All the tools you need to get started

Golf is stuffed with issues you can repair — your chipping, your slice and your placing — however what about your golf golf equipment? With so many questions on how to repair and restore golf equipment (and plenty of of the best fixes requiring just a few tools and a small workspace) it is a easy newbie’s information to membership restore.

Safety first

Like something that requires tools, the first and most essential factor will all the time be security. So whether or not you’re working with sharp knives, a noticed, or a supply of warmth, ensure to use gloves when required and all the time put on security glasses.

Getting started

If you’re simply getting started, considered one of the most essential items of recommendation I can supply is to begin small and work your method up. A good way to do that is by studying to work on wedges, since they usually don’t have plastic badges that may be ruined with an excessive amount of warmth. Plus, used ones to be taught on will be discovered at cheap costs.

Since most wedges are steel-shafted, it additionally makes studying to regrip simple since you don’t have to fear about scratching or probably crushing a graphite shaft in a clamp.

A workbench

The most simple workbench is one thing like a transportable Workmate, which will be introduced out when wanted and also can double as a vice so you can shortly maintain golf equipment to both change a grip or pull a membership head off.

The subsequent step is a extra everlasting answer with a bigger counter space that enables you to unfold out and be organized when engaged on golf equipment. A bigger bench additionally creates area for tools which are harder to retailer, like saws and belt sanders, and it additionally gives a secure floor to mount a vice — which is considered one of the most helpful tools you can have when engaged on golf golf equipment.

Vice

Being in a position to correctly safe a membership when pulling off a membership head or slicing a shaft utilizing a pipe cutter makes the job a lot safer. A small mountable 5-inch vice with a rotating base is all you need, and down the line, it may be used to assist regrip golf equipment or maintain a graphite shaft puller, if you find yourself increasing your software assortment.

Pipe cutter/noticed

If you are solely going to be working with metal shafts and doing golf equipment every so often, the best, cleanest and quietest answer is a handheld pipe cutter. It would possibly take a bit longer than utilizing a highspeed chop noticed, however it’s considered one of the simplest tools for slicing any kind of metal shaft and likewise doesn’t create any mud, which is a pleasant bonus when working in smaller areas.

The subsequent step up for graphite is a high-speed chop noticed that can stop splintering and assist velocity up the course of when engaged on full units. Just make sure to use a blade meant for slicing metal and graphite and have correct air flow in your work space.

A gripping station

If you have a vice and a small rubber clamp, you’re already most of the method there to gripping golf golf equipment. The last item you’ll need is a catch tray to accumulate further grip solvent that runs off throughout the course of.

If you are on the lookout for a sooner and extra all-in-one answer, you can discover full gripping stations that may mount right into a vice and include a quick-set clamp to assist velocity up the course of. They even have guides to make aligning grips simpler.

Swing-weight scale

Having a fundamental swing-weight scale will assist make it possible for constructed golf equipment find yourself at the closing, right spec. It additionally offers you the alternative to experiment with understanding what works greatest on your recreation and most popular really feel.

Other must-have small tools

— Cordless drill and bits
— Micro butane torch
— Small membership components: ferrules and tip weights
— Two-sided tape
— Grip solvent
— Retractable knives: straight and hook blades

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Golf.com Editor

Ryan Barath is GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com’s senior editor for tools. He has an intensive club-fitting and -building background with greater than 20 years of expertise working with golfers of all talent ranges, together with PGA Tour gamers. Before becoming a member of the employees, he was the lead content material strategist for Tour Experience Golf, in Toronto, Canada.