HOW TO BUILD A DRIVER // Behind the Scenes of the TXG Build Shop
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- We're in the TXG Build Shop to show you the start to finish process of building a driver and to explain why each step is a crucial element to building clubs to tight tolerances.
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Mikey in his element.
Don't think I've ever seen him so confident 👍
Love the video guys! Please do more of these! Can we do like a weekly thing for these? Builds of the week, or when there is interesting/exotic builds?
Second this!!!
Second this!!!
It's fascinating how many intricacies there are to the process which is essentially just gluing a club head to a stick! Haha love the video fellas keep up the good work
Getting strong Bob Villa and Norm vibes and I love it. Great insight gents!
I would love to see a complete set build. That would be awesome!
Coming!!
Great video! Just like Matty boy did back in the day, Mike has gotten way more comfortable and confident in front of the camera. Loved this insight from a master of his craft.
Would love to see how pured shafts change the process
Love seeing the behind the scenes! Especially since I've got clubs that'll be coming through that shop 🙌
THANK YOU! Been waiting for this genre of video from TXG for a long time. More please. 👍🏻
BUILD SHOP CONTENT!! Master Class.
Magic Mike and Ryan!
Love it!
I could watch these for days.
This was awesome, can’t wait to see more build shop videos!
I love this stuff......I've been building and repairing clubs for 20yrs in my garage.........mostly for me and my buddies !!! Sure wish I would have known about golf when I was young.........I would have become a pro.......however I found golf at 35 yrs old and now I'm 67.......and just love the technical aspect of equipment........thanks guys !!!
this was great, wow. Would love to see more. Iron shafting or whatever. secret sauce of TXG :)
This was great! Keep em coming guys!
Love seeing this content, thanks!
Y’all are incredible. Love seeing the shop and the mise en place that you have for every element. Would love to see some build videos on top and butt weights, lengthening clubs and hot melts. Watch y’all everyday and your expertise are invaluable! Thank you 😊
Great to see.
More to follow hopefully. Great insight 👍
Been building my golf clubs for a while and love it! You guys have my dream job!
Glasses Mikey means BUSINESS
one of my favorite vids to watch ...awesome guys ..love the builds vids
Yes Mikey, love this sort of video. I am wanting to get into club buidling and this is so informative
Pretty cool process to watch! Thanks guys👍
great video, love these two guys
Really interesting. Smart guys
Please do irons next this was excellent
Well done guys!
Omg....first build shop video. Only 3 years in the making haha
Well done boys! Learned much about club building and why a fitting is a must. Hope my wife buys me a fit and build for Christmas lol
Absolutely Love this guys! Keep up the great content for us golf addicts! Maybe a build series?
That was friggin cool
I do club work at my pro shop, can’t wait to see what I’m about to learn
Mikey in his element!
Good stuff guys 👍
Great video… love the podcast so was nice to put a face to the voices!!!!! #faceforradio!!!!
Mikey’s got that BDE good work
Lmfao 😂
At what stage did you measure SW? Did you do a dry SW measurement before glueing?
I appreciated the detail that goes into making clubs as per the specs.
I liked that ,
Thanks Richard.
@TXG
Hey great video very happy to see you guys are doing a lot of the same stuff and materials they use on the TaylorMade Tour truck..
What is the process of puring a shaft and why would someone want that or not want it?
Finally
Great vid. Makes me wish there was a TXG here in Queensland.
Love loads of "experts" trying pull him up on every minor detail as could be done better. Not being funny he is going well beyond anything you will get off OEM or 99% of fitting club builders certainly in the UK. He is really trying to deliver the best he can because he cares. Most are just selling a you a club and a dream.
Made it look easy peasy!
I've just started building my own clubs, its really not rocket science.
@@krusher74 I've got a lathe and a Bridgeport.... I've thought about playing around in the golf world
Love the content. But I am confused. Was there a target frequency for the golfer? Mike mentioned that the fitter said tip trim 1/2”. No mention of a target stiffness. Also, no mention of dry fitting for swingweight. It was only measured after the epoxy dried.
you guys need to sign a brand ambassador and make that person a driver live like Trottie did for Mcilroy
I used to watch Ryan do build videos for Golf Wrx. Onward and upward they say.
Question for Mike: TM driver quality control is hmmm, in this video if this customer is fitted for Stealth plus 9 degree head, do you check the head specs? Because the raw head they shipped out to dealer usually is not exact 9 degree square. Some could be 8.8 with 3 degree face open, some could be 10 degree with 4 degree face open. 2 degree face open can change the deliver loft much lower, so in TXG, the top tier fitting centre in the world, how do you offset those influence to make sure the club built match exactly the specs for the customer? Thank you!
Awesome!!!
Bravo 👏 what data do you track about each post build and do you do also include the player profile handicap or ability assessment for the build? Great job boys! 👍
Love the tutorial videos of club building ! What brand is your belt sander and where can you purchase them ?
