Looking to get into doing my own club making/repair work. Is there any place that offer beginner course for club making/repairing in the GTA? Looking for a weekend day course that covers the basics. Hands on exercise would be great.
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Re: Golf club making/repair class in the GTA
None that I know.
Golfsmith Mississauga used to have exactly what you are looking for, but as we all know they are non existent. You build your own club.
If you already have the tools/materials, why not just watch a couple YouTube DIY vids? If you want personal instruction, I would be open to showing you?
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Also happy to help.
How involved do you want to get?
Pulling shafts, reshafting, basic but Correct club assembly ( measure, cut/ glue) , basic swing weighting, remove/install grips is something I can teach you in a couple hours.
If you want to get into more advanced such as shaft alignment methods (spine finding, flat line oscillation (FLO) ) , weight sorting heads and shafts for a proper build, building frequency matched , frequency sloped sets , proper measuring of heads for loft/lie using a clubhead guage , bending etc then it's a more involved process.
As Derek said, some good vids out there and Hireko site has or had lots of good info. It's an art as much as a science so many, many little tricks of the trade that you likely won't find in books or vids and each club maker has their own .
There are some books out there and Suggest you look at buying Tom Wishon's book Common Sense Clubfitting at some point. You ar more than welcome to borrow my copy.Last edited by Weirfan; Mar 13, 2017, 06:12 PM."Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened "Comment
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Re: Golf club making/repair class in the GTA
Thank you both for the offer! I will contact you guys to arrange a basic walk through/lesson at your convenience and workout a lesson price with you.Difference between Regular, Stiff, X-Stiff is the amount of alcohol content. Enjoy responsibly.
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Re: Golf club making/repair class in the GTA
That's the way I started too! Placed an advertisement in TGF, HoganNut replied and I made contact with Jack Baird from JB's Golf Service's in Welland. Spent every Saturday in his shop(and many Sundays too) for two years learning persimmon wood 4R's(repair, rebuilding, restoration and refinishing). You want to learn Metal Woods and irons club building and the such and I'm happy for you. The key is...you found somebody who is willing to share what they've learned...best of luck.
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