Installing iron shafts?

[Archie]

I recently bought some new shafts to go in my irons and I am curious if this is something I should try doing myself of pay someone to do. Although I cant find any great DIY's on the subject online I dont think it would be that hard. Thoughts or links to articles anyone? Thanks!

[Archie]

Any help? Thanks!

[Golfaway]

I would recommend getting them professionally done.

[golf_junkie27]

I recently bought some new shafts to go in my irons and I am curious if this is something I should try doing myself of pay someone to do. Although I cant find any great DIY's on the subject online I dont think it would be that hard. Thoughts or links to articles anyone? Thanks!

The information below comes from Joe Kwok. He is an excellent club builder and club fitter. This information is likely to point out things that you may not have thought about. Additionally, did you pick out the shafts, yourself? Do you have the equipment to weigh them for consistency, CPM flex, etc? Again, read below. Wealth of information.

Here are the 5 hrs blueprinting are base on 3 - PW: Bare in mind that as much as possible the shafts are presorted and checked for CPM consistentcy on my freq machine, eventhough they are supposed to come presorted already from the manufacturer. Brunswick call it Frequency Match! Let's start from checking the lie and loft that i'm trying to get, because if they are to far apart, it might effect on the swing weight if i bend them after they are done and make sure that the club head are protected at all sides to minimize the bending machine marking( 35-45 minutes ), second pulling the shaft out and clean up the hosel and mark the weight one by one( 45 - 50 minutes ), Check the depth of the hosel to make sure they are consistent to received a new shaft ( 10-15 minutes ), Prep all the shafts tip and put it in the spined finder and mark them one by one ( 20 - 25 minutes ), Measure the shaft one by one on the measuring board to make sure the lenght is exactly at 1/2" increments ( 20 -25 minutes ). weight sort the grips one by one to make sure all 8 grips are the same weight ( 10-15 minutes ), installed the wooden dowel at the same depth from the tip, put on the grips and make sure it line up straight and consistently strecth ( on cord is critical for sizing ), installed ferrules ( all that for 30-40 minutes ), swing weight them one by one and mark them for lead plug adjustment ( 15-20 minutes ), install a lead plug and swing weight them one by one to make sure it's within MY exceptable tolerance of 1/8-1/4 of a point ( 30-40 minutes ), mixed the glue and glue them one by one and make sure the spined position is on the right consistent spot and make sure they have the same amount of glue to maintain a consistent swing weight( 15-20 minutes ), let the glue dried at least 8-10 hrs. Turn the ferrule one by one and shine them up w/ acetone ( 25 - 30 minutes ), Double check the loft and lie ( 15 to 20 minutes ), clean them up w/ car wax from acetone residue ( 10 -15 minutes ). The last part is checking the cpm on the freq machine one by one to make sure nothing extra ordinary that could be unexceptable for me ( 10-15 minutes ).DONE! So if i calculate on the minimum estimated time, i spend about 4 hrs and 50 minutes assuming i'm not running any trouble, give 20 minutes for trouble solving which require me to call the customer to discuss most of the time. And also not to forgot the time I spend on a fitting phone call trying to figure out what they need mentally and physically. Call me a meticulous freak, but I can't help it...that is who I am and how I work. And That is how I think a customers expect me to be when they are paying at my rate. The fastest record i did before was 4hrs 20 minutes for a set belong to a PGA touring pro who were waiting on the spot while i'm working on them which requires me to heat the hosel to speed up the epoxy curing time ( around 1-2 minutes per club ), but it's all worth it and satisfying watching him shot his low round 61 record on TV on the next tournament right after. And Yes, I got a set of tour issue iron from him that wasn't release to the public yet and a big hug for all that trouble. Again, This is "my" way of doing it! Regards, Joe

[golf_junkie27]

Also, you might want to check out Chip Usher in Atlanta, Georgia. He's at Chipandputt.com and is a really good fitter.

Here on the 'trap, you should contact Everado. Another good fitter based out of Arizona.

Not trying to dissuade you from doing it yourself, especially if you have the equipment. However, it might be better to spend a few hundred bucks in having someone take care of your entire set. I've done this, twice and it's money well spent.

[LBlack14]

It's not hard AT ALL! I wouldn't pay the outrageous price for anyone to do it. Simple as prep, intall and trim.