Got fit at a club champion in Kentucky for the DJ series LA Golf in a triple diamond as well as the A series in a couple apex uw’s. Would love to see you guys review them!
Researching to build my own
Best glue to use is from Fastco Inc. Epoxy 88 clear. 1500 lbs tensile strength sets in 6 minutes club ready to hit in 10 minutes.
Are you using a swing weight calculator during the dry build?
WHEN IS THE TXG CLUB BUILDER CERTIFICATION COURSE COMING!!! Lol genuinely would LOVE to learn all there is to do with club building/fitting just have no idea where to start or how to start lol
Love the behind the scenes in the build shop! If a customer wanted this exact same setup with 1 wrap at D3 swingweight , how are you achieving that build? Can you explain how you would achieve? Do you use back weighting in the grip to make it more counterbalanced?
Since the Stealth weights are adjustable you could also drop the head weight. Otherwise you would back weight it. You would need about 4g less on the head or on the end of the shaft.
Love the work benches! What kind of work bench is that? I like that soft top surface
Neat stuff. thanks guys. Question: What's your opinion on the benefits/value of puring shafts?
Huge. Coming soon a whole video on SST
do you use club conex for the old stuff pre tips on driver shafts or do you just keep gluing shafts until you find one a customer likes....if they were to want a customized old driver fit rather than going new
I know its not on subject. But have you guys ever tested the Vega wedges? Just picked some up 2nd hand and they feel great.
This is my sort of video, can you do a set of irons / Wednesday next and sow how you swing weight them.
What are your thoughts on spine and flo-ing? Do you recommend it? Does it make a difference?
One thing I’m curious about. The connection system that Club Champion uses is on the heavy side making swing weights usually in the high D’s. So do your customers end up on the heavier side swing weight wise since Mike said they match specs or do you put a lighter weight in the dead if it’s adjustable to get back to a more reasonable SW ?
So you put epoxy inside the hosel vs applying it directly to the shaft itself .. meaning the only way it gets on the shafts is twisting it in the hosel
I’ll apply to the hosel twist the shaft and apply a little more if needed.
LONG BUT READ, ESPECIALLY IF YOU OWN PING. ARE YOUR IRONS RIGHT???
Great vid. I’ll give my horror story. March 9 I was fit for irons, ordered new Ping I525 irons, love em. Received 3 weeks later and unboxed. In box was clubs and 1 small little tag, and tag said my last name, model, lie, and retro….thats it!!! I ordered 1 degree weak, so i would think there would be a spec sheet showing quality control and specs, actual lofts…nope. I immediately questioned that and called PGA superstore where fit and ordered. They assured me this is sadly the way Ping does it, only company that doesnt provide spec sheet on custom bends. They told me they dont have any problems with ping and tag said retro because they adjusted weak and that means retro no matter weak loft tweaks. Ok i said, its ping, they gotta be correct.
Fast forward to 2 weeks ago. Weather finally broke and got out. Windy as hell, so hard to tell, but some clubs seemed off. Days later played again and windy as hell again, but this time i really questioned some clubs, horrible gapping and short. Finally beautiful day few days ago and got out. OH MY!!! Clubs distances and gapping are butchered. Old clubs, 175 7 iron. New clubs 1 weak of old and cant hit 160 without swinging out of shoes. Easily 10-12 yards short of expected distance. 9 iron same, cant hit 150 swinging like im possesed. Took them to local pro of 25+ yrs after round and we put on loft and lie vice. Lies all good, 1/8 degree or less if off at all, maybe 1-2 clubs.
Heres the loft fun we found from Ping!!!!
What they are suppose to be, what they are.
4 // 22 -- 24.5
5 // 25 -- 26.5
6 // 28 -- 30
7 // 31.5 -- 33
8 // 36 -- 38
9 // 41 -- 44.5
P // 46 -- 48
Zero consistency. 2 - 6.5 dregrees!!!
Basically have 2 5 irons and 2 wedges and whatever in between.
How on earth can you get butchery so bad from such a big reputable company?
Needless to say many calls were immediately made and clubs went in mail today. Ping said they will immediately move to front of line and be lofted correctly with a digital machine, no human error, like they do for pros. Why arent all their clubs done that way, and how many ppl got new clubs that are wrong and they will never know because they may not know their yardages and gaps like i do?? PGASS also emailed me a 2 day air label for quicker service and said ping told them 1 week. I am having them shipped to PGASS and demanded they check lofts before they send to me. Any issues and i no longer own Ping, and they agreed. I do hope all will be rectified and Ping was very apologetic. Sweet clubs in fitting for sure. Not 1 thing i dont love.
If you own new Pings, any model, that are custom spec, pay attention. Consistent yards? Consistent gapping? I guarantee im not the only one to get wrong specs. Have them checked, dont settle for less than what you paid for. Hope this may help any others out if they sense issues.
