
> to find any shops or stockists of club building kit in the UK or even
> Europe it all seems to come from the states and I dont rearly want to
> have to get all the hastle of ordering and paying import taxes as am on
> a buget is there anyware you can tell me that might help as I am very
> interested to try this out?
>
> Also forgot to mention that my options are even more limited as I am
> left handed and finding good left handed clubs is hard already.
>
> Thank you all for your help with this matter
>
Building clubs isn't rocket science--you can do it. And if you take
some care, you can build clubs that will be as good as what you can get
from OEM sources.
One of the major component houses--Golfworks, Golfsmith, or similar--has
a European presence, so you should be able to find components.
I suggest a couple of things. First, make a wedge or something similar.
One club, so you can get the basics down (gripping, preparing hosels
for epoxy, and the like). It won't cost that much, and it'll help you
model the entire process.
Then, find some components you like (there are some pretty good lefty
components out there). Choose shafts (something like True Temper Lite
XL), and get a couple extra for sorting and matching (and possible
mistakes :). Get some ferrules, and some grips, some epoxy, and you
have most of what you need.
Both Golfworks and Golfsmith offer a beginning kit for clubmaking at
around $100 that's pretty good, so I'd look at that if I were you.
You will find that this isn't hard, just that mostly we have no
referents for it. And you can ask here for advice.
You should be able to build a very nice set of irons (3-PW) for under
$200 this way.
Mike
--
Mike Dalecki GCA Accredited Clubmaker http://clubdoctor.com
RSG-Wisconsin 2006 Report http://dalecki.net/rsgwis2006/pics/
RSG-Wisconsin 2007: June 22-24----Lawsonia!
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Date: 20 Dec 2006 09:56:35
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: Need Help Please
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On 20 Dec 2006 05:24:56 -0800, "squelchy" <mquelch@right4staff.com >
wrote:
>Hi There
>
>Not posted to this group yet but found the information on here very
>helpfull in my new hobby of golf, I have been playing now for over 8
>months had some leasons and starting to get better.
>
>I am looking to upgrade some of my clubs as been using very cheap,
>unfitting and not whats right for me (from what I can gather from
>information gleaned off this site and otheres).
>
>I have always been into working with my hands and have reciently been
>reading allot about building my own clubs but am finding it very hard
>to find any shops or stockists of club building kit in the UK or even
>Europe it all seems to come from the states and I dont rearly want to
>have to get all the hastle of ordering and paying import taxes as am on
>a buget is there anyware you can tell me that might help as I am very
>interested to try this out?
>
>Also forgot to mention that my options are even more limited as I am
>left handed and finding good left handed clubs is hard already.
>
>Thank you all for your help with this matter
Squelchy,
There is another golf group -- uk.sport.golf -- that might be able to
better help you with your question.
--
jvdp
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 20 Dec 2006 06:28:50
From: squelchy
Subject: Re: Need Help Please
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Miss Anne Thrope wrote:
> I thought for sure this post would end with,
>
> Thanks you very.
> Borat
I am actually dyslexic I do apologise for my spelling and punctuation
mistakes. I tend to use Microsoft word to correct this but did not
realise that sad people like you have nothing better to do than insult
people on this forum.
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Date: 20 Dec 2006 14:51:47
From: Dave Lee
Subject: Re: Need Help Please
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"squelchy" <mquelch@right4staff.com > wrote in message
news:1166624930.530918.94130@t46g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> Miss Anne Thrope wrote:
> > I thought for sure this post would end with,
> >
> > Thanks you very.
> > Borat
>
> I am actually dyslexic I do apologise for my spelling and punctuation
> mistakes. I tend to use Microsoft word to correct this but did not
> realise that sad people like you have nothing better to do than insult
> people on this forum.
>
Squelchy, Miss Anne is the semi-official RSG gadfly (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadfly_(social) ). It is almost an honor to be
insulted by him/her.
dave
ps. Can't help you with non-US club building supplies - sorry.
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Date: 20 Dec 2006 09:13:10
From: Miss Anne Thrope
Subject: Re: Need Help Please
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I thought for sure this post would end with,
Thanks you very.
Borat
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