Hey! Screw Arnie! Who the hell is he? A friggin' golf club assembler. What's his station? Pariah? Moses?
If a person has an opinion he should voice it without some asshole who thinks he's the only goddam clubmaker who ever "graced" these pages insulting his opinion. Look y'all. What's so goddam hard about our chosen passion? Sticking heads and shafts together is child's play. Chosing shafts, heads, grips and sw's is simple. I've been fitting golfers for clubs for over 40 goddam years and I've been answering what could have often been considered truly goofy questions on this here forum for about 6 - 7 years, and I've yet to "dis" a questioner. There's a lot of folks out there who need fundamental answers. There are a lot of folks who do things differently than I do them. I like my way but dammit! Even after 4 decades there are ways to do this stuff I hadn't thought of. I like the "tips." A lot of guys have opinions as to what works best and what doesn't. There's no reason to insult them. Share the friggin' info and don't dismiss it. TFlan BTW: I learned most of what I know from Richard Kennedy who is, as we all know, a complete asshole :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burgess Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:28 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Re: why bother? > Don't get Arnie pissed. > > At 07:24 PM 8/31/03, you wrote: > >And all I said was I use Devcon 5 minute epoxy? > > > >Did I miss something here? > > > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Go to http://www.devcon.com/techinfo/adhphy.pdf and > > > you will see that 5 > > > minute has strength of 1400 psi vs 2400 psi for 10 > > > minute > > > > > > I will only use 5 minute stuff for bore through > > > shaft plugs or REseating a > > > ferrule (never had one on my builds). > > > > > > Once again................................ > > > You can cure 24 hour cure epoxy in one hour at 140 > > > degrees F. about 1.5 hours > > > at 120-125 degrees F. > > > > > > If you are interested in building or repairing golf > > > clubs FAST you should > > > build a "hot box" like I have described many times! > > > I don't think a customer will > > > feel that your service is poor if you can reshaft a > > > club in 3 hours (ready > > > to play) or fit someone in the morning and deliver > > > the clubs in 4-5 hours > > > including loft / lie adjustment. Let's get real > > > here! The only thing I don't have > > > time for is repairing a repair. That's free and I'm > > > worth more than that. > > > > > > If you are going to change shafts and heads to fit a > > > golfer and you want a > > > smoke and mirror show besides to impress this > > > potential customer > > > ............knock yourself out with any of the > > > "instant fix products" that are not > > > permanent! I find that a customer won't wait while > > > you pull a head, prep the hosel, > > > apply your magic adhesive, and allow "some cure > > > time" (even 2 minutes). People > > > are too impatient for that! Build a bunch of "test" > > > clubs and spend your time > > > "selling" your product! Even that quick head shaft > > > attachment gizmo sold by > > > Golfsmith is on clearance......wonder why? > > > > > > If you think you can pop a pill and become instantly > > > thin, physically fit, > > > handsome, 30 years younger, grow a full head of > > > hair, play the piano or any > > > other instrument, mentally alert or anything else > > > you deserve to be taken! FORGET > > > ANY DISCUSSION OF INSTANTLY BONDING A HEAD TO A > > > SHAFT unless you are prepared > > > to spend about $6,000 for a machine that will cure > > > 24 hour high strength > > > epoxy in 6 seconds! Yes this machine exists but I > > > think the production > > > requirements are not with any members of this forum. > > > It's just another machine I dream of > > > owning. Apply the epoxy, clamp the hosel in the > > > machine, apply epoxy to next > > > club, remove the cured club, place the epoxied one > > > in the machine and apply > > > epoxy to the next club! WOW! No wonder it costs > > > $1.50 to assemble a club in the > > > Far East. > > > > > > End of discussion, I hope!