Go to 'Radar at PING HQ: Ep 1' and jump to 2 minutes 50 seconds. Its very technical in the 'laboratory' as radar calls it - and he missed with the first blow of the hammer which doesn't inspire confidence. For the cost of a set of irons from Ping you could build a set from Golfworks and get your own loft/lie machine with the change.
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Bummer. Funny thing is Ping has an iron called Blueprint lol.
Great show...I know you can buy the shafts pur and tips and also grips on line...Were can you get the driver heads other then from the club company???
you cant most only sell complete on stores or to club builders. See if you local club builder will get you one
Hey guys, was hitting my g400 bad due to swing, picked up 410 lst and it was not good. Went to a cally fitting and was put into rogue max due to not a high spin guy. So I decided to tinker with the 410 and added an additional weight from a plus into middle since original is set in draw position. Def helped with flight and control. Fujikura pro 2.0 shaft 60g. Do I need to counterbalance with cb shaft since adding weight? Thnx!
Mikey - as Arcoss Brand Ambassadors, as I am, have you found building clubs with the Arccos Grips an issue, when it comes to over all golf weight? I ask as the grips will be significantly heavier than standard grips, irrelevant of size.
Cellophane weights 1 gram , better if you remove before weighting the head or making eventually a swing weight
I looked up the 3M Scotch Weld epoxy, comes in tan or black. It appears yours is green?
Would love to have the space to have a mini build shop at my house.
What happened to checking the Frequency of the shaft to make sure it’s the correct flex?
what is grip tape used for? Why not get a larger size grip?
Why do you use a sand instead of glass beads in your mix?
I personally think glass doesn’t get thick enough you have to add to much.
I would like to see a blind test of all the guys (including Mac) using 4 clubs of the same loft, 2 pured and 2 not pured to see if there is any difference.
I believe they did some testing of pured vs non-pured a while back- would be a good revisit though
The beads control bond line
Where's your high visibility vests, hardhats etc? Just what kind of builder are you?
where do can i find a acetone dispencer like that?!
Hopefully you have ventilation when sanding, that dust would be nasty.
I am trying to figure out if I can cut down 1/4 of an inch off my driver shaft but will this ruin it?
won't ruin it at all, i have done it to my own drivers. You must cut the butt only. cutting 1/4" off shaft length will lower the clubs swing weight 1.5 swingweights. so to get it back to the original you would need to add 2g to ther head per swing weight lost, 1.5 x2 = 3gram. you can either add 3g or lead tape, or fit a head weight that's 3grams heavier.
Is there a reason why the epoxy mixing is done on a notepad? Is that the TXG secret sauce?
Hahaha rip and go! Myself and our builders use cuts of blank cardboard to mix epoxy with. If I’m using scothweld since it’s fast drying I use a note pad which I took the idea from the TrueTemper tour truck!!
@@mikemartysiewicz that's awesome haha. The little things you learn along the way 👍👍 thx!
which scotch weld you use? there's a few different models.
DP810
@@ianfrasergolf Cheers Ian! maybe one day I'll make it over to you from England. Saving those pennies!
So we weighed all the components but what was ever done to try and match the desired SW? In Ryan Barath’s build videos from years gone by, I believe he weighed the epoxy. Does the weight of the grip tape negate the weight of the epoxy?
Weighting the epoxy was only to make sure you get the proper mix ratio for part A and B - not for swing weighting purposes. The great thing about using the pre-ratio'd tubes like the one in the video is you don't need to worry about that, just mix.
RB
@@clubchampionmedia Thanks, RB. That makes sense. So if SW wasn’t there for a driver build, would you look at swapping out the head weight as the easiest option? Does TXG use tip weights for graphite builds?
Who would you recommend in the USA?
Our partners at Club Champion.
How do you adjust the swing weight after the build?
Lead tape or build up the grip
@@matthewgratton3036 ….when you say buildup the grip are you talking a counter balance weight?
Would love to see a parallel vs. taper tip iron shaft build.
Also the nerd in me wants to know, if you’re weighing to less than a gram, do you calibrate your balances to a limit of performance a regular intervals? I have seen more accurate scales walk a few grams in my time.
why tip the shaft?
How many clubs does TXG build per week?
I'm surprised you didnt weigh the epoxy .One club builder here says that they weigh the epoxy. Ironically they have also been bought out by Club Champion recently.
This was not a very good video showing all the extra weighing that goes into getting the swing weight correct. All this was really was gluing in a shaft.
Forgot to note grip end distance in final length 🤣
Personally I think it was a mistake on the customers part for not having his or her club SST pured...it would have been nice to see TXG process in having one done.
We have another video in this series about PUREing coming soon.
As this person wanted logo down. to some that's more important than pured as when pured the logo could be facing in any random direction. some people just cant handle that.
No PURE'ng on that bad boy @TXG? 🧐
Our shaft Pure’ing video is coming very soon.
What??? you don't spine and FLO??? No frequency, no deflection board...how do you know the flex is correct and why did you tip it?
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Awsome info mikey!!
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