Quote Originally Posted by Rebel1 View Post
I have built several sets, but I know my specs to a T. When you start changing components, the swing weight can swing pretty hard, and you can change the balance point on shafts. It's fun to tinker but it can end up costing you a lot of money if you don't have the correct measuring equipment to build a set correctly.
Well i have a swingweight scale coming, and I have regular scales for Static weights of clubs in my shop because of all the decoy building I do. Based on the manipulation of medias and carving and painting.... building a set of clubs, I feel, is pretty straight forward. I started playing with a club pro this year. Hes been around the industry forever now and knows more people than I care to admit, and after hearing what he has to say about some of the people that I have had work on my clubs, I just figured I would trust my own work more. He does all his own clubs and I have him to lean on if I need to. I just dont want to have to lol. Good dude, super fun to play with a guy who consistently shoots par or better and has an attitude that he is a worse golfer than myself. The consistency is something of an artist when watching someone play that well round after round.

With that said, I think by tinkering with lead tape, I can figure out the feel of each iron pretty quick. I will even try the lead tape on the shaft to see if a heavier shaft would benefit me. If I find that to be true, I might even just buy heavier shafts. Im playing the DG 120 tour, I think they are actually 118 gm shafts. I read the heavier the shaft, the lower the flight and generally the straighter the ball but less spin, and im ok with that as I have absolutely no issue with getting the ball up in the air. I know a heavier shaft also means possibly more fatigue, but I dont think Im going to need to change shafts, Ive always done well with the 120 tours.

Now.... if i play with lead tape, and put all the clubs back on the swingweight scale and they are all over the map, im probably just going to stop all progress and just pay for a fitting so I know my specs. I should probably do this anyways, but im curious if i can do it myself and get close. The idea is I go play with lead tape, find that my swingweights are very close and either find they are similar from 4i - pw or have a slight increase as it goes lower towards the higher lofted clubs. If I find that, I think ill be comfortable building the set. If the swingweights are all over the map, I think ill pay for a fitting and then build based off fitting specs.

I have swingweight scale, standard scales, heat gun, golf club epoxy, the grip stuff, tip weights, lead tape, sanding machine for prepping shafts. Hell I even have a band saw if I wanted to shorten shafts, but Im not doing that this time around. I would only do that if I was fitted and they said I needed to. What other equipment to you really need to build a set